What's my goal here?

First of all, I should probably lay out my goals.  I have three goals for this challenge:

• Decrease to 14% body fat from 20.5% today
• Drop to a 30" waist, from 33" today
• Bench 185 six times.  Currently, on a good day, I can bench 155 six times

Why these goals?  

For Body Fat, I'm not sure there is any good rationale for why 14%.  According to Livestrong, 19% to 22.2% is "normal" for my age group.  Clearly, I need to be better than normal or what's the point in all this. I've heard anecdotally that you need 12% body fat to get ab definition, but I don't know if that's manageable in these 12 weeks.  One of the main stories in the Champions Body for Life book that will be my guide is BFL Champion Mark Unger.  As a skinny fat man like me, I can relate to Mark.  Therefore, I figure if he can lose 12% body fat during his challenge, I should be able to do a little better than half that in mine.  Hence, 14%.

The waist goal is pure vanity.  For some reason, I've always held a 32" waist to be the waist of a thin man.  I have a 33" waist now, so 32" wouldn't be that much of a challenge.  Plus, I really like Banana Republic pants, and I think they cut them small.  If I have a 30" waist, I'll probably fit in their 32"s.

At the NBA Draft Combine, potential NBA players are asked to bench 185 pounds as many times as they can.  Before his rookie year, Kevin Durant couldn't do one rep.  Wouldn't it be cool to be better than the Durantula at something sort of athletic?   (Sure, after four years in an NBA weight room, I'm sure he can now.  Let's pretend that's not true, OK?)

So, there you go.  That's the targets.  Let me know what you think!