1200-Pound Man Nearing Death (HOLY FUCK!!)

[ALVAREZ6]

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Mammoth Man Nears Death
Mexico's heaviest man weighing in at 1,213 talks about his plight.



How can you get that fat?????? He can't even stand up...

Shit, I thought T Park was a big fellow...

[ALVAREZ6]

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[spurs=bling]

hell i thought Shaq was a big mofo

and i just weigh a little 108Lbs

[ALVAREZ6]

hell i thought Shaq was a big mofo

and i just weigh a little 108Lbs
You weigh as much as this dude's foot...no lie, did you see the video where they show his ankle/foot....gross.

[spurs=bling]

yeah that was nasty. i don't think i want to eat dinner anymore

[Brutalis]

Suprised he wasn't from here in Arkansas tbh.

[spurs=bling]

Alvarez and S=B, Spurstalk's next promising young couple!
:lol

[TDMVPDPOY]

pics or ban, wait post pic and be ban

[Vashner]

That's sad. I hope people that obese get help.

I got a spare tire gut but it's got it's use in case we get stuck like New Orleans for days on the roof. :blah

[spurs=bling]

I got a spare tire gut but it's got it's use in case we get stuck like New Orleans for days on the roof. :blah

that is messed up

[Marklar MM]

:oops :wtf :vomit ...the thing that sucks is removing the body.

[N.Y. Johnny]

damn thats hard..poor fella.

good luck bro.

[SpursWoman]

We've seen a couple of people like that on the Discovery Health Channel. At some point these people become completely incapacitated (long before they hit 1200)....but some other person in that house still has to be giving them all of that shit to eat to keep them getting bigger.

One doctor commented, "I thought assisted suicide was still illegal?" And that's exactly what that other person is doing.


If someone I loved started even getting that big....they are totally getting cut off. Fuck that. :lol

[N.Y. Johnny]

We've seen a couple of people like that on the Discovery Health Channel. At some point these people become completely incapacitated (long before they hit 1200)....but some other person in that house still has to be giving them all of that shit to eat to keep them getting bigger.

One doctor commented, "I thought assisted suicide was still illegal?" And that's exactly what that other person is doing.


If someone I loved started even getting that big....they are totally getting cut off. Fuck that. :lol


No shit right? no more Whataburgers or Poundcake, its time for 15 minutes on the treadmill!! :lol

[Jekka]

We've seen a couple of people like that on the Discovery Health Channel. At some point these people become completely incapacitated (long before they hit 1200)....but some other person in that house still has to be giving them all of that shit to eat to keep them getting bigger.

One doctor commented, "I thought assisted suicide was still illegal?" And that's exactly what that other person is doing.


If someone I loved started even getting that big....they are totally getting cut off. Fuck that. :lol

No kidding. If someone I love can no longer even leave the house to eat ... I'm not fucking bringing them food.

That's the saddest part to me, that people actually help them gain weight.

[kobe_bryant]

dont speak too soon, manny isnt a skinny guy

he a fatass

[Jekka]

dont speak too soon, manny isnt a skinny guy

he a fatass

and you're a dumbass - what's you point?

[Samr]

I am not sure how they would approach the funeral.

Can't bury him because that would take at least a week of construction simply to dig the grave site. Let alone the re-inforced casket.

Cremation seems like the natural choice except the dude wouldn't fit in a furnace, and you can't ship him to Germany because that would be too expensive.

Burial at sea sounds fairly reasonable, but then again you always hear about these whales washing ashore and it's a trouble to remove them.

Trampoline? Foundation for a house? Someone help me out here.

[ALVAREZ6]

I am not sure how they would approach the funeral.

Can't bury him because that would take at least a week of construction simply to dig the grave site. Let alone the re-inforced casket.

Cremation seems like the natural choice except the dude wouldn't fit in a furnace, and you can't ship him to Germany because that would be too expensive.

Burial at sea sounds fairly reasonable, but then again you always hear about these whales washing ashore and it's a trouble to remove them.

Trampoline? Foundation for a house? Someone help me out here.
:lmao

[Brutalis]

dont speak too soon, manny isnt a skinny guy

he a fatass
Uhh have you seen the people on this forum? Yeah. Being fat isn't an insult anymore. Learn to accept people for how they are. Like Kobe being overrated, and so on.

I swear, I would clock your dumbass if I ever met you.

[Brutalis]

I am not sure how they would approach the funeral.

Can't bury him because that would take at least a week of construction simply to dig the grave site. Let alone the re-inforced casket.

Cremation seems like the natural choice except the dude wouldn't fit in a furnace, and you can't ship him to Germany because that would be too expensive.

Burial at sea sounds fairly reasonable, but then again you always hear about these whales washing ashore and it's a trouble to remove them.

Trampoline? Foundation for a house? Someone help me out here.

I wouldn't say much more Samr, about 40 of you could fit in him if not more!

[ALVAREZ6]

Uhh have you seen the people on this forum? Yeah. Being fat isn't an insult anymore.
I think that's the sad/pathetic part...if the U.S. had less obese people, we could feed a whole lot of people that actually need food...



No, it's not an insult anymore...it's normal.

[SpursWoman]

Cremation seems like the natural choice except the dude wouldn't fit in a furnace, and you can't ship him to Germany because that would be too expensive.



There is also a story about a guy that was pretty enormous.....they did try to cremate him but there was so much grease from his fat that it actually caught the entire building on fire and it burned to the ground.


I don't think that's how I'd like to be remembered. :wow







And by the way, yes, calling someone fat regardless of whether it's true or not is still an insult and incredibly tactless. I don't think being overweight is considered the norm ... but it seems like manners, social grace, and consideration for the feelings of others have definitely gone by the way-side. I'd say at least 90% of overweight people are well aware of their situation and really don't need some smart ass kid pointing it out for them.

:fro

[Brutalis]

I'm 6-3 155. I'm pretty skinny, but cut enough to satisfy me I guess. But, I don't take offense to being called scrawny. Because, I am happy with myself inside and out.

How come it can't ever be the same for 'fat' people? Why can't people just suck it up and be content with themselves. And if you take such an offense to it, DO something about it.

Being called fat isn't anything more than calling someone stupid, or ugly, or whatever. It's a social mistake people let bother them.

I'm not trying to offend anyone. I'm just speaking the truth. Be content with who you are, and if you take offense to being called fat, then, lose weight if it bothers you that much. Sorta like if you're called stupid, and take offense to it, does that mean you really are stupid? Not always, but still, people let shit bother them so easily. There's no excuse.

[SpursWoman]

No, there's really no excuse for insulting anyone....whether is skinny, fat, stupid, ugly, or really bad acne. Why should anyone have to just accept having their imperfections constantly thrown in their face....especially by people that are far from perfect themselves? Because there's something fucked up about everyone...just because some people can deal with it a little better than others doesn't make it any less wrong.

What ever happened to minding one's own business and worrying about their own problems?

[Samr]

I don't have an issue with fat people. I have an issue with naturally skinny, or otherwise "healthy," people that let themselves become fat. It's a complete waste of a good person.

[1Parker1]

No, there's really no excuse for insulting anyone....whether is skinny, fat, stupid, ugly, or really bad acne. Why should anyone have to just accept having their imperfections constantly thrown in their face....especially by people that are far from perfect themselves? Because there's something fucked up about everyone...just because some people can deal with it a little better than others doesn't make it any less wrong.

What ever happened to minding one's own business and worrying about their own problems?

:tu Preach it, Sister! :lol

[1Parker1]

The thing I hate is that being fat in America is now on par with being called ugly. When in reality, being fat should be a bad thing for your health. It has nothing to do with your looks.

[SpursWoman]

I don't have an issue with fat people. I have an issue with naturally skinny, or otherwise "healthy," people that let themselves become fat. It's a complete waste of a good person.


So basically, fat people are a waste and not worth knowing? Since, I know, very few people start off as fat.

Everyone has their own opinion and are certainly entitled to it, but in my tenure so far on this earth...I've found that nutless assholes with big fucking mouths are far more torturous to be around (and that was a generic use of "nutless asshole" :lol ) than someone who has had a few too many Krispy Kremes or haven't logged enough hours on a treadmill. :drunk

[SpursWoman]

Why, are you bored and looking to insult someone?

[SpursWoman]

Not at all.....I just thought it was a funny question in a random kind of way. If it were, half of the little bastards around here would be banned. :lol

[Brutalis]

No, there's really no excuse for insulting anyone....whether is skinny, fat, stupid, ugly, or really bad acne. Why should anyone have to just accept having their imperfections constantly thrown in their face....especially by people that are far from perfect themselves? Because there's something fucked up about everyone...just because some people can deal with it a little better than others doesn't make it any less wrong.

What ever happened to minding one's own business and worrying about their own problems?

You misunderstood me totally. Nevermind.

[Samr]

So basically, fat people are a waste and not worth knowing? Since, I know, very few people start off as fat.

I mean the ones that gorge on McDonald's all day then complain when they have medical (or relational) issues as a result. Why let yourself go like that when you could lead a much longer, productive, and otherwise better life by simply being active and actually caring about yourself.

I guess some people are just naturally sedentary- which I understand to an extent- but with the modern understanding of nutrition, and what and how to eat, it's ridiculous that anyone would choosingly let themselves go like that.

The 1,200 lbs guy in question is obviously, naturally big, but why the hell would he make the situation worse, and ultimately become a heavy burden (pun intended) on his family and everyone who cares about him? It is selfish and damn near childish.

[SpursWoman]

The 1,200 lbs guy in question is obviously, naturally big, but why the hell would he make the situation worse, and ultimately become a heavy burden (pun intended) on his family and everyone who cares about him? It is selfish and damn near childish.


Part of the problem is....once this person gets to be about 6-700 pounds, his family has to be assisting him the rest of the way to 1200. It's pretty hard to eat anything at all when you can't move, they have to be bringing it to them. It's awful. :(

[Brutalis]

I have no sympathy for that guy either Samr.

My uncle was a whopping 700lbs 3 years ago. He decided to stop making excuses for himself and lose the weight. He is 250lbs now, and we run every weekend. He is awesome at basketball now after he desired to learn how to play so we did. And he has a wife now, and basically a life outside of the computer and bar he used to live in.

There just is no excuse. Especially when the people that has been there and back admit that.

But my point in page one was, just stop acting like it's okay to be fat and do something about it. If you can't take the rude comments, (not that i think calling people names is right), then just do something about it. There, is, no, excuse, ever. "Ohh I had it rough growing up, ohh food is my release when I'm depressed, ohhh bullshit." That's like killing a man cause you were depressed. That makes it right? No.

It takes hard work and a committment, and I worked with my uncle for a long time and he had many setbacks. I actually took a twinky from his hands and ran it in his face calling him a fatass, "are you tired of this Dave? huh fatass? isnt this getting old?", although I had to get harsh, it worked. And he thanked me for being bold. He knew I loved him cause he's my family and I'd kill for him. But sometimes that's what it takes to motivate someone.

Never said it was RIGHT, like Shelly replied to me as if I was saying that.

Just get off your asses and do it! You need to be pushed and pushed! What's funny is deep inside they know they can, it's just about carrying it out. And putting locks on the fridge.

[SpursWoman]

You misunderstood me totally. Nevermind.

How so?



I'm not trying to offend anyone. I'm just speaking the truth. Be content with who you are, and if you take offense to being called fat, then, lose weight if it bothers you that much. Sorta like if you're called stupid, and take offense to it, does that mean you really are stupid? Not always, but still, people let shit bother them so easily. There's no excuse.

How is someone supposed to be content with themselves when there are so many big mouthed bitches out there who feel somehow it's their place to remind them how revolting they are? They actually do a lot more harm than good in pointing that person in the right direction...and what's worse, think they are funny. Or they are just downright fucking mean.

I understand you, and agree to an extent....but it still does not give people a right to insult anyone in the first place. And why do you say "there's no excuse" for people getting their feelings hurt? There are varying levels of skin thickness, expecting everyone's to be as thick as yours apparently is is completely unrealistic and arrogant. Just STFU and mind *your* (generic your) own business and don't offer your opinion about something so personal unless you're asked for it. I don't know why people have such a difficult time grasping that concept.

And I make an exception to this .... those 3-400lb women in clothes that were barely made for women 1/2 their size. They are blatantly asking for it and are therefore open game.

[Brutalis]

w t f ?

How so? Try READING IT.

Stop assuming and making your own conclusions. That's 2 women now who seem to be reading what they think and not what they see.

I said there's no excuse not to lose the weight. ..... not to be made fun of.

Wow, I'm done with this thread.

[Brutalis]

ps- Thanks for making me look like a bad guy when the sum of what I said was there's no excuse to not lose weight, get motivated, and do it. The fucking end.

[SpursWoman]

Uhh have you seen the people on this forum? Yeah. Being fat isn't an insult anymore.

Moral of the story: if you are flawed in anyway and don't have skin as thick as an elephant, don't dare go to a GTG and enjoy the company of your friends because there are always pictures, and there will always be someone to say something mean and/or tactless. Not like that doesn't happen every where, but it used to not be so rampant in this forum.

[Brutalis]

Good God. You keep taking me literally. Like, do you even get the point behind my words? Seriously, you need to stop and realize my point. You sound like my mom.

[ALVAREZ6]

:lmao @ this thread, keep it going!!!

[ALVAREZ6]

I understand what Brutalis is saying, and I agree with him...and it carries over to many other situations...

He said that if you are fat, you should be motivated to lose weight.

How it relates to other situations??? If people call you a bitch and push you around, you lift weights, get stronger. If you're on any sports team but never play, you work harder to get better. You can make any example.

Basically, no excuses, work hard to improve yourself. If you don't want to, then that's a different story.

[ALVAREZ6]

Moral of the story: if you are flawed in anyway and don't have skin as thick as an elephant, don't dare go to a GTG and enjoy the company of your friends because there are always pictures, and there will always be someone to say something mean and/or tactless. Not like that doesn't happen every where, but it used to not be so rampant in this forum.
So what are you talking about???

Most of the jokes about the GTG photos, are simply jokes...and if they aren't, maybe that person previously insulted the person who insulted them.

[mookie2001]

the real moral of the story is people use the internet and the club specifically to talk about other peoples problems to feel better about their own
example
a crackhead on crack is worse than a person addicted to pain meds
a 1200 lb man is bigger than anyone we would know in real life
a mom who hires a stripper for her kids is worse than one who works 60 hrs a week

thats the way the internets will always work

[SpursWoman]

"You are stupid/ugly/fat/have bad acne/ugly hair/too skinny/bad teeth but I like you anyway....even though I don't know you, or your personal situation, I have this self-imposed moral responsibility to tell you that there is no excuse for you being stupid/ugly/fat/having bad acne/ugly hair/too skinny/bad teeth as if you are not well aware of such flaws."

Am I close?

I guess the problem lies in the fact that in this forum we have a private area where quite a few "people in this forum" are trying to lose weight and post daily their struggles and their successes or failures and we try to encourage each other the best that we can...and it seriously pisses me off when people make such rude comments when a lot of the people they are referring to are trying so hard to succeed. Maybe it shouldn't...but a few "people in this forum" are my friends and it does. It's not that fucking easy, but apparently it is so easy to assume that because someone got into a bad situation, they aren't already trying to do something to correct it. And some aren't...and that's a shame because they are only hurting themselves. But that still doesn't make it my business to judge them.

That's why I strongly feel that it's always better to just keep your fucking mouth shut and spend your energy doing good things for yourself, because you can assume...but unless you know the whole situation, you aren't going to look like anything but an asshole.

[Sapphire]

"You are stupid/ugly/fat/have bad acne/ugly hair/too skinny/bad teeth but I like you anyway....even though I don't know you, or your personal situation, I have this self-imposed moral responsibility to tell you that there is no excuse for you being stupid/ugly/fat/having bad acne/ugly hair/too skinny/bad teeth as if you are not well aware of such flaws."

Am I close?

I guess the problem lies in the fact that in this forum we have a private area where quite a few "people in this forum" are trying to lose weight and post daily their struggles and their successes or failures and we try to encourage each other the best that we can...and it seriously pisses me off when people make such rude comments when a lot of the people they are referring to are trying so hard to succeed. It's not that fucking easy, but apparently it is so easy to assume that because someone got into a bad situation, they aren't already trying to do something to correct it. And some aren't...and that's a shame because they are only hurting themselves.

That's why I strongly feel that it's always better to just keep your fucking mouth shut and spend your energy doing good things for yourself, because you can assume...but unless you know the whole situation, you aren't going to look like anything but an asshole.

You go, girl. :tu

[ALVAREZ6]

I'm confused.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I've always been proud of my extra lbs:

http://www.ozebook.com/cpotw/ufob.jpg

[Brutalis]

I'm confused.
She was off for the 2nd time so just give it up.

[ALVAREZ6]

She was off for the 2nd time so just give it up.
:lol

[boutons_]

Why America Has to Be Fat

A Side Effect of Economic Expansion Shows Up in Front

By Michael S. Rosenwald
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 22, 2006; F01

I am fat. Sixty pounds too hefty, in my doctor's opinion. Probably 80 pounds, in my fiancee's view.

Being fat makes me a lot of things -- a top contender for type II diabetes, for instance, or a heart attack, or stroke, maybe even a replacement knee or hip. My girth also puts me in familiar company, with about two-thirds of the U.S. population now considered overweight.

But in many ways, my being fat also makes me pretty good for the economy.

You've read the headlines: America's problem with bulging waistlines has reached pandemic proportions, according to federal health officials, who warn that obesity is becoming society's No. 1 killer. But as doctors wrestle with the problem, economists have been pondering which corporations and industries benefit, and the role that changes in the overall economy have played in making us fat to begin with.

It turns out, economists say, that changes in food technology (producing tasty, easy-to-cook food, such as french fries) and changes in labor (we use to be paid to exercise at work, now we pay to exercise after work) combined with women's importance in the workforce, not the kitchen, have combined to produce industries able to cheaply and efficiently meet the demands of our busy lives. The cookie industry. The fast-food industry. Potato chips. Soda. The chain-restaurant industry, with its heaping portions of low-priced, high-calorie foods.

In some ways, we are better off in this Fat Economy. Many people work in easier, better-paying jobs, which help pay for their big homes in the suburbs. Women don't have to spend two hours preparing dinner every night; many have risen to unprecedented levels of corporate and political power. Flat-panel plasma TVs hang over fireplaces, which can be lit using the same remote control for flipping channels. But the unintended consequence of these economic changes is that many of us have become fat. An efficient economy produces sluggish, inefficient bodies.

"The obesity problem is really a side effect of things that are good for the economy," said Tomas J. Philipson, an economics professor who studies obesity at the University of Chicago, a city recently named the fattest in America. "But we would rather take improvements in technology and agriculture than go back to the way we lived in the 1950s when everyone was thin. Nobody wants to sweat at work for 10 hours a day and be poor. Yes, you're obese, but you have a life that is much more comfortable."

For many corporations, and even for physicians, Americans' obesity has also fattened the bottom line. William L. Weis, a management professor at Seattle University, says revenue from the "obesity industries" will likely top $315 billion this year, and perhaps far more. That includes $133.7 billion for fast-food restaurants, $124.7 billion for medical treatments related to obesity, and $1.8 billion just for diet books -- all told, nearly 3 percent of the overall U.S. economy.

Did you know, according to consumer-research firm Mintel Group, that we guzzled $37 billion in carbonated beverages in 2004? The same year, we spent $3.9 billion on cookies -- $244 million of which were Oreo cookies sold by Kraft Foods for about $3.69 a package. In 2003, we splurged $57.2 billion on meals at restaurants such as Denny's, Chili's and Outback Steakhouse (a personal favorite). Potato chip sales hit $6.2 billion in 2004.

"Put simply, there is a lot of money being made, and to be made, in feeding both oversized stomachs and feeding those enterprises selling fixes for oversized stomachs," Weis wrote in 2005 in the Academy of Health Care Management Journal. "And both industries -- those selling junk food and those selling fat cures -- depend for their future on a prevalence of obesity."

And the prevalence of obesity won't fade anytime soon. According to David M. Cutler, an economist at Harvard University, Americans' waistlines are caught in a simple accounting quagmire. In a 2003 paper titled "Why Have Americans Become More Obese?" Cutler wrote: "As an accounting statement, people gain weight if there is an increase in calories taken in or a decrease in calories expended."

On the calories-expended side of the Fat Economy, economists have noted that changes in the workplace have caused us to burn fewer calories. Prior to the 1950s, jobs often meant hard labor. We lifted heavy things. We worked outside. Our desks -- if we had them -- did not come equipped with computers. We lived in urban environments, walking most places.

Now many Americans work in offices in buildings with elevators. If we walk anywhere, it's to lunch -- to TGI Friday's or the corner burrito shop. We live in the suburbs, we drive to and from work and -- in my case -- to and from the mailbox. We pay $60 a month for the privilege of lifting something heavy in a gym we have to drive to. (I belong to two gyms, in the hope that guilt will cause me to visit at least one.) And we also must pay to exercise by giving up our free time. Do we work out, or do we drive the kids to their soccer game, where we can sit and watch? Do we work out, or do we download new songs from iTunes?

"People are just not willing to give up their leisure time," Philipson said. "People don't want to pay to exercise with their leisure time."

Which brings us to the calories-consumed side of the ledger. If we don't expend calories, they add up and turn into pounds. Thirty-five hundred calories generally equals one pound. So behold, for argument's sake, the french fry. An order of large fries at McDonald's puts 520 calories into one's body. It is well known, at least by this consumer, that an order of large fries can generally be placed, filled and consumed in a matter of minutes.

But this was not always so, Cutler said.

Before World War II, if you wanted a french fry, you went to the store, bought potatoes, took them home, washed them, peeled them, sliced them and fried them. "Without expensive machinery, these activities take a lot of time," Cutler said. "In the postwar period, a number of innovations allowed the centralization of french fry production." Now fries are prepped in factories using sophisticated technologies, then frozen at sub-40-degree temperatures and shipped to a restaurant, where they are deep-fried, or to someone's home, where they are microwaved. Either way, they are served up in a matter of minutes.

French fries helped drive up U.S. potato consumption by 30 percent between 1977 and 1995, but they mean more than that -- they symbolize the convergence of the economic and technological changes that have made us fat. Cutler and Philipson have noted that when women joined the workplace, they left behind some of the labor that traditionally went into cooking meals. This happened as technology increasingly allowed for mass production and preparation of food. Much of this type of food -- be it french fries, potato chips, frozen dinners or quick meals at restaurants -- contains more calories.

We expend fewer calories and take more in. The pounds add up. Hence, the Fat Economy.

"The structure of the economy has made us more obese," Cutler said. "That is clearly true. What businesses do is they cater to what we want, whether what we want is really in our long-term interests or not. So people are obese and they want to diet, but they also want things to be immediately there. Manufacturers and storeowners make that possible. The upside is nobody spends two hours a day cooking anymore."

So do Americans have to be fat for the economy to thrive? The economy would not exactly crash if people stopped spending money on french fries and meals at TGI Friday's. Economists think the money would just be spent differently or in different places. Specific industries would adapt -- as many have already, offering more healthful choices -- to meet changing demands. No business can survive by selling things people don't want.

In fact the overall long-term economic costs of obesity are many. The $10,000 of extra medical care that the overweight require over their lifetimes certainly makes a doctor's wallet fatter, but it could bankrupt the health insurance industry. Also, research shows that while more women have entered the workforce, their wages, particularly for white women, sink if they are overweight.

Much of the long-term financial burden for obesity will fall on the shoulders of U.S. corporations, which already fork out billions of dollars a year in sick time and insurance costs related to obesity illnesses, and on American taxpayers, through their contributions for programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. What's more, shorter lifespans will more quickly take millions of educated people out of the workforce.

For that last problem, the Fat Economy has already found ways to innovate and profit. In Lynn, Ind., there is a company called Goliath Casket that makes caskets up to 52 inches wide. The company's Web site, which can be found at http://www.oversizecasket.com/ , notes that Goliath's founder quit his job as a welder in 1985, saying: "Boys, I'm gonna go home and build oversize caskets that you would be proud to put your mother in."

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