Manuel Uribe
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| Born | June 11, 1965 Monterrey, Mexico |
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| Nationality | Mexico |
| Religious beliefs | Christian |
Manuel Uribe Garza (born June 11, 1965),[1] a 42-year-old man from Monterrey, Mexico, is one of the heaviest people in medical history.[2] After reaching a peak weight of around 560 kg (1,232 lb or over 88 stone)[3] and being unable to leave his bed since 2001, Uribe lost considerable weight with the help of doctors and nutritionists, and by following the Zone diet.
Uribe drew worldwide attention when he appeared on Televisa Television Network in January 2006.
Uribe turned down offers for gastric surgery in Italy.
In March 2007, Uribe set a goal to lower his weight to 120 kg (265 lbs). Uribe has also been featured on "World's Heaviest Man", a television documentary about his bedridden life and attempts to lose weight.[4]
By February 13, 2008 Uribe had progressed well beyond earlier predicted medical expectations and lost 258kg (570 pounds).[5]Uribe was halfway to a picnic near his Monterrey-area home on March 9, 2008, to celebrate his girlfriend's birthday, when one of the posts holding a tarpaulin over his bed to shield him from the sun hit an overpass,[6] so he had to return home for health reasons. His weight loss efforts continue. Uribe's photograph appears on 2008 Guinness Book of World Records.
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[edit] Personal Life
Uribe was born on June 11, 1965 from parents of the Uribe-Garza family. He was the child of Otilia Garza Alanis and her husband, and lived in Dallas, Texas for fourteen years. Uribe has been bedridden since summer of 2001. He is currently dating a woman named Claudia.
[edit] Weight Records
- 1965: Born at 2.7 kg (6 lbs).
- 1984: 121.5 kg (266 lbs, 19 stone).
- 1988: 127 kg (280 lbs, 20 stone).
- 1990: Weight skyrockets to 184 kg (406 lbs, 29 stone).
- 1995: Recorded at 248 kg (546 lbs, 39 stone).
- 1996: Tummy tuck sloughs off 88.9 kg (196 lbs, 14 stone), reducing his weight to 160 kg (350 lbs, 25 stone).
- 1999: Weight jumped to 502 kg (1,106 lbs, 79 stone) in just three years.
- 2000: 552 kg (1,218 lbs, 87 stone), even though another tummy tuck removed (158lbs, 12 stone).
- 2006: Reduced his 597 kg (1,316 lbs, 94 stone) to 552 kg (1218 lbs, 87 stone), due to a diet.
- 2007: Loses 181 kg (400 lbs, 28½ stone). Weight plummets down to 381 kg (840 lbs, 60 stone).
- 2008: Lost a little less than 102 kg (225 lbs, 16 stone), now weighing around 259 kg (570 lbs, 40 ¾ stone).
[edit] Diet Before
[edit] Breakfast
20 eggs, beans, 9 tortillas stuffed with cheese and meat, fizzy drinks, coffee
[edit] Lunch
Half a Chicken, 4 meat and cheese tortillas, salad, fizzy drinks, pasta, bread
[edit] Dinner
3-4 eggs with hamburger, beans, 3-4 cheese and meat tortillas, bread, or pasta, fizzy drinks, coffee, milk
[edit] Diet Now
[edit] Breakfast
Six eggs without the yolk fried in extra virgin olive oil, onion and tomato, one apple, one grapefruit
[edit] Lunch
Grilled Chicken, grapefruit, apple, sugar-free lemonade, salad, sugar-free jelly, water
[edit] Dinner
Peppers stuffed with mince, one apple, grapefruit, salad, water.
[edit] Snacks
1 1/2 bars of diet chocolate, water
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ La Vida de Manuel Uribe. Manuel Uribe (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-16. (En español.)
- ^ Half-ton Mexican man loses 200 pounds. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
- ^ BBC NEWS. Retrieved on 2007-11-25.
- ^ "World's Heaviest Man" on Discovery Channel
- ^ 'World's Fattest Man' Drops 570 Pounds. Fox News (2008). Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
- ^ Underpass defeats 800-pound man's outing. CNN (2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-11.
