Manuel Uribe is on a diet

**Unamused Cat** · March 10th, 2008, 09:19 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,336571,00.html

MEXICO CITY — When Manuel Uribe went out on a date, he made all the necessary arrangements: a forklift to carry him out of the house and a flatbed tow truck big enough to haul the formerly half-ton man and his bed to a party.

But even the open road wasn't big enough to handle Uribe's dream of celebrating a budding romance and his success in losing about 440 pounds.

Uribe was halfway to a picnic near his Monterrey-area home on Sunday when one of the posts holding a sun-shielding tarp over his bed hit an overpass.

Uribe's blood pressure dropped so much his doctors advised him not to go on and the celebration — being documented by about two dozen photographers and reporters from around the world — was canceled.

"We were going to celebrate that I've been losing weight for two years and that it was my girlfriend's birthday," Uribe said in a telephone interview. "The saddest part was that I couldn't fulfill my dream of taking my girlfriend out to eat."

Uribe says that after losing weight on a high-protein diet he started two years ago, he's down to about 800 pounds.

Last year, Uribe left his house for the first time in five years. Six people pushed his iron bed on wheels out to the street as a mariachi band played and a crowd gathered to see the man who once weighed 1,235 pounds).

At the time, the 42-year-old mechanic rode through the streets of his native San Nicolas de los Garza to enjoy the sun and wave to neighbors.

Uribe weighed more than 250 pounds as an adolescent, and he just kept growing.

Since the summer of 2002, Uribe has been bedridden, relying on his mother and friends to feed and clean him. He drew worldwide attention when he pleaded for help on national television in January 2006.

Uribe says despite the setback, he still hopes to go out with his girlfriend on June 11, when he will turn 43.

"We'll just have to plan it better," he said.

**Jaded** · March 11th, 2008, 03:33 AM

Wow....just wow!
(You beat me to this one Unamused Cat!!) :)

**Unamused Cat** · March 18th, 2008, 01:26 AM

Originally Posted by So Jaded

Wow....just wow!
(You beat me to this one Unamused Cat!!) :)

If you snooze, you lose. lol

**w8ng4msrgt** · May 14th, 2008, 07:57 PM

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters Life!) - Mexico's Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, is now vying for a different record: the human who has lost the most weight.

Uribe, who weighed as much as a small truck at more than half a tonne, is dieting while confined to a reinforced bed that he has not left for the past six years because he is so heavy.

He has lost 518 pounds since March 2006 on a diet of grapefruits, egg-white only omelets, fish, chicken, vegetables and peanuts.

Now weighing 717 pounds -- the size of three hefty men -- Uribe is still unable to move his swollen legs but hopes to get out of the house next month for only the third time in six years to celebrate his 43rd birthday.

He will still be in bed, hauled onto a tow truck for a trip to the mountainous countryside outside his home city of Monterrey in northern Mexico. It will be a rerun of a failed attempt in March that was thwarted when his bed hit an overpass.

"It's a miracle I've got this far. I was going to kill myself two years ago when my wife left me, but God sent me excellent doctors," said Uribe, his torso still huge with flaps of puffy white skin and sagging, fatty bulges.

Uribe spent the 1990s eating pizzas and burgers in the United States where he worked as a computer repairman. Addicted to junk food, he eventually tipped the scales at 1,235 pounds back in Mexico, bingeing on greasy tacos.

His bulk made him the world's heaviest man and won him a place in the 2008 edition of the Guinness World Records. Photos of his time in Florida and Texas show the transformation of a once chubby man to a bloated, whale-like figure.

"At the Big n' Tall store in Dallas, they no longer had my size. Then I got tailor-made pants and I grew out of those too," said Uribe from his bed by the open door at street level, where he likes to chat with his neighbors to stop the boredom.

TEARFUL TV APPEAL

In Mexico, Uribe underwent a tummy tuck operation but it caused massive, permanent swelling, and did not reduce his weight.

Abandoned by his wife, his health failing and with no income, Uribe pleaded for help on Mexican television, stirring up intense international interest.

Uribe, cared for by his mother Otilia, turned down offers of gastric bypass surgery in Italy. Instead he took free medical help from U.S. doctor Barry Sears. He lost weight following the Zone Diet, which is high in protein and low in carbohydrates.

"I was impotent before, but now everything's working again. Ask my girlfriend," he said happily, his Guinness World Records certificate hanging on the wall.

Uribe, who relies on his family's small wholesale clothes business and the generosity of friends to survive, said people at Guinness have spoken to him about his rapid weight loss and could eventually put him in the record books.

Rosalie Bradford, an American woman who died in 2006, recorded the greatest weight loss for a female after she shed 907 pounds. The record for a man is held by Jon Brower Minnoch who lost 924 pounds, according to Guinness World Records.

Uribe, who became an Evangelical Christian during his weight loss drive, said his goal is to weigh 285 pounds by 2010, meaning he would have lost 950 pounds.

Records aside, Uribe just wants to get out of bed and make a living from preaching the benefits of healthy eating.

"I get lots of e-mails from people saying they are inspired by my progress and I want to get the word out about healthy eating. I'm not against people who sell junk food, but you've got to be informed not to eat it," he said.

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**ashdavus** · May 14th, 2008, 08:24 PM

My kids heard me gasp at the pictures, came to look and then ran from the room gagging. It's so sad that this man still weighs so much after having lost over 500 pounds!

**SqueakyClean** · May 14th, 2008, 09:17 PM

Those swollen thighs are not the most pleasant things to look at, but I'm pulling for the guy and hope he meets his goal. He'll need some major surgery to remove all the excess skin if he does.

**Unamused Cat** · May 14th, 2008, 09:49 PM

[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=wfk9Kjhut7c"]YouTube - Manuel Uribe Dance[/ame]

**skeptical** · May 14th, 2008, 10:22 PM

OMG! How can a person let themselves get in that condition? I don't understand it. Kudos to him for trying to do something about it but geez, he never should have let himself get that big in the first place!

**KillBill20** · May 14th, 2008, 10:26 PM

Ummm... I'm speechless. He should start eating Subway and put Jared out of a job.

~Kyle

**Rotten Apple** · May 14th, 2008, 10:28 PM

Guess what?

This guy has a girlfriend.

**TheLittleFriend** · May 14th, 2008, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by Kathy

Guess what?

This guy has a girlfriend.

She must have big, kind heart and a lot of patiences.

**~Absynthe~** · May 14th, 2008, 11:00 PM

I watched a show about him on TLC, it was very interesting. He has an amazing attitude, is very friendly and yes he has a girlfriend. I wish him all the luck in the world!

**Unamused Cat** · May 14th, 2008, 11:08 PM

I don't think he has a girlfriend atm. He was going on a date recently, and he made the papers and DD.

http://www.dreamindemon.com/forums/s...t=manuel+uribe

**CPL CHUD** · May 14th, 2008, 11:13 PM

I hope he reaches his goal. The urge to eat is one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, instinct.

**Rotten Apple** · May 14th, 2008, 11:19 PM

Originally Posted by CPL CHUD

I hope he reaches his goal. The urge to eat is one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, instinct.

I want to eat right now as a matter of fact.

**ImmortalOne** · May 14th, 2008, 11:22 PM

Originally Posted by skeptical

OMG! How can a person let themselves get in that condition? I don't understand it. Kudos to him for trying to do something about it but geez, he never should have let himself get that big in the first place!

I have to agree with this. While I am not the skinniest woman in the world (I have had 3 children and a baby less than a year ago)... I could and would not let myself get to the point of this. Was there some serious health issue that caused him to gain that weight in the first place?

**Lizard** · May 14th, 2008, 11:24 PM

What I can't figure out is, is he doing the splits?

**CPL CHUD** · May 14th, 2008, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by Kathy

I want to eat right now as a matter of fact.

Haha......I am.

If you think about it eating is really one of the earliest instincts we develope. I'm not sure about this, but I'm betting right out of the womb it's there. It's reptillian.

**TheLittleFriend** · May 14th, 2008, 11:28 PM

Originally Posted by Lizard

What I can't figure out is, is he doing the splits?

As you see his thighs are big and swollen....he couldn't close his legs properly.

**blue_zombie** · October 28th, 2008, 10:06 PM

This gives me hope. If this man can find true love with a woman who accepts him for who he is, then out there, somewhere far far away, across oceans and seas is a man for me. LOL

http://news.aol.com/article/700-poun...-mexico/226199

MONTERREY, Mexico (Oct. 27) - The world's heaviest man has tied the knot.
Manuel Uribe, who hasn't left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis Sunday in northern Mexico.

Manuel Uribe, who was once named the world's heaviest man, got married on Sunday in Mexico. In 2006, Uribe, 43, tipped the scales at 1,230 pounds. He's since lost 550 pounds.

Wearing a white silk shirt with a sheet wrapped around his legs, Uribe smiled as Solis, 38, walked down a flight of stairs wearing a strapless ivory dress, a tiara and hot-pink lipstick.

He later broke into tears as a notary declared the couple husband and wife in a civil ceremony attended by more than 400 guests. For the traditional first dance as newlyweds, Uribe and Solis held hands and swayed to a romantic ballad.
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Uribe tipped the scales in 2006 at 1,230 pounds, earning him the Guinness World Record as the world's heaviest man.

He has since shed about 550 pounds with the help of Solis, whom he met four years ago.

Uribe said he's gunning for a new title: world's greatest weight loser.

**Dark Star** · October 28th, 2008, 10:48 PM

Ummm Wow. How long before his heart explodes? Holyfuckingshit that is unhealthy. That brother is going to die soon. Oh shit, I guess I should be nice and say "congratulations" on the marriage and the weight loss he's achieved in the last four years. Ummm wow, I feel as skinny as a stick right now. Weird.

**Dark Star** · October 30th, 2008, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by Hippiepoet

That brother is going to die soon.

To the idiot who negative repped me for using brother as a racist term. You are hilarious. In my hippie world. We are all brothers and sisters. White, black, red, yellow, pink, green. Whatever. Get fucking educated on what racism is. Being a brother and sister to all humans is far from racist. I'll just assume you have a brain the size of a pea, and continue laughing my hippie ass off.

**Sister Iroz** · October 30th, 2008, 12:18 PM

I've seen him on shows and saw him at his heaviest and still looks the same. I know he is really trying but I don't think he will live long enough to get all he needs off.

I saw this on TV the other night and his wife is very pretty.

**Morticia** · October 30th, 2008, 12:23 PM

I read somewhere that the Discovery Channel is paying to document their wedding day. Of course I would rather see the video documentation of the wedding "night".......why????

There are some things I think I need answered before I die.

**crickett** · October 30th, 2008, 12:26 PM

This is the SECOND marriage for this lady. Her FIRST husband died from complications related to MORBID OBESITY....she a fat freak.....yeah....but, hey, it IS nice to know that there IS someone for everyone and I really do wish them all the best.
Congrats on your weight loss Big Guy....keep it up

**crickett** · October 30th, 2008, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by Hippiepoet

To the idiot who negative repped me for using brother as a racist term. You are hilarious. In my hippie world. We are all brothers and sisters. White, black, red, yellow, pink, green. Whatever. Get fucking educated on what racism is. Being a brother and sister to all humans is far from racist. I'll just assume you have a brain the size of a pea, and continue laughing my hippie ass off.

Don't worry about it. The person who Negged you is obviously the REAL racist. Otherwise, they wouldn't have jumped on this so snap finger fast....

**RaVen Blackehart** · October 30th, 2008, 12:33 PM

**Dark Star** · October 30th, 2008, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by crickett

Don't worry about it. The person who Negged you is obviously the REAL racist. Otherwise, they wouldn't have jumped on this so snap finger fast....

Not worried...just thought it extremely idiotic and a real fucking hoot. The only thing I'm worried about is the coffee that sprayed out my nose onto my laptop from laughing.

**crickett** · October 30th, 2008, 12:50 PM

Originally Posted by Hippiepoet

Not worried...just thought it extremely idiotic and a real fucking hoot. The only thing I'm worried about is the coffee that sprayed out my nose onto my laptop from laughing.

I LUV U...............
Now I'm just waiting for your gutless friend to neg me.....