World's Fattest Man To Get Married After Losing Weight!!!!!!!

by **J The Kidd** Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:13 am

The world's fattest man has announced he will get married this month, after losing nearly half his weight.

Manuel Uribe, 43, holds the record for the world's fattest man in the Guinness Book of Records.

The Mexican said he had from dropped to 570lb (41 stone) from 1,300lb (93 stone) since February.

Mr Uribe is to marry a widow named Claudia, to whom he has been engaged
for two years, on Oct 26 at his hometown Monterrey, northern Mexico.

"It will be a hefty wedding, on a large scale, but with a low-calorie banquet", he said.

The Mexican reached his record weight of 1,235 pounds - 88 stone - in
2007 after years of unhealthy living, including a diet of pizza and
tacos.

Bed-bound and unable to look after himself, in January 2006, after five
years of isolation, Mr Uribe made an impassioned plea on Mexican
national television for help.

Doctors and dieticians the world over responded to his appeal, with a
team of doctors from Italy, the United States and Mexico leading the
attempt to restore Mr Uribe to a healthy weight.

Mr Uribe has been following the so-called "Zone Diet", a high-protein regime pioneered by Boston biochemist Dr Barry Sears.

Following the wedding announcement, Mr Uribe has been inundated with
offers of sponsorship from international magazines, television
stations. Local mayors who have offered to supply a cake for the 400
guests.

A Mexican band called "Pesado," or "Heavy," have been hired to provide the music for the wedding.

Mr Uribe thanked God for the "miracles he gave to a man who was on the edge of suicide and who today knows love."