I weigh the same except am 6' 4" I feel your pain.
I'm 6'4" also, and was about 180 pounds at my heaviest, until I fell 25' while working and shattered my right leg just below the hip. I was in the hospital for two weeks, then I lived in a hospital bed in my living room for another 9 months. I went from, as the ER doc described me on my admittance report, a slightly under weight white male to 260 pounds (80 pounds heavier) insider of a year. I'm down to about 225 pounds now, but find losing the weight very very difficult since my injuries prevent me from doing anything but low/no impact excercises.