One Of The World's Fattest Men Has Passed Away
Jose Luis Garza, one of the fattest men in the world, has passed on to the great all-you-can-eat buffet in the sky. Jose is NOT to be confused with Manuel Uribe, the world's fattest man who recently got engaged.
Jose was bedridden in his home in Juarez, Mexico. He recently went on Mexican television and asked for her help. Manuel, who lost 550 pounds himself, regularly spoke to Jose on the phone and was trying to help him lose weight. This past Friday, Manuel even sent his new fiancee to Jose's home with fruits and a protein supplement.
Some of Jose's family members have criticized officials for not moving Jose to a hospital before he became critically ill. Over the weekend, Jose complained about having trouble breathing and eating. Emergency officials finally transported him to the hospital yesterday, but it was too late. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the age of 47. He weighed 990-pounds.
Jose was buried yesterday in a specially made coffin.
Rest in peace, Jose...
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Submitted by Bda on October 8, 2008 - 8:01pm.
I would never allow myself to get that big.
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How lovely for you. YOU'RE NOT ADDICTED. If being judgmental is what keeps you healthy, then I suppose that's how you need to be.
I *only* got as high as 210 (I'm 4 foot 11) but I know my family will totally enable if I ever decide to truly give in to it. Families can be stupid that way. As sick as I was at that weight, I'd probably die before I got to 300, so these guys should at least be admired as well as pitied, for being able to survive under all that. Nowadays, I feel happy and grateful at a size 12 and I can pity the 900 pounders and also the 85 pounders. I wouldn't want to go there either.
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R.I.P. Rupert!
his family killed him
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Submitted by idiots drive me loco on October 8, 2008 - 1:25pm.
wow. If he had died of an overdose, and I posted how stupid, and lazy he was and why didn't he put the junk down, people would ream me out. How come food addiction doesn't seem to rouse the same defense that it's a disease? I'm absolutely shocked by some of the posts in here....
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...you mean like when Amy Winehouse kicks the bucket? Shit I won't even wait until she dies to say what a stupid stupid bitch she is.
I think the most appalling thing is his family having the nerve to blame officials for him having to gasp for air and being so obese that they had to break down the wall of his home and use special equipment to try to transport him! If he was living with me he would have been eating a grape a day. How the hell do you enable someone with their disease and then try to blame someone else? I can't stand people who don't take responsibility for their dumb actions. He's dead because of his family.
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Criticized officials? Are you shitting me? No one told him eat to his ass got so big he couldn't move! And complained that he couldn't breathe and eat properly? I fucking wonder why? The EATING is the problem! That's the last thing he should be complaining or worrying about. It's sad and all but come on. I would never allow myself to get that big. If I ever even reach 250lbs I would diet and exercise like crazy! How do you even get that big? That's crazy in my mind!
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I have to criticize some of Jose's family members. And Jose. I have to criticize them a lot.
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Submitted by boomsy on October 8, 2008 - 4:40pm.
I'm using a Paul McKenna hypnosis cd. Every day for the first couple of weeks, but now more like 2-3 times a week. It seems to be sticking. From there I just count my calories, eat breakfast, get my fiber and water, and make time for exercise. It's on my mind every second, but I do enjoy looking good and not being in pain all the time, not to mention my blood pressure, pre-diabetes, and the risk of cancer from all that estrogen that's created by the fat.
Submitted by boomsy on October 8, 2008 - 4:17pm.
I hear ya, GF. My honey tends to see people as all bad or all good, and he has said that being fat is a moral issue to him. He has great faith, not justified, that I can stay thin.
Like I said, I am normal right now but I still carry the extra fat cells that all obese people have created for themselves, and that's why I have to count calories even when my weight is good. I'm a hero for being able to overcome it, but really I am the only one who feels that way.
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R.I.P. Rupert!
Submitted by kacky on October 8, 2008 - 4:38pm
So how'd ya do it? I have like no willpower whatsoever. I would say I'd lose weight just to shut him up but then my stubborness says he should love me how I am...*sigh*. Just can't win.
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For a casket, they rolled him into a fiberglass wading pool, then Saranwrapped and duct-taped it closed.
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Now relieve the pressure.
@kacky: In a twisted way it's nice to see others with the same problems. I'm a total emotional eater and currently quitting my Diet Coke cold turkey (I've had a headache for days now).
I'm the biggest now that I've ever been, but I was thin to the point in college my parents thought I was anorexic (never mind the fact that I was a size 8, those crazy people). I've tried explaining to people that it really bothered me that all of a sudden my friends seemed to like me more when I lost a lot of weight to the point I've actually been happier heavier...I don't know. It's definately a mental thing.
It drives me insane to have my 6 ft. 165lbs soaking wet husband tell me I'm not trying hard enough to lose weight and that's why I'm fat. *sigh* I feel the pain of anyone who has struggled to lose weight,as I never have and probably never will be the size the BMI charts say I should be; personally I think I'd look awful if I did.
On another note, anyone have a clue how he went to the bathroom?
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Love me or hate me
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RIP - I'm sure he wasn't happy living his life that way
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Rest in peace, Jose
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Submitted by wslandry53 on October 8, 2008 - 2:33pm.
I have a food addiction and I do not have Prader-Willi. Yes, my family is co-addicted with me, and it is up to me to put my health ahead of their emotional comfort, and mine. Sometimes I fail. I don't care whether you judge my "excuse" worthy of your scorn.
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R.I.P. Rupert!
Submitted by la coocaracha on October 8, 2008 - 2:03pm.
I am having a phase where I watch a lot of those shows lately and I have seen some lovable people. Jackie and Robin, for two... and the sweet southern church lady who moved in with a man she met there. He came down south to be with her and then he fell off the wagon but she kept on a-going.
Submitted by idiots drive me loco on October 8, 2008 - 1:25pm.
Thank you. Fat is the last disability that's fair game for bullies. Having been both obese and normal-looking, I have seen how people treat you differently.
Submitted by Dr. Destructo on October 8, 2008 - 1:20pm.
Maybe you're joking, but there is a lot of good sense in that comment. When it gets so bad that they're depending on other people, why can't their families step up and refuse to be a part of the addiction! It's like we want to have someone to make us feel superior, so we keep down people down.
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There is only one excuse for eating yourself into oblivion. It's a condition called Prader Willi where the brain sends signals that you are never full and you can eat yourself to death. This condition is always associated with retardation. So this person was not retarded and responsible for his own death. My second cousin was institutionalized from the age of 10 because of Prader Willi Syndrome and when we went to see this great loving soul they always had to monitor his food and he would go to great heights to fool the staff for food. I blame the freaking people around this man for co-signing his bull shit.
I was watching something about an abesity clinic a couple weeks ago and a lot of those people were the most despicable, manipulative, selfish people ive ever seen. If they're bedridden, they will manipulate others into buying them pizzas and cakes because they know the hospital cant control what they eat. If they can walk, they'll bitch and moan about the nurses trying to get 10 of workout time in for them and not do it because they believe being 50pounds is due to glandular things and working out will do nothing....i havent seen a decent person depicted on that show yet!
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Jeebus, that sucks. Poor fellow. Fuck.
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wow. If he had died of an overdose, and I posted how stupid, and lazy he was and why didn't he but the junk down, people would ream me out. How come food addition doesn't seem to rouse the same defense that its a disease? I'm absolutely shocked by some of the posts in here....
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Jose was renowned in his village for his face-sitting talents.
Also, he was highly desired as a 'rimmee'!
I dunno. But if it were me feeing him, I would have done things like welding his eating utensils to 10# weights! 2 birds approach. You want ice cream? There's a store full of the stuff out that door and within WALKING distance!
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poor guy, at least now he is finally free.
Kacky, I would go nuts counting calories. I just try to eat mainly what I know is decent and don't sweat the rest. And speaking of nuts, I have allergies to them. Flying on planes when peanuts are served makes me want to vomit, but I just shut my mouth and stay quiet about it. I can smell a pb sandwich from across a large room and it smells literally like caca to me! It's a pain in the ass allergy, because the load nuts into lots strange places.
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Submitted by Dr. Destructo on October 8, 2008 - 12:46pm.
Your dinner is perfect for someone trying to maintain a healthy weight. Tasty foods, sensible seasoning, you would know you ate something, and it would fill you up. And you just proved that it's all about paying attention. Yes, eat a gob of something if you want to feel full - but what gob you choose can mean the difference between a good life or a slow death.
You can call me dumb, but I seriously can't tell the difference between blended cauliflower and seasoned mashed potatoes. Or full fat vs nonfat yogurt.
I'm still on 1300 calories a day so I would have moved the corn up to lunch along with maybe a boca burger, no bun.
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Kacky, I know this shit will make me grow a 3rd arm, but I AM a Diet Coke addict! I'll slut around with D Pepsi, but DC is my true love. I love the stuff and I know it's just toxic chemicals and water. The sugar in regular Coke makes me gag. I've been weaning off with various teas and such, but my dumb ass will still sometimes flavor them with Torani flavored syrups,.....with NuclearSweet in them.
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Ack! My daughter was with me just now and I scrolled past here and she asked: What's with that guy" I told her: "O he just died". She stared and said "No kidding - of COURSE he died!"
So I showed him the guy getting married. And she asked "Isn't his wife gonna be afraid he's gonna die?" I told her he just lost 500 pounds and she stared again. Then she said: "Can I have an apple?" Lordy, I hope she's not too traumatized now!
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Submitted by sydney2008 on October 8, 2008 - 12:44pm.
How lovely for you, that you don't know what addiction is. I hope you never have to.
Forcing the restaurants to show calorie info is a little bit fascist, but what hey, it's a great wake-up call.
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kacky, sorry, I missed your comment about calories. I never count them, but I do look at carb amounts and sugar. I rarely, if ever use sugar for anything. But really, for me, it's all about sugar, or what the body can easily convert to sugar. When I was young, I mocked my mom about eating whole wheat bread and only ate white. Now I hardly even eat bread at all and can't stand anything other than whole wheat. Well, except for French bread now and then. I use tricks now. Spaghetti squash for pasta and blended cauliflower for mashed taters. Modified Atkins fuckery, I guess?
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Submitted by Dr. Destructo on October 8, 2008 - 12:37pm.
That's for sure. they'll rationalize and love you to death.
I have fast food strategies too. At DD I can have the eggwhite flatbread. At BK I can have the veggie burger, no mayo. At Mickey D's I can have an Asian chicken salad, grilled.
Fiber is an important key to losing weight, so I eat half a cup of all bran with half a cup of skim milk every morning even though I hate eating in the morning.
I'm a nut junkie and nuts are very high in calories so I eat plain edamame microwaved in a little water, it seems to do the trick for me.
And I never, ever drink calories. Whole fruit, not juice!
I track my calories at thedailyplate.com they make it a lot easier than it used to be!
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Disgusting...you have to expect you're not going to live too long if you are 990 pounds. Seriously, how can you get that fat? On a side note, I'm sick of fattie excuses too, boo hoo, I want to lose weight but still be able to shovel junk into my flabby face 24-7.
And kacky, I'm sure this man's family loved him too. But their food pushing and enslavement cost him his life.
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” - H.L. Mencken
kacky, fast food is really what does it, no doubt. I admit to the occasional Jack sirloin burger, but my body just doesn't feel right after eating it. It's the same with sugar. If I eat a bunch, my body gives me negative feedback instantly. I do almost all of my own cooking and enjoy it, but I'm lucky like that. My friend's problem is that he eats most of his food out of a bag. Now when I go to Gag in a Bag, I opt for their salads and make my own dressing. I am completely addicted to balsamic vinegar. I put it on almost everything.
And Clarisse, maybe that answers your question?
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” - H.L. Mencken
Submitted by Dr. Destructo on October 8, 2008 - 12:23pm.
no, I have never eaten after dinner. What got me was years of getting giant fast food meals for a couple of days (always with a diet soda!), then starving for a couple of days to make up for it. My body's all confused. I am a normal weight now, but I am hyper defensive. My family are all food pushers. If I give in once, then the floodgates are open. That's the nature of addiction.
I don't know if the hypnosis will always work, but it's working right now.
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dementia, they probably didn't fit him in one. I worked on ambos for many years and we once took a guy that weighed 650-700# into our rig. We took out the gurney holder and slide him in using several backboards and a bunch of strong people. Our other serious consideration was loading him into the back of a pick up truck and just going! He fit like a snug glove in the ambulance. The medic rode in front of him, at his head.
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” - H.L. Mencken
Dr. D.,
You cook too?? That's it. I'm not even packin the bikini cuz we're never leavin the house!
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Submitted by dementa on October 8, 2008 - 12:16pm.
They stuck him in the back of a pickup truck. Cautionary tale!
Submitted by Dr. Destructo on October 8, 2008 - 12:14pm.
I just ran the calories - that meal came out at 571. but take away the corn and it would be a darn good diet meal.
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kacky, did you end up eating food late at night? That's a seriously good way to sabotage yourself. I eat mostly in the morning and very little late at night. I think this is the opposite of many people's tradition of eating more later, when is just isn't needed.
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” - H.L. Mencken
his family will end up winning the lottery (twice) like toilet seat girl's bf.
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Compulsive eating is a hard one. When one stops drugs it's not like your drug of choice is going to be around. But, a person has to eat. So, the trigger is there. Overeater's Annonymous does help. If you like to read, check out "My Name is Caroline" (based on 12 steps), "Food and Loathing", and "The Hungry Years: Confessions of a Food Addict". If a person is anorexic (as I once was) it is obvious and people want to stick your butt away (I never got treatment). But, a person can literally eat themselves to death. Very sad.
Cadebra, in a perfect world, his peeps would have been called to the carpet for aiding and abetting this travesty. I feel guilty if someone else washes my car for me. I can't imagine asking someone to bring my food to me because I am simply too fat to move to get it for myself. And I seriously do bet his last thoughts involved food. I mean what else did he have in life?
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” - H.L. Mencken
I know I'm probably going to hell for askig this, but how did they fit him in the ambulance?
A good friend of mine has gained about 30#s and he just couldn't comprehend what to eat that's healthy. He comes over about once a week and I kind of show him the ropes on how good decent food can be. Last week was grilled pork tenderloin, spaghetti squash, spinach with balsamic vinegar, grilled corn, and strawberries with reduced b vinegar and cracked black pepper. He said it sure beats gorging on shit food from a clown and he is starting to figure out there are options. He still trips when I liberally dump olive oil on stuff.
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” - H.L. Mencken
I used to be a radio dj, so we got all the diet programs for free - just had to talk about it on the radio all the time. It's a dangerous lifestyle, for someone with a food addiction and a need for attention. Even if you practice good nutrition after losing weight on pills or a "program", your body eventually tries to recover, and that's when it gets stupid. I have messed myself up to the point where now I can gain weight just by skipping breakfast, as crazy as that sounds.
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Submitted by Dr. Destructo on October 8, 2008 - 11:57am.
Cadebra'61, it's sick, but I wonder if his last thoughts were of food? I still can't get over the not being able to eat thing. Death from the single best thing that could have ever happened to him. Yes, life is indeed twisted and cruel!
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Dr. D, you're probably right...but what food was it? Chocolate cheesecake perhaps...that would be a food item I would give my last thoughts to, if I was a food addict as the poor soul Jose. Shame on his family for continually shoveling garbage 'food' upon the guy. Like I said to kacky, where are the Mental Health specialists in all this? I just don't know what else to say....
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Submitted by kacky on October 8, 2008 - 11:52am.
Submitted by cadebra1961 on October 8, 2008 - 10:34am.
In case anyone reading this thread has a family member heading in this direction, fruit is not a great diet food. It has sugar, so you really can't eat it in large quantities.
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kacky, I stand corrected. But SOME fruit is ok, but yeah, mostly veggies, nuts, anything unprocessed, whole food is best. But seriously, like I stated before, why can't the obese person take Trimspa or the like? A few of those appetite suppressants a day, plus lots of fiber, water, herbals teas and such should help the appetite to calm down. If they need something to chew on, may I suggest plain rice cakes or air-popped popcorn....there has to be better solutions for the poor fat people like Jose.
I suppose some good Mental Health therapy would also be in order as well. Your thoughts please? ;D
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Submitted by sexy on October 8, 2008 - 11:56am.
Nooooo i swear to god this was a google search result for the word Douche With Sunglasses.
I shit you not.
Its a photo for an ad for a costume wig.
FUNNY!
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Cadebra'61, it's sick, but I wonder if his last thoughts were of food? I still can't get over the not being able to eat thing. Death from the single best thing that could have ever happened to him. Yes, life is indeed twisted and cruel!
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed, and hence clamorous to be led to safety, by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” - H.L. Mencken