Manuel Uribe: Zone Diet's Biggest Success Story

WOW! That is an amazing amount of weight to lose. I was watching a documentry a few nights ago and it was about a man that was under similar treatment. He had to be cut out of his room and hadnt left his bed for four years! He was using the bike for exercise and a calorie controlled diet. Its amazing how much can be achieved when a person wants it enough.

I have just linked to one of Diet Blog's old articles in my latest blog:

http://goodbyetoallfat.blogspot.com/2008/06/addiction-overeating-part-2.html

The old Diet Blog entry that I linked to is:

http://www.diet-blog.com/archives/2008/06/03/shame_on_you_weight_loss_tactics_that_dont_work.php

I have referenced the quote and Diet Blog.

Hope this is OK.

Best wishes,
Sharon

Yes it certainly is inspiring. I guess when the alternative is a premature death, there is a fair bit of incentive.

That's pretty awesome. He certainly deserves a party! How many people can say they've reached the halfway point where the halfway point is losing 400 pounds?

I recently saw a special on Manuel where he was able to leave his room for the first time in years - they actually rolled his bed outside somehow so that he could participate in a celebration. I would say losing this much weight is certainly something to celebrate! How was his body still able to function with that much extra weight? Keep it up, Manuel!

Go Uribe!! i'm very proud of a person with this much of a challange who is still facing it head on. you see so many who haven't gotten as big as Uribe and still dont have the motivation to lose the weight; its amazing to see so much accomplishment!

It's great that he's losing weight but I'm more fascinated by how on earth someone can get that fat in the first place.

Clearly there's some sort of disconnect between the brain and the stomach, coupled with a metabolism slower than molasses.

This is indeed an impressive success story -- but like Barry, I'm surprised (and disconcerted) it's possible to become so overweight in the first place. Why weren't this man's family and friends encouraging him to seek medical help long, long before he became so obese?

Still, it's definitely a testament that it's never too late to change your diet!

It's sad that he got to be that overweight, but even more impressive is his ability to change his lifestyle and commit to losing the weight. It's amazing that he is able to reverse his ways after many years of eating poorly. I cannot fathom trying to lose 400 pounds. I'm really happy for him, and I hope that he reaches his goal.

Wow, that is good for him. It almost seems unbelievable to think a human could weigh over 1200lbs.

There's an article about him on Wikipedia. For those who are curious how he got this big - check out what he was eating. What's with all those meat and cheese tortillas?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Uribe#Diet_Before

I would point a finger at the people who paid his bills and brought him food as well as at him. He didn't get this way without help.

Barry
People get that big mostly due to eating disorders some doctors believe binge eating disorders can be a form of bulimia and not all bulimics purge.

Wow, way to go Manuel!! I saw a special on him on TV once and they showed what he eats on his diet and in comparison to what he USED to eat, it's no wonder he's 400 lbs lighter. I sort of don't get how people can get to those extreme levels of obesity, but they do...some of those documentaries about the super morbidly obese show people that eat close to 30,000 calories a day. So yeah, that'd be enough to make you gain weight pretty quickly.

On another note, what sane doctor would perform liposuction on such an obese person?? The risks for that sort of operation are huge. I'm glad that he's deciding to lose weight the "old fashioned" way. Wonder if he'll opt for gastric bypass when he gets down to about 300-400 lbs.

"Uribe has another 400lbs to go until reaching a goal weight of 265lbs."

He lost 400 so far according to the above. That puts him at 832 lbs.

If his goal weight is 265 and he has to lose another 400, that means he lost 167 lbs somewhere in between?

So that means he is looking to lose almost 1000 lbs.