Wow - I can't imagine 570kg - what an effort to lose 230kg!

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Fattest man in the world sheds 230kg

February 13, 2008 - 2:33PM

The world's fattest man, according to the Guinness Book of Records,

today proudly announced he has dropped 230kg - nearly half his

original weight - in less time than doctors had expected.

" I'm going to throw a big party, " Uribe said by telephone.

" I'm getting out of my house and going for a walk " in Monterrey,

where he lives in northern Mexico.

Uribe, 42, weighed in at 570kg at his heaviest and for five years

has been bed-ridden at his home, where his mother and fiancee help

him.

Doctors from neighbouring United States, Italy and Mexico for two

years have been helping Uribe lose weight through dieting and

exercise.

His goal, he said, is dropping to a slim 120kg in four more years.

On March 9, Uribe will be lifted out of his house on his bed by a

special crane and driven around on a flat-bed truck.

" I feel great, " he said. " The doctors say I'm healthier than ever. "