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Heaviest man alive vows to lose 1,000 pounds

Posted on Jan 22nd 2007 4:34PM by Brian White

Filed Under: Diet & Weight Loss

When the heaviest man in the world wants to lose 1,000 pounds, there are probably nutrition and medical experts who want to study the process from start to finish.

Manuel Aribe of Mexico -- who weighed 1,200 pounds a year ago and wants to lose 1,000 pounds -- now weighs 800 pounds after following the "Zone" diet and wants to get to 200 pounds one day. That is, so he can stand on his own for the first time in a long time.

Aribe says he used to eat what normal Mexicans eat -- beans, rice, flower tortilla, corn tortilla, French fries, hamburgers, subs and pizzas -- and had a very sedentary job and lifestyle. If those are the "normal" foods, then yikes.

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Tim UF 1-22-2007 @ 6:35PM

I'd bet those things are very similar to what a lot of us eat. I wish this guy all the luck in the world (hes already lost more than i weigh), And hope for his sake he loses the weight and keeps it off (unlike the fella that RIchard Simmons helped work down from 1200 to about 200, then gained back 800lbs... :-/ )

Anabell 1-22-2007 @ 8:38PM

"what most mexicans eat" not really. It's important to notice he lives in Monterrey, a state right next to the US border so his eating is heavily influenciated by american habits.
And all fast food here are expensive, for instance a McDonalds hamburger, fries and coke are 50 something pesos and the minimun wage is around 46 pesos so fast food is something only the middle class can consume. And most of mexicans aren't middle class.
My point is, yes he is mexican, and yes he is fat but it wasn't "what everyone eats" the thing that put him there. That's delusional of him. I eat pizza twice a month and hamburgers and fries probably three times a year.

Hone Money 1-22-2007 @ 8:38PM

To state the obvious its incredible that this guy is still alive.

It just goes to show how eating junk food is considered normal and ok.

starwxrwx 1-23-2007 @ 1:51AM

I know it sounds horrible, but why doesn't whoever is feeding this guy (since he can't get out of bed) just cut down what he eats? Even if you are overweight yourself it's pretty easy to be strict on someone else!