World's heaviest man to wed Oct. 26 in Mexico

rybread · 10-08-2008, 09:51 PM

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MONTERREY, Mexico - The world's most obese man is getting hitched.

Manuel Uribe says he will wed longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis on Oct. 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.

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

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I say congratulations. It gives hope to all of those who are either disabled or overweight.

Juke_spin · 10-08-2008, 10:17 PM

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It always amused me how a huge man like this stays this big. Those around him he is totally dependent on for survival simply continue to bring this man thousands of calories he needs daily to maintain his size.
Loosing that much weight is definitely an accomplishment. The excess skin has to be enormous and will require surgery to remove.
Unfortunately the guy's heart is probably so enlarged surviving to an old age is most likely not possible.

Mona~on~wheels · 10-09-2008, 01:19 PM

I saw him & his girlfriend on discovery on tv.
Congrats to them getting married.
Nice story Ryan.

soonerborn · 10-09-2008, 01:35 PM

ya this guy is actually on a diet and excersice program and has lost over 300lbs and does it all in his bed. its the other people who are on oxygen and eat 20000 cal a day and just continue to do the same that kill me. Everytime I go out and I see obese people who are in a wheelchair cause the choose piss me off. I'm not in mine by choice. They get handicap placards and use the rascals and auto chairs. These are the people who need to park in the back of the parking lot and have manuel chairs. I say good for this guy and piss on lazy people. its always made me mad but now it just makes it burn even worse.

Danine · 10-09-2008, 02:41 PM

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ya this guy is actually on a diet and excersice program and has lost over 300lbs and does it all in his bed. its the other people who are on oxygen and eat 20000 cal a day and just continue to do the same that kill me. Everytime I go out and I see obese people who are in a wheelchair cause the choose piss me off. I'm not in mine by choice. They get handicap placards and use the rascals and auto chairs. These are the people who need to park in the back of the parking lot and have manuel chairs. I say good for this guy and piss on lazy people. its always made me mad but now it just makes it burn even worse.

Not every overweight person who's in a wheelchair is in the wheelchair because they're overweight. Not everyone who's overweight is lazy. Please remember this before you jump to conclusions about people.

AO · 10-09-2008, 03:27 PM

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Not every overweight person who's in a wheelchair is in the wheelchair because they're overweight. Not everyone who's overweight is lazy. Please remember this before you jump to conclusions about people.

Not every one but most are.

Juke_spin · 10-09-2008, 03:56 PM

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Not every one but most are.

Sustruth!

Danine · 10-09-2008, 11:47 PM

Interesting opinions.

When I saw this thread, I was afraid it'd become a place to come bash people who struggle with their weight.

Ashley · 10-10-2008, 12:22 AM

I thought I heard he passed away? A heart complication? Lemme check on that.

rybread · 10-10-2008, 02:05 AM

I hope not. He is setting a great example by losing weight and actually getting a life. And he's lost 500 pounds, not 200, by going on some special diet and moving his arms around.

10-08-2008, 10:17 PM	#2
Juke_spin Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Placerville, CA Posts: 8,265	dragsters1955 Oct-01 @ 4:34 PM Report abuse 3 9 It always amused me how a huge man like this stays this big. Those around him he is totally dependent on for survival simply continue to bring this man thousands of calories he needs daily to maintain his size. Loosing that much weight is definitely an accomplishment. The excess skin has to be enormous and will require surgery to remove. Unfortunately the guy's heart is probably so enlarged surviving to an old age is most likely not possible. __________________ "The world will not perish for want of wonders but for want of wonder." J.B.S.Haldane

10-10-2008, 12:22 AM	#9
Ashley Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: St. Louis, Missouri Posts: 1,933	I thought I heard he passed away? A heart complication? Lemme check on that. __________________ Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow. -Dorothy Thompson

10-10-2008, 02:05 AM	#10
rybread Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 2,409	I hope not. He is setting a great example by losing weight and actually getting a life. And he's lost 500 pounds, not 200, by going on some special diet and moving his arms around. __________________ C-5/6, 7-9-2000 Scottsdale, AZ Make the best out of today because yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come. Nobody knows that better than those of us that have almost died from spinal cord injury.

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Mona~on~wheels Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cleburne, Texas, USA Posts: 5,640	I saw him & his girlfriend on discovery on tv. Congrats to them getting married. Nice story Ryan.

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soonerborn Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Yukon Oklahoma Posts: 229	ya this guy is actually on a diet and excersice program and has lost over 300lbs and does it all in his bed. its the other people who are on oxygen and eat 20000 cal a day and just continue to do the same that kill me. Everytime I go out and I see obese people who are in a wheelchair cause the choose piss me off. I'm not in mine by choice. They get handicap placards and use the rascals and auto chairs. These are the people who need to park in the back of the parking lot and have manuel chairs. I say good for this guy and piss on lazy people. its always made me mad but now it just makes it burn even worse.

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Danine Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NC, USA Posts: 1,976	Interesting opinions. When I saw this thread, I was afraid it'd become a place to come bash people who struggle with their weight.