WTH? 248 isn't bad, it's almost my ideal weight at 6"1 (220 when I qualified for the special forces but I could easily have added mass/muscle at that point (I was 17).
I'm an ogre, not obese, I have a bit of a gut but you can't even tell it from most pictures (I've posted plenty here).
Also ya'll need to lay off talking about people with diabetes weight it's freaking messed up. My wife gained 100 pounds because of the insulin she was put on (she was insulin resistant) and I gained 20 pounds when I was put on glyberid. Before that I was 250...and at 250 I could still horizontal climb on the climbing machine at the Metrion in San Jose (it speeds up vertically then moves to horizontal), there was no way you'd say I was out of shape at 250.
So yeah, alot of people with diabetes have extra weight, but sometimes it's cause of the meds they are taking, even working out (which I did 2 hours a day for the 6 months after I started taking gylberide) doesn't stop it. I was seriously pissed when I ended up 17 pounds heavier after working out all summer.
Americans have gotten used to being fat so now people with sizeable guts are thought of as average. Most people are surprised when they learn that they are obese. And unless you have a ton of muscle mass, 250lbs definitely will be obese or very close if you are around 6' tall