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World's heaviest man set to marry






The Mexican who held the record for the world's fattest man and his fiance

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).
Manuel, who has lost around 250kg (39 stones), 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.
However, some experts warn that not enough is known about the long-term effects of diets high in proteins.
Claudia is nevertheless proud of the progress her husband-to-be has made.
"Sometimes he is sad and cries because he cannot get off his bed," she told the BBC in July.
"But he is an example for other obese people to move forward. As he says: 'If I can, you can'."

Cheers Thet.

He's not the world's heaviest man.

The 43-year-old entered the Guinness Book of Records in 2006 after tipping the scales at 560kg (88 stones). Manuel, who has lost around 250kg ...

Does BBC employ fourth graders to write their headlines?

Oh sorry, that's not Manuel, it's Marmite

His doing the splits

He looks like a woman.

...The fat cnut.

Very happy cnut though.

Heaviest man holds big wedding
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Manuel Uribe arrives for his wedding

The world's heaviest man has married his girlfriend in front of TV cameras and 400 guests in Mexico.
Manuel Uribe was taken to his wedding on the bed he has been unable to leave for the last six years, towed by a truck, in his home town of Monterrey.
The 43-year-old tipped the scales at 560kg (88 stones) in 2006, but has since shed around 250kg (39 stones).
A tearful Mr Uribe married Claudia Solis, 38, in a ceremony filmed by a US TV channel.
Mr Uribe earlier told reporters: "I'm very happy this is a really special day for me. God has permitted this day to arrive and for a beautiful woman like Claudia to marry me. We will start a new adventure together."
No cake
Mr Uribe's custom-made bed was decorated with a canopy, flowers and gold-trimmed bows at it was towed by a truck through the streets of Monterrey to a local hall for the civil service, the Associated Press news agency reported.
He wore a white silk shirt and a sheet wrapped around his legs, while his bride wore a strapless ivory dress and tiara.
Instead of a first dance, the pair are reported to have sat together, holding hands and swaying to the song.
Mr Uribe's mother, Orquedia Garza, said her son had steered clear of the five-tiered wedding cake - a vow he made when he announced the date of his wedding at the start of the month.
"He didn't break his diet," she told the AP. "His doctors are here and they are watching him closely."
Manuel Uribe, a former mechanic, entered the Guinness Book of Records as the world's heaviest man when he weighed 560kg - the weight of a small truck.
He has since been following the Zone Diet - consisting of a strict formula of carbohydrates, proteins and fats - which has enabled him to nearly halve his body weight. However, he remains unable to walk.
He met Claudia four years ago and the couple were engaged for the last two years.
The wedding was filmed by the Discovery Channel for a forthcoming documentary.

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BBC NEWS | Americas | Heaviest man holds big wedding

Published: 2008/10/27 1050 GMT

BBC NEWS | Americas | Heaviest man holds big wedding

Originally Posted by daveboy

Is that his stomach or his balls?

I doubt he knows.

Macroorchidism...can reach several kilos

Motivation for marrying him?

Dis they consummate the relationship?

Weird

Originally Posted by panama hat

Dis they consummate the relationship?

And how?????

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Originally Posted by panama hat

Dis they consummate the relationship?

And how?????

you're a sick man, mate, for wanting details

You're right..........

That is brilliant. Good on him. Fat happy cnut.

Didn't know they had any Buddhists in Mexico. I'm off to the what did you learn today thread.

It's lovely..............

Is that Samak on the left of the truck?