Posted on 05/15/2008 11:20:23 AM PDT by kingattax
He's hoping to notch up another world record for losing the most weight.
Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, is vying for a new record for the biggest weight loss.
Uribe, who once weighed the same as a small truck at over half a tonne, has so far lost 518 lbs. and is aiming to lose about 220 lbs. more over the next couple of years.
He's still the size of three well-built men combined but Uribe says his target is around 130 kilos within the next couple of years.
He's hoping to notch up another world record for losing the most weight.
"I used to eat a lot of carbohydrates - pizza, junk food, hamburgers, french fries, lots of beans and rice, all food with a lot of carbohydrates. Now I know a lot more because I've been taught how much food influences your body."
Uribe, who hasn't left his reinforced bed for six years because he's so heavy, drew international interest when he pleaded for help on Mexican television.
Now he says with the help of free aid from a U.S. doctor he's eating grapefruit, fish, chicken and vegetables.
He underwent a tummy tuck in Mexico that removed some fat but has left him with massive, and permanent, swelling.
As his weight goes down Uribe's hopes of leaving his bed and seeing the outside world again are going up.
A previous tour attempt failed when his bed hit an overpass.
He's hoping by 2010 he'll be back on his feet to tell the world about the benefits of healthy eating
Someone had to point that out to him?
Say What!?
Gee, Mr. Obvious - I never made the connection...
Crikey! He looks like Jabba the Hutt!
Lookout Subway dude, you’ve got competition.
His bed hit an overpass?
When do you think he decided to go on a diet? 700 lbs, 800 lbs?
Yep. Hit him right in the mouth.
Required some serious bridgework to fix things.
a few months back they tried to take manuel out to see his girlfriend. he had to be put on a special truck pictured here and on the way the truck was going under an overpass and got stuck so the date had to be cancelled.
“When do you think he decided to go on a diet? 700 lbs, 800 lbs?”
I think it was actually 1250 lbs.
How do you live in such a misshapen body? I’m glad he is going to lose all that weight. He will have to have a lot of operations to remove all that skin. Maybe he can donate it to a good cause, like burn victims.
So what’s the over/under for the number of posts before someone photoshops Helen Thomas’ head on that body?
These people can’t move to feed themselves or go to the bathroom. Someone is doing that for them.
If you can’t haul yourself off to the toilet because you are too fat it may just be a clue to stop on the 24th twinkie.
One day he stepped onto the scale and said, “Damn, that last trip to Taco Bell really did it. Now I weigh 1,250 lbs!
Next time I get the diet coke!”
Sie batha ne beechee?
No, Pizza the Hut!
Everyone says mean things about TWINKIES !
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