Man once world's most obese celebrates birthday

Manuel Uribe jokes as he holds a fruit cake with his girlfriend Claudia Solis outside his house in the suburb of San Nicolas de los Garza in the northern city of Monterrey June 11, 2008. Uribe, once the world's most obese man, celebrated his 43rd birthday on Wednesday with a very short trip outside his house. "I'm happy that it is my birthday," he told reporters interviewing the man who weighed 717 pounds (324 kg) in May after losing 518 pounds (235 kg) since March 2006 on a diet of grapefruits, egg-white omelets, fish, chicken and vegetables.

Manuel Uribe drinks a beer with friends and relatives outside his house in the suburb of San Nicolas de los Garza in the northern city of Monterrey June 11, 2008. Uribe, once the world's most obese man, celebrated his 43rd birthday on Wednesday with a very short trip outside his house.