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Half-Ton Man Ventures Out After Five Years
Associated Press ^

Posted on 03/08/2007 1:11:12 PM PST by DeerfieldObserver

Manuel Uribe, who once weighed half a ton, left his house on Wednesday for the first time in five years.

Six people pushed Uribe's wheel-equipped iron bed out to the street, as a mariachi band played and a crowd gathered to see the man who once weighed 1,235 pounds.

"It's nice [being outside]. Many thanks to my travelling Mariachis," Uribe said after taking a sip from a champagne bottle.

Unable to leave his bed for more than five years, Uribe has lost 397 pounds since he began a high-protein diet a year ago. He now weighs about 840 pounds.

To celebrate the milestone, a forklift lifted Uribe's bed onto a trailer pulled by a pickup truck and the 41-year-old mechanic rode through the streets of San Nicolas de los Garza, a Monterrey suburb.

"I'm very proud of him and very happy. I hope God continues to give him the strength to move forward," Uribe's neighbour, Leonor Garza said.

Uribe was a chubby kid, weighing more than 250 pounds as an adolescent.

In 1992, he said his weight began to balloon further.

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.

Afterwards, an Italian and a Spanish doctor both visited and offered him gastric bypass surgery.

But Uribe chose to accept help from Mexican nutritionists working with the Zone diet which he says he will stick to until he reaches his goal weight of 265 pounds.

Doctors say it may take between three and four years for Uribe to reach his goal.

Uribe said he plans to start a foundation to help overweight people get medical assistance and teach them about healthy eating habits.

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TOPICS: Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: health; obesity; veryfat
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To: isthisnickcool
Like a car wreck you can't help but stare at. Circus for free syndrome.

For some odd reason, I watch all these types of shows when they are on Discovery or TLC. I Don't. Know. Why.

41 posted on 03/08/2007 1:24:22 PM PST by synbad600
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To: DeerfieldObserver

Uribe said he plans to start a foundation to help overweight people get medical assistance and teach them about healthy eating habits.


"With my help, you, too, can look like me."


42 posted on 03/08/2007 1:24:53 PM PST by DeerfieldObserver
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To: P-40
You would have to be a really really really close friend to clean him up.

Couldn't do it.

43 posted on 03/08/2007 1:26:35 PM PST by synbad600
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To: Fierce Allegiance
geez, is that his sack hanging out? NASTY!

LOL! Gads....

I don't think so, the human body does not work like that. If men could make that part or the other part connected to it bigger by eating we'd really have a problem:)

44 posted on 03/08/2007 1:26:40 PM PST by isthisnickcool (Oh! The Obamanation! Durka durka durka...)
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To: P-40

I'm betting that if they had cut off his food supply, he would have lost weight...



Indeed. Usually, being too fat to get up and find food for yourself is a very effective limit on weight gain. Unless undermined by enabling "loved ones."


45 posted on 03/08/2007 1:26:44 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed (Your FRiendly FReeper Patent Attorney)
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To: synbad600
Like a car wreck you can't help but stare at. Circus for free syndrome. For some odd reason, I watch all these types of shows when they are on Discovery or TLC. I Don't. Know. Why.

And of course, the two-headed girl:


46 posted on 03/08/2007 1:27:42 PM PST by CedarDave
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To get that big you have to be lazy,selfish and loose all self respect as a human being.

looks like he has some bed sores on the one leg on the bed.


47 posted on 03/08/2007 1:27:54 PM PST by 4yearlurker ("Nothing is true,and everything is permitted"--7 th Satanic vow. Sounds like Liberalism!)
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To: DeerfieldObserver

Huh, I didn't know Hillary was a mechanic.


48 posted on 03/08/2007 1:28:15 PM PST by tearlenb
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To: isthisnickcool

And that's just his right testicle!


49 posted on 03/08/2007 1:28:15 PM PST by Wally_Kalbacken (Seldom right but never in doubt)
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To: xsmommy

actually, it takes very few calories to sustain that weight. His metabolism is very slow, because he does not move around much (obviously). Once the fat is in place, it does not require any further energy expenditure to keep it there.


50 posted on 03/08/2007 1:28:15 PM PST by Mom MD (The scorn of fools is music to the ears of the wise)
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To: isthisnickcool

51 posted on 03/08/2007 1:28:24 PM PST by rattrap
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To: isthisnickcool

Holy crap. I hope that thing on the lower left is part of his leg.


52 posted on 03/08/2007 1:28:39 PM PST by reagan_fanatic (I have a big carbon footprint and I'm not afraid to use it.)
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To: Mom MD

good to know!


53 posted on 03/08/2007 1:29:29 PM PST by xsmommy
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To: CedarDave

I watched that last night. I was flipping back and forth between that and Addicted to Food. I'm telling you, I'm addicted to those shows. Maybe b/c I can't imagine how one can let oneself go so so much to get to that point.


54 posted on 03/08/2007 1:30:31 PM PST by synbad600
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To: isthisnickcool

That guy needs a ThighMaster.


55 posted on 03/08/2007 1:30:40 PM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat lead.)
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To: rattrap

Ewwww, I'm dead sexy! Get in my bellY!

56 posted on 03/08/2007 1:31:46 PM PST by isthisnickcool (Oh! The Obamanation! Durka durka durka...)
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To: Mom MD

I'm going for a real long walk after work tonight!


57 posted on 03/08/2007 1:31:53 PM PST by Fierce Allegiance (RINO = Rudy Is Not Ours! Keep scrubbing, Rudy supporters, the blood won't come off.)
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To: DeerfieldObserver

Well, he's asked for and received the help he needs and has lost nearly 400 lbs. I hope he succeeds in reaching his goal. No doubt he'll need surgery. I'm pleased to see he's made such progress.


58 posted on 03/08/2007 1:31:57 PM PST by fortunecookie (My computer is back!)
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To: Fierce Allegiance
geez, is that his sack hanging out? NASTY!

Man, I was just thinking those better not be nads!
Then I see I wasn't the only one. ROTFLMSS!

59 posted on 03/08/2007 1:32:15 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken, Cobb County, Georgia, USA!)
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To: isthisnickcool

Fat Bastard looks like Kate Moss compared to Uribe


60 posted on 03/08/2007 1:32:41 PM PST by rattrap
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