World's fattest man now world's most successful slimmer

[Eeezee]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7510018.stm

He's not exactly thin, but he has lost a lot of weight (he lost 185kg = 408 lbs, he started at over 1200 lbs)

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

So he can't walk right now? It'll be great to see him continue this to the point where he can walk and slowly get into a better life.

 

[paulney]

Every time I read about this guy, the most amazing thing that strikes me most is that he has a girlfriend.
Just... how???

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Supersized by nature, he has now downsized through diet and willpower.

Someone explain that to me...

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: savoyboy

Originally posted by: paulney
Every time I read about this guy, the most amazing thing that strikes me most is that he has a girlfriend.
Just... how???

so there's hope for all ATOTers

WRONG! Even that guy is too cool to post on ATOT.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Supersized by nature, he has now downsized through diet and willpower.

Someone explain that to me...

Some diseases cause obesity, but I don't think he has any of them. I think the BBC just made a mistake (or they consider "by nature" to include overeating)

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Originally posted by: savoyboy

Originally posted by: paulney
Every time I read about this guy, the most amazing thing that strikes me most is that he has a girlfriend.
Just... how???

so there's hope for all ATOTers

WRONG! Even that guy is too cool to post on ATOT.

He has a girlfriend too.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Supersized by nature, he has now downsized through diet and willpower.

Someone explain that to me...

He got fat genes.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Supersized by nature, he has now downsized through diet and willpower.

Someone explain that to me...

he has (had?) tumors on his legs that weighed more on their own than some adults weight. He was fat on his own but the tumors were CRAZY, I remember reading they weighed like 150+ pounds each. That would definitely be nature. I eat on average 5,000 calories a day, I don't exercise for shit and I never gain a pound. I know I'm not the normal here, but he's not the normal either, but on the opposite end of the spectrum from me.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: QueBert

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Supersized by nature, he has now downsized through diet and willpower.

Someone explain that to me...

he has (had?) tumors on his legs that weighed more on their own than some adults weight. He was fat on his own but the tumors were CRAZY, I remember reading they weighed like 150+ pounds each. That would definitely be nature. I eat on average 5,000 calories a day, I don't exercise for shit and I never gain a pound. I know I'm not the normal here, but he's not the normal either, but on the opposite end of the spectrum from me.

So of the 400 or so pounds he's lost, 300 of them were tumors?
I don't want to diminish what he's done. I'm glad he's apparently taken control of his life. But nobody gets to be 1200 pounds "by nature". You get to be 1200 pounds by eating... a lot.

 

[nublikescake]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Supersized by nature, he has now downsized through diet and willpower.

Someone explain that to me...

Bwahahaha! That's funny! The BBC's not beyond sensationalism. No one in the history of mankind ever got this fat or even close to it. This super-fatness is a disease of the modern times only, with our immobile lifestyles and super anti-nutritious food. Nature has nothing to do with it.

Where the f*** was his diet and willpower all this time when he was on his way to become the human walrus?

Edit - I should add that nature is the only thing that's gonna get him back to "nature", i.e. normalcy.

 

[nublikescake]

Originally posted by: Baked

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Supersized by nature, he has now downsized through diet and willpower.

Someone explain that to me...

He got fat genes.

I tried that once when I was applying for disability insurance....didn't work so well!

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Supersized by nature, he has now downsized through diet and willpower.

Someone explain that to me...

Where do you think his food comes from? The man eats whole ecosystems.

 

[biggestmuff]

"Chone manya weesh asha beecho!"

 

[wahoyaho]

It's not healthy to lose that much weight

 

[Ricochet]

:shocked: Holy mother of god! Give this man a barge and have him play Jabba in the next Star Wars movie.

 

[littleprince]

Normal ppl don't grow 150 lb cysts on their legs...

And in other news: Food shortage in Mexico has suddenly disappeared...

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Supersized by nature, he has now downsized through diet and willpower.

Someone explain that to me...

The statement is to mean that he cannot survive on his own since he can't leave the bed. So someone needs to be there to take care of him whether he is dieting or not.

 

[Feldenak]

Originally posted by: nublikescake

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Supersized by nature, he has now downsized through diet and willpower.

Someone explain that to me...

Bwahahaha! That's funny! The BBC's not beyond sensationalism. No one in the history of mankind ever got this fat or even close to it. This super-fatness is a disease of the modern times only, with our immobile lifestyles and super anti-nutritious food. Nature has nothing to do with it.

Where the f*** was his diet and willpower all this time when he was on his way to become the human walrus?

Edit - I should add that nature is the only thing that's gonna get him back to "nature", i.e. normalcy.

Well, I'm going to guess that exercise was a problem when you have 150 pound tumors on your legs. But hey, good job being a judgemental asshole.

 

[potato28]

Originally posted by: littleprince
Normal ppl don't grow 150 lb cysts on their legs...

And in other news: Food shortage in Mexico has suddenly disappeared...

:laugh:

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: Feldenak

Originally posted by: nublikescake

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Supersized by nature, he has now downsized through diet and willpower.

Someone explain that to me...

Bwahahaha! That's funny! The BBC's not beyond sensationalism. No one in the history of mankind ever got this fat or even close to it. This super-fatness is a disease of the modern times only, with our immobile lifestyles and super anti-nutritious food. Nature has nothing to do with it.

Where the f*** was his diet and willpower all this time when he was on his way to become the human walrus?

Edit - I should add that nature is the only thing that's gonna get him back to "nature", i.e. normalcy.

Well, I'm going to guess that exercise was a problem when you have 150 pound tumors on your legs. But hey, good job being a judgemental asshole.

It wasn't just a lack of exercise that got him that big... In my original response I was pointing out how the BBC completely dismissed his condition as "something nature did to him" as though it were completely natural to weigh half a ton. That's not being judgemental, that's just calling bullshit when you see it.

 

[TehMac]

Originally posted by: wahoyaho
It's not healthy to lose that much weight

I don't think it's healthy to have that much weight in the first place.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy

Supersized by nature, he has now downsized through diet and willpower.

Someone explain that to me...

You could start by actually reading the article:

The diet, supervised by a team of scientists and nutritionists, consists of a strict formula of carbohydrates, proteins and fats.

It's about controlling hormone levels in the body, particularly insulin and glucagons.

Those behind the diet say that when these are at the correct levels through the right intake of food, anti inflammatory chemicals are released to keep the body's weight in check.

They say the body then uses its stored fat for energy, thereby causing weight loss.

"Life is good now because food is medicine," said Manuel. "If you have the right food your body gets what it needs. If I can lose weight, anyone can."

For an OBVIOUSLY out of whack metabolism like his, it's as much about what he eats as it is (also) quantity:

Manuel certainly doesn't starve himself to achieve his weight loss.

He eats roughly five times a day.

It's undoubtedly a vicious cycle with people like him. His body metabolism puts him WAY behind the eight ball from the git-go (there's your "Supersized by nature" part, chief), so, shunned and made fun of, he turned to food for solace and pigged out.

Manuel's weight problems are partly genetic, partly down to overeating.

His problem is similar to your reading comprehension problem. Is it JUST that you're lazy and undisciplined, or is there also a hidden genetic component to your demonstrated inability to absorb simple knowledge from a short news article?

Could be a bit of both, eh?

 

[Shawn]

I wonder what would happen if they just stopped feeding him. It's not like he can get off his bed to get food himself.

 

[Eeezee]

Originally posted by: Shawn
I wonder what would happen if they just stopped feeding him. It's not like he can get off his bed to get food himself.

That would be considerably worse, since he'd probably go insane from hunger, and he wouldn't be consuming anything like vitamins.

 

[imported_Champ]

wtf was with the weight measurment...185kg (29 stones)

when did anyone measure in stones...this is the first i've even heard of stones

according to internet i weigh 11.4 stones

but serously i was more shocked about the girlfriend thing...like wtf how does he get out to meet her?

But this guy is serosuly awesome and i hope he can walk one day