When I got out of Recruit Training (aka bootcamp) I was at 250 pounds, with out trace of fat anywhere. I'm 6'1" tall, and the insurance tables say I should be at 189 max. However, I'm built more like the barrell they used to ship a Marine, than the classic broad shoulders slim hip configuration. Over the years, as my work when from the manufacturing floor to the engineering and now management offices, my activity level dropped and my weight crept up to just over 400 pounds. About the same time I joined this forum, my doctor told me I had 2 choices- exercise and lose weight, or die. I have chosen to exercise and lose weight. I'm now down to abot 320, with the goal of reaching my boot weight of 250. I won't have quite as much lean muscle mass as I had then (41 years ago) but the doc and I will be satisfied there. I'm losing around a pound a week, so I have a little over a year to go. Fortunately, as Barb T. has noted in another thread, it is much easier to make a kilt fit a amaller size than a larger.

Geoff Withnell