300kg Mexican man marks 43rd birthday with hopes of marriage - Page 2 - Singapore's Online Community

**Voodoo Vince** · 05-08-2008, 05:57 PM

Good, a world record to add to his collection.

shypineapple · 05-08-2008, 08:07 PM

all the best to him.

**uyen** · 06-08-2008, 12:31 PM

The happiness that arrives late will last longer .

**KongMing** · 06-08-2008, 07:55 PM

King Kong Bundy no fight.

**sgelite** · 03-10-2008, 03:41 PM

The world's most obese man is getting hitched.

Manuel Uribe says he will wed long-time girlfriend Claudia Solis on October 26 in Monterrey, Mexico. The two will be married in a civil ceremony at a location still to be decided.

Uribe is unable to walk, and leaving his house means being towed through the streets on his specially made bed.

Lovebirds: Manuel Uribe, 42, kisses his girlfriend Claudia Solis. The two will wed later this month

This year the Guinness Book of World Records declared Uribe, who tipped the scales at 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms) in 2006, the world's heaviest man.

The 42-year-old former mechanic, who has been bedridden for six years, stuffed his face with burgers, pizzas and fizzy drinks. He tipped the scales at a whopping 89.8 stone after a 14-year junk food binge.

But he is determined things will change.

The 43-year-old has already shed about 550 pounds (250 kilograms) in a low-carb since he was awarded the title - with the help of Solis.

His target weight is now 15.7 stone and his strict diet now consists of fish soup, one grapefruit, half an apple and 18 peanuts.

Before his diet, his usual breakfast would consist of four eggs, rice, beans and tortillas.

Champagne toast: The couple during a promenade in Monterrey last year

He said: "People think that I can eat a whole cow but it's not just overeating, it's also a hormonal problem."

Manuel, who lives in Monterrey, Mexico, with his fiancée and his mother Orilia, started dieting after a tearful TV appeal two years ago where he begged viewers to save his life.
Medical experts from Italy and Spain offered to carry out gastric bypass surgery on him - but he refused and instead accepted the help of US biochemist Dr Barry Sears, who prescribed the high-protein Zone Diet.

By last year he had slimmed down to 60 stone and celebrated by sipping champagne.
But despite spending 14 years gorging junk food, doctors believe Manuel's colossal weight is caused by a hormone imbalance.

One of his nutritionists, Alejandra Garcia, said: "It's about controlling his hormones. It is not some outlandish fad diet. It is simple common sense refined by science."

The two met four years ago.

Uribe said yesterday he will have a bite of wedding cake for photos - but he won't eat any more because his diet prohibits it.

It must be love.

Source: Daily Mail UK., October 2, 2008

**DestinyAthrun** · 03-10-2008, 03:43 PM

hope he becomes thin ! ^^

haode · 03-10-2008, 03:45 PM

hmm good 1st step to success he manage to over come the attraction of the cake

**Rinako** · 03-10-2008, 03:47 PM

Wooots ! GAMBATEEEEE !

**darkkRUII** · 03-10-2008, 03:50 PM

All the best to him. ^^

**Darkhao** · 03-10-2008, 03:55 PM

gd work jia yo!

**primestar** · 03-10-2008, 03:58 PM

**Miss QQ** · 10-10-2008, 08:54 AM

450kg Mexican with weight-loss wish dies
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/st...79563,00.html?

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	450kg Mexican with weight-loss wish dies October 10, 2008 JUST a week ago, Jose Luis Garza went on television in the hope of getting help to solve his overweight problem. But before the 450kg Mexican could shape up, he died of heart failure on Tuesday. Emergency officials had to knock down the bedridden man's bedroom wall and put him in the back of a friend's truck as he fought for his life. The 47-year-old, whose sister moved in to take care of him, was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital in northern Mexico. It took carpenters four hours to build his coffin. HUGE: Cemetery workers take a break after digging a hole big enough for Mr Garza's coffin. Family members criticised officials for not moving Mr Garza to a hospital before he became critically ill. His brother Pedro said: 'If he had received support at the time he asked for it, he would still be with us.' State officials argued there was little they could do. Said Nuevo Leon state health department spokesman Julio Cesar Cano: 'The attention he would have received at a hospital would have been the same he received at home. 'Moving a patient of that magnitude is very difficult.' About 150 friends and family waited for more than four hours at a cemetery while carpenters built a special coffin for Mr Garza's burial. A funeral home worker, Mr Maribel Cantu said: 'The family wanted to cremate him but there wasn't an adequate oven for someone his size. 'He is the biggest man we have buried.' Mr Garza's coffin arrived at the cemetery in a white van but there was a further delay as cemetery workers had to enlarge the grave. Just last week, Mr Garza made his television appeal in an attempt to start over. He revealed his battle with his weight problem took a turn for the worse when he became depressed and over-ate nine months ago after his parents died of natural causes within two weeks of each other. He had been bedridden for four months. The former chef at a bowling alley said he has always been overweight and blamed a diet of junk food and greasy tacos. Unfortunately, his condition worsened over the weekend as he struggled to breathe and eat. AP

**DestinyAthrun** · 10-10-2008, 09:32 AM

wasnt he supposed to get married???

ah sigh RIP