Hi!

We see what the reporter chose to include in the story, but we don't know what Manuel told the reporter. As I understand from the Discovery TV shows, his new wife has helped him throughout his weight loss experience with the Zone diet.

Barry and I were at the wedding. Story is up on main page of Zonediet.com.

Lynn Sears

Thanks so much Lynn! I loved reading your article.

I agree with Sue, I liked it also. And I agree, adter I wrote that the other day I thought about what you said, but I didnt know if there was a place you could delete a post once you have made it, so here it is.

Hello
I have just heard recently about Manuel Uribe.... Some how I agree, people do enable, due to no educational knowledge on foods & being unable to buy what is right... I live on limited Income, FS is $74 a month, yet I still can not get people to agree to healthy foods, my family here whom I have to live with at this time, eat what ever they have and cook high starch... But the plus side since I moved from WA to TX, I have walked more, so lost after 9yrs of trying 34lb... So I am still determine to lose an added 70lb...will bring me to 146lb, hope in next year I shall be 170 then 150 then 131, which means I am down to normal.... So I will continue to have faith, even though can't afford any thing on Zone, I shall follow some of the rules... anyone whom can advise store food that works please do so...

not that these are cheap, Catherine.....but eggs are good, (we use the whites mostly), possibly tuna packed in water, tofu, protein powder, you have to shop around for a less expensive one....and then frozen veggies can be less expensive and just as good....frozen berries....and the steel cut oats. (they take 30-40 min to cook, but they're gooood)
Welcome, and good luck! Keep asking questions.

I have read lots of error here...concerning his large weightgain. Barry Sears made it clear he was fat from one thing and that is a hormone known as "Insulin" we must learn to be accurate about why people are over their healthy weight. Barry makes it so simple one must eat in the zone that keeps your insulin in the proper zone.

I take my blood sugar every morning when I wake up and eat before 20 minutes elaspes and eat in the zone as Barry's dinner plate charts on this site show. Eat that way consistantly and you will become the healthy person you want to be ...no gimmicks just the simple truth Barry did all the work and research for us was it just too easy for us ? Is that why some don't get it and still talk about the obese in judgemental terms??

Hopefully we will get to this truth one day.

World's heaviest man, Manuel Uribe of Mexico, gets a custom-made van
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, March 6th 2009, 11:45 AM

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Manuel Uribe, 42, the world's heaviest man, will soon be able to leave his home regularly, thanks to a custom-made Chevy Astrovan

MONTERREY, Mexico - The world's heaviest man still can't walk, but he will soon be able to roll. Manuel Uribe said Thursday he is having a 1989 Chevrolet Astrovan outfitted to support his record-breaking weight, giving him mobility after more than six years of being confined to his bed.

Uribe earned the Guinness World Record as the world's heaviest man in 2006, when he tipped the scales at 1,230 pounds. He claims to have since shed more than 500 pounds after making a public call for help.
Uribe, known as Meme to his friends, even has a name for his new ride.
"My friends call it the Meme-Mobile, just like the Batmobile," he said.

The minivan is being converted into an open-air, flatbed pickup of sorts. Manuel says he will put a bed on the back of the van to drive around town, with his new wife at the wheel. When at home, he will hang out in a remodeled garage that will include a forklift to help raise his regular bed up to the level of his car bed, allowing him to switch locations from time to time.

Uribe said that, with the new car, he plans to start up an auto parts business. And Uribe's wife, Claudia Solis, said the two are even thinking about making a trip to the beach in May.

Uribe married Solis in October, and the wedding was one of the few times he has left his home in recent years.

here is the link to a pic of the van

http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090306/i/r1722844975.jpg?x=400&y=256&q=85&sig=K6R2Lc__aoc8e7EU.B7mEA--

Oh wow! Thanks for the info and address to the van photo!

I first read about Manuel in late 2008. There is nothing on this site or elsewhere on the Web that I can find that has documented his weight loss progress since then. One source said he lost 26 pounds in 2008.

What happened? Why did his weight loss come to basically a screeching halt in 2008? Did he stop eating a Zone Diet? You'd think he would have lost at least another 100+ pounds in 2008.
Is there any news of him loosing wt in 2009?
Has Dr. Sears not been involved with Manuel since Manuel's wedding in 2008?

Please, Dr. Sears, update us on Manuel's progress into 2010.

There was a report last summer that he had died, but apparently there are some web links that state that this report is false. Regardless, there is nothing new to report at all. Apparently, he had been working on a new website and the "Manuel Uribe Foundation", but I have not seen any of this, either.