Against All Odds: World's Heaviest Man To Marry...

[Tingly]

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Manuel Uribe

The world's heaviest man says he is to marry his girlfriend later this month after losing nearly half his original body weight.

Mexican Manuel Uribe said he and Claudia Solis would wed in his home town of Monterrey on 26 October.

The 43-year-old entered the Guinness Book of Records in 2006 after tipping the scales at 560kg (88 stones, or 1,232 lbs).

Manuel, who has lost around 250kg (39 stones or 550 pounds), said he would be steering clear of the wedding cake.

He would have just one bite for the cameras, but no more, he was quoted as saying.

"It will be a hefty wedding, on a large scale, but with a low-calorie banquet," he told the AFP news agency.

Proud fiance

Manuel Uribe has attributed his weight loss to the love and encouragement he has received from Claudia, whom he has known for four years. The couple have been engaged for two years.

He is currently only able to leave his house by being towed through the streets on his specially-made bed - and dreams of being able to walk again.

Manuel has been following something called the Zone Diet - eating carbohydrates, proteins and fats in a ratio of 40:30:30, supervised by a team of scientists and nutritionists.

-BBC

So. Whaddaya think?

[KeithB]

I can't help but picture him playing poker, and saying "I fold."

ha ha ha ha

Oh, I'm funny.

[Mr.Excitement]

That is one big person!

[Tingly]

Yes.

"Extra Large."

That's why he is in the record books!

[Plain G]

Now THAT'S a strategically placed bed sheet

[Tdanger]

my question.

how the hell do you get to be like that in the first place?!?

[schneefux]

Now THAT'S a strategically placed bed sheet

do I hear some disappointment there, Perv G ? :p

but you know, i wonder who´s gonna be on top that wedding night...

maybe even I can find a wife if i lose 250 kilos

congras though



my question.

how the hell do you get to be like that in the first place?!?

you know the story of the wolf and the seven goats?

[Aelfa]

At least he's getting a woman who loves him a whole lot. If she didn't she would never marry that guy.

I wonder how they met? Internet?

[imaginary_hero]

my question.

how the hell do you get to be like that in the first place?!?

i wonder that too. i can see getting to 400 pounds. but i watch these shows on TLC about the "1000 pound man" and "800 pound woman" and think how the hell can you get like that and still be alive? how the hell can you eat that much? my friend's dad has a heart attack at 47 because he eats too many pork chops but this tub of guts can get to 1200 pounds and still be laying there like an amoeba with hands and feet

[phantompong]

I remember reading about this guy some time ago... he's Mexican, and says he only got so heavy when he moved to the US and started binge eating. Not sure about the timeline, though, or whether that started off a metabolism problem or something, or maybe that actually is all food (get your mind around that). Probably a combination - he might have had a naturally low metabolism and a predisposition towards more weight, that plus binge eating = ... yeah.

I think they got engaged quite a while ago, actually.

but you know, i wonder who´s gonna be on top that wedding night...

Here's the... well, let's just say I hope you don't have a good imagination.

(I'm taking this quote from Wikipedia, but I saw it in print a few months ago.)

'He is currently engaged to a woman named Claudia Solís, of whom he says: "We are in love, and this year my birthday wish is to be able to stand when we get married; We are a couple; We have sex, and in the eyes of God we are already married."'

So there you go.

[Mr.Excitement]

Not in Bill Clinton's world.:LMAO:

[Kulla]

I should try that diet...

[Tdanger]

you know the story of the wolf and the seven goats?

wolf marries goats and then eats them?

[MelonSnapple]

What does his wife look like?