Weight loss records: minus 11 kg per day, from 550 kg to 90 and a year without food

The problem of being overweight is one of the most common in the world. According to WHO estimates, more than half of the population in developed countries are overweight, and a third are completely obese. The main insidiousness of the problem lies in the fact that getting rid of it with each new kilo becomes more and more difficult. The more weight a person gains, the less likely they are to return to their normal body mass index. However, there are amazing stories about people who have managed to lose truly unrealistic weight. Stories like this are motivating, even if you feel discouraged at the mere glance in the mirror. We have collected the top facts of incredible weight loss, listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Read and be inspired by human willpower.

Manuel Uribe: the most obese man in the world

Manuel Uribe at 39 weighed almost 600 kilograms / open sources

Mexican Manuel Uribe began to rapidly gain weight as a teenager. By the age of 18, the guy already weighed more than 120 kilograms. However, the real problems began when he moved from his native Mexico to the United States and took a job in an auto parts store. A stable life and a relatively good (by Mexican standards) salary led to the fact that the man moved less and more and more. In one sitting, he could eat first two and then four pizzas. At the age of 30, Manuel's weight exceeded 250 kg.

At this point, the man decided to undergo liposuction, but the operation was extremely unsuccessful. The surgeons damaged the lymph nodes, which caused giant tumors to form on his legs. They interfered with movement, and Manuel spent more and more time in bed. It got to the point that he could no longer move independently, and in 2004 (at the age of 39) he entered the Guinness Book of Records as one of the three most obese people on the planet.

At that time, Manuel Uribe's weight reached a fantastic 597 kg. The man was thinking about suicide, but corny could not get up. With the help of television, he turned to people for help, and at once several clinics offered Manuel a gastric bypass. Interestingly, even in such a critical situation, the Mexican refused medical intervention and decided to go on a diet. Perhaps in this decision he was supported by his assistant Claudia Solis, who later became his wife.

For the wedding, Manuel Uribe was able to lose 225 kilos / open sources

With the help of a strict protein diet, which was specially developed for him by leading US nutritionists, Manuel was able to lose 225 kilograms in two years. With a weight of 370 kg, he signed with Claudia. The wedding was played in the wife's house: in order to bring the newlywed there, one of the walls of the building had to be partially destroyed.

Weight loss and dieting caused Manuel a nervous breakdown / open sources

After that, Manuel continued to lose weight: there is information that he was able to reduce weight to a fantastic 187 kg. However, it was not possible to record this in the Guinness Book of Records. Due to constant severe dietary restrictions, the man had a nervous breakdown, and he began to recover rapidly again. Manuel Uribe died in 2014 with a weight of 400 kg. Doctors diagnosed liver failure in the most obese person on the planet.

Rosalie Bradford: Biggest Weight Loss

Rosalie Bradford became the heaviest woman in the world / open sources

American Rosalie Bradford entered the Guinness Book of Records twice. For the first time in 1987, as the fattest woman in the world, and for the second time in 1993, as a woman who managed to lose weight on a record. Problems with extra pounds haunted Rosalie since childhood: at the age of 15, she weighed more than 150 kg. The reason was complete incontinence in food, comparable to bulimia. The girl ate without stopping and even tricked her parents for food: for example, she said that the dog had taken the hamburger away.

Despite this, Rosalie howled and gave birth to a child. However, due to complications in childbirth, the woman began to get blood poisoning. For almost two years she was bedridden and still ate uncontrollably. As a result, by the age of 44, her weight reached a catastrophic 544 kg.

In desperation, Rosalie tried to poison herself with pain medications, but she was rescued. The news of this spread on many TV channels, thanks to which the popular American fitness trainer Richard Simmons found out about the woman's problem. He called Rosalie and suggested that she try to take hold of her body. Richard sent the woman special dietary guidelines and several exercise videos. The only thing Rosalie could repeat from her fitness guru lessons was clapping her hands. However, she decided to start the road to losing weight.

Rosalie Bradford managed to lose weight in a record / open sources

For two years of a strict diet and physical activity, Rosalie lost 190 kg. Then, in two more years, she managed to lose weight up to 123 kilograms. This incredible result hit the Guinness Book of Records, and then Rosalie relaxed and fell off the diet. In just a few months of uncontrolled eating, the woman's weight again exceeded 200. However, she managed to pull herself together again and lose weight up to 90 kg. At the same time, a third of the weight (about 30 kg), according to doctors, was not fat, but sagging skin after weight loss. This skin became fatal for Rosalie: as a result of an operation to remove it in 2006, the woman developed complications due to which she died.

Angus Barbieri: Longest Food Denial

Angus Barbieri refused food for more than a year / open sources

Angus Barbieri got into the Guinness Book of Records during a dangerous experiment on the body. In order to lose weight, he completely refused food for 382 days. Doctors still do not understand how the man managed to survive such a long starvation. By conventional standards, a person cannot live without food (without harm to health) for more than 40 days.

Angus did not initially plan to go on a hunger strike. At the age of 27, he went to Maryfield Hospital (Scotland) with a request to help him lose weight. At that time, the guy weighed 207 kg, and this, according to him, greatly complicated his life. Doctors suggested that Angus temporarily refuse food, while taking him under constant supervision. After 40 days, doctors suggested ending fasting and switching to a diet. However, the guy felt so good that he himself insisted on continuing the experiment.

For three months Angus drank only water, took yeast and vitamin supplements. From 92 days of fasting, doctors prescribed him an additional potassium intake and insisted that he diversify his "liquid diet". In addition to water, the guy drank tea, coffee, juices and soda. From day 345 of the experiment, doctors asked him to add salt, milk and sugar to his food.

Angus "entered" the hunger strike with a weight of 207 kg and "left" it with a weight of 82 kg. Thus, in 382 days of refusal to eat, the man lost 125 kilos. His first meal after the experiment included one boiled egg and a piece of bread and butter. According to Angus, this turned out to be an incredible taste experience in its intensity, because in a year he managed to completely wean from food. Interestingly, this amazing experience left no health consequences for the man. Moreover, Angus managed to maintain his weight: in 5 years since the end of the hunger strike, he gained only 7 kg.

Ross Edgley: the fastest weight loss

Ross Edgley is extremely thin by 11 kilos in a day / open sources

This experiment is not quite similar to the fight against obesity, because the British athlete and researcher Ross Edgley put it on top of himself. The man decided to prove that being overweight is not always about fat and overweight, and that in the process of losing weight does not need to become a "slave to the scales" and obsessively follow the indicators weighing.

To quickly lose weight, Ross relied on ridding the body of fluids. To begin with, the athlete took a hot bath with Epsom salts and sweated well there. After that I went to the treadmill and spent 45 minutes there. Ross ran in a warm jacket and several sweaters to increase the perspiration. When he stepped into the paths, literally dripping from his clothes onto the floor.

Then there were strength training in the gym and a trip to the sauna. To make the fluid leave the body even faster, Ross took natural diuretics (vitamin C, dandelion root and caffeine) throughout the day and completely refused water. As a result, he went to the toilet more than 20 times a day - despite the fact that he did not drink a single gram of liquid.

By the end of the day, Ross Edgley had lost 24 pounds (almost 11 kg), and the athlete's waist became 10 cm less. However, after the experiment, the man drank 4 liters of water in one fell swoop, so the weight returned just as quickly and "went away". Thus, Ross proved that the indicators of the weights do not always reflect the real picture. overweight in a person, and urged people to treat weight loss more consciously and without unnecessary fanaticism.

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