Originally Posted by theetruscan

I have plenty of friends who are over 6', and under 170 pounds, some who are under 150 pounds. None of them are unhealthily thin. They just have slight builds.

I was seriously emaciated at 188 pounds at 6'2".

Bodies vary, we know this. But, for the vast majority of body types, 200 pounds is going to be overweight. Does weighing 200 pounds mean you're overweight? No. But, as with all "rules of thumb" it is right far more often than it is wrong.

Giving anecdotal evidence of people who are tall, heavy, and fit doesn't change the "rule of thumb," it just shows it to be a "rule of thumb as opposed to an absolute truth. Giving anecdotal evidence of people who are heavy and overweight doesn't show it to be an absolute truth. I'm not entirely sure what's so exciting here.