World's fattest man gets married 世界上最肥的男子结婚了
The world's fattest man - a Mexican who weighs over 48 stones - has got married.
Manuel Uribe, who hasn't left his bed in six years, married his longtime girlfriend Claudia Solis on Sunday in northern Mexico.
Wearing a white silk shirt with a sheet wrapped around his legs, Mr Uribe smiled as Miss Solis, 38, walked down a flight of stairs wearing a strapless ivory dress, a tiara and hot-pink lipstick.
He later broke into tears as a notary declared the couple husband and wife in a civil ceremony attended by more than 400 guests. For the traditional first dance as newlyweds, the couple held hands and swayed to a romantic ballad.
A band playing the popular local norteño music played at the reception, which featured a banquet of meat and buttered vegetables.
Mr Uribe's mother, Orquedia Garza, said the groom did not eat any of the five-tiered wedding cake.
"He didn't break his diet," she told The Associated Press. "His doctors are here and they are watching him very closely."
The wedding, which was closed to most media, will be featured in an upcoming Discovery Channel documentary on Mr Uribe, the 43-year-old former mechanic said.
"I have a wife and will form a new family and live a happy life," he told hordes of reporters earlier as they followed him through the streets of Monterrey.
A flatbed truck was brought in to tow his custom-made bed decorated with a canopy, flowers and gold-trimmed bows to the wedding at a local event hall. Two police patrol cars escorted him ahead of a long line of traffic.
In 2006, Mr Uribe weighed 87st 12lbs (560kg), earning him the Guinness World Record as the world's heaviest man.
He has since shed about 550lbs (250kg) with the help of Miss Solis, who he met four years ago. He now weighs about 48st and said he is now aiming for a new title of world's greatest weight loser.
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世界上最肥的男子结婚了 World's fattest man gets married
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曾重达1235磅的世界一号肥男曼努埃尔·乌里韦两年来一直借助稳定的饮食减肥，如今他已成功瘦身至700磅左右。6月11日是其43岁生日，他许愿来年能够独立站起来结婚。
乌里韦家住墨西哥北部，六年来他一直没有离开过床。尽管成功减掉了550磅，乌里韦依然不能同未婚妻克劳迪娅?索利斯共同走过走廊。他说：“通过走廊不容易，这让我有点灰心。”但乌里韦发誓他的婚礼不会因此受阻，他说：“我们相爱，今年我的生日愿望就是结婚时能够站起来。”他还补充说：“我们是真正的夫妻，我们有性关系，上帝见证我们已经有了事实的婚姻。”
未婚妻索利斯说：“我每天给他洗澡，并且相处也很愉快”，“有时候，人们会对我们的关系有所怀疑，但是我们是真正的夫妻”。索利斯称其亲属最初反对这门婚事，因为她前夫是由于过度肥胖以致呼吸衰竭而死的。
乌里韦在1988年去美国后的几年里一直沉溺垃圾食品和饮料，从那时起他的体重便一发不可收拾。两年前，一组医生开始帮助乌里韦改变饮食习惯解决过度肥胖问题。他说，现在他每天吃五餐，每餐量很小，包括鸡肉、火腿、蛋白煎饼和果蔬类食品。他每天在床上还通过做引体向上及用手踩踏板进行锻炼。
乌里韦与未婚妻
10月24日，曼努埃尔·乌里韦在自己的家里，把结婚戒指亲自戴到未婚妻格拉迪亚·索利斯的手上。26日，他与未婚妻结婚。此前，在确定了结婚的日期之后，“心宽体胖”的乌里韦与新闻媒体关系不错。《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》今年记录乌里韦为“世界最胖男子”。他的体重在2006年一度达到大约560公斤，现已减重250公斤。他还在继续努力瘦身，争取把体重降到120公斤。It was Manuel Uribe's dream to walk to the altar on his wedding day.
But the 48-stone record breaker decided love couldn't wait for him to shed the pounds.
Happiest day of his life: Half-Tonne Man, Manuel Uribe, arrives at his wedding in his customised bed
The 43-year-old, ranked the heaviest man alive by the Guinness Book of Records, married his girlfriend of two years, Claudia Solis, from his reinforced bed.
'I am proof that you can find love in any circumstances. It's all a question of faith,' said Mr Uribe as he was wheeled out of his mother's house to the tow truck which took him to the Club de Leones in Monterrey, North Mexico.
Ten burly men provided the muscle to help his journey.
Mr Uribe wore a white collarless shirt with white sheets covering his lower body. He met his future wife four years ago when Claudia, 38, visited to tell him that her husband, a friend of Mr Uribe's, had died.
The ceremony drew parallels with that featured in the 2002 romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding, about an overweight bride.
The bed - which Uribe hasn't left in six years - was decorated with a canopy, flowers and gold-trimmed bows.
Two police patrol cars escorted him ahead of a long line of traffic.
Uribe tipped the scales in 2006 at 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms), earning him the world records title for the world's heaviest man.
He has since shed about 550 pounds (250 kilograms) with the help of Claudia, whom he met four years ago.
Get me to there on time! Uribe's bed was transported on the back of a truck
It took an hour to take Uribe to the ceremony 10 miles away with the efforts of over ten men with two tow-trucks - one a spare - and a police escort at hand. All the time Uribe waving to well-wishers and the many journalists and photographers present.
When he arrived at the wedding venue, Club de Leones, it took 20 minutes to lower the tow-truck's ramp over the hall's steps and then rotate his bed before pushing it through the venue's large front doors.
Blushing bride: Uribe's new spouse, Claudia Solis
The bride was mobbed by more than 30 photographers when she arrived half an hour later in a black jeep.
Happy: Claudia Solis arrives for her wedding
She said: 'I'm not nervous. I'm just very happy. It's a very special day for us. We are marrying because we are in love.'
The couple met four years ago when Claudia, 38, visited to tell him that her then-husband, a school friend of Manuel's, had died - due to complications from being morbidly obese.
They grew closer due to their dedication to Christianity and eventually started a romantic relationship, including sex, they say.
After the wedding ceremony there was a huge banquet with three huge cakes - which the groom vowed not to eat, as he is still dieting, in the hope that he will shed enough weight that he can walk again.
The main dish was a chicken with vegetables. Uribe said: 'It is a heavyweight wedding, but low in calories.'
The whole thing was arranged in less than a month when the couple decided they could not wait to wed. Friends, local politicians and sponsors donated money to help pay.
Bedridden: Manuel Uribe has not left his bed in six years