Health officials said Manuel Uribe weighed 1,235 pounds when he made a desperate plea for help on national television in January.
Unable to leave his bed for five years, the 41-year-old mechanic in the northern industrial city of Monterrey longed to move again.
His plea was answered by doctors and nutritionists who prescribed a high-protein diet, helping him lose about 200 pounds since then.
"I feel better now, I can stretch and move a bit more," Uribe said, flanked by Dr. Barry Sears, creator of "The Zone" diet, who came to check on his progress.
Uribe said he has just enough energy to sit up and move the sheet that covers his body. His goal is to lose another 770 pounds.
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