Body fat %, how overweight am I?

Is this just a regular bathroom scale that gives a BF%? I don't have much experience with those, but I tend to doubt their accuracy.

As far as having 60 lbs of fat, it is possible. Fat can surround your organs and also be intramuscular, so it might not necessarily show up as rolls on the surface.

I don't know that the exact percentage as important as seeing the percentage go in the right direction, if you are trying to get in better shape. I would just use you scale as a ballpark to tell you if you are headed in the right direction. And be sure to step on it at approximately the same time every day, with about the same hydration level.

If you are using a Tanita scale assuming you take your BF in the afternoon/evening and have stayed fairly well hydrated during the day, the it is pretty accurate.  I'm not familiar with other brands, so I can't comment on them.

I take my BF and weight in the morning, usual after my run, so I'm slightly dehydrated, which gives you a higher # (the scale is impedence based and measures by the resistance of water in your body, so if you are dehydrated you will get higher reading).

I have seen a variation of 1 - 3% by taking it in the morning after waking up/running/riding and then taking it in the evening when I get home from work.  May not sound like much, but that is over a 10% difference between morning and evening in my measurements (7.5% BF in the morning to 6% BF in the evening).

To see where you fall, just google body fat ranges to get a sense of where you "stand" in the overall picture.

Edit:  The Tanita scales have been independently shown to be consistent with BMI and submersion tests +/- a few %, so don't knock 'em too much .....

I had a similar experience when I got a scale that shows bf%.  It said I was at 19 to 20%.  Thinking this couldn't be right, I had my bf% done at the gym where I work out.  They told me it was 20.5%.  So my scale was pretty close.  I have since lost 14lbs and my scale says my bf% is around 15 to 16%.  My scale also shows water %, and the water % does seem to go up a little as my bf% drops to a new level, however it seems to eventually settle back down to where it was and my bf% stays at the new level.

My guess is that your scale is probably fairly close.  Sorry. 

this chart is from a body fat calculator that I use on the internet sometimes.  If this chart is accurate and you are below 30, I think the percentage is off.

Like others said there are several things that factor into what your BF% is using one of the impedence scales, wether handheld or bathroom scale.  Dehydration, last meal time, last training session, time of day, etc.  I personally use a omron handheld unit and it is at least consistant.  One of it's requirements is that you set it up in athlete mode or normal mode based on your amount/intensity of activity.  I have mine set in athlete mode (normal is a few % higher), I am 6'7" 205 and am around 13% (26.65lbs of fat).  If you are 205 26% (53lbs of fat) is definately possible.  I have extremely skinny legs and arms so I am pretty sure I have little or no fat on either of those body parts.  So depending on your build it is possible, fat hides all over the place and it definately would not take much to add 20lbs over what I have.

One suggestion would be to go to a gym and have them test your BF% using the calipers and compare to what your scale says.  If they calculate 20% figure your scale is 6% high.

I put in my weight as of today ...... 6'-1" and 170 lb.

18.5–24.9

Normal

But I also only have between 6 - 8% body fat .........

BMI is a waste as far as I am concerned... for example, my BF is 10% which is borderline lean, but my BMI (5'9, 162) is 23.9, which is on the high side of the normal category.  If I were to gain 7 pounds of muscle, I would then be in the overweight category.

I wouldn't waste your time with BMI. 

BMI is not exactly the best measurement when applied to the individual.  Keep in mind, it is an average number, and is used as a tool in helping to determine if someone is chronic over-/underweight.

Muscle weighs more than fat, so a muscular person will weigh more than another person of the same size.  Keeping that in mind, it's kind of hard to justify being overweight if you're an active person going by just BMI. 

Ditto, I bet there are plenty of professional athletes who are 6', 205.

My advice: Eat right, train right, sleep right, kiss your loved-ones goodnight, and throw the scale out the window.