@soul76can actually its worse. you don't medically need to drink alcohol or take drugs. but everyone NEEDS to eat to survive. imagine trying to kick heroin addiction but still having to take some everyday. so sad.
Michael, If you read this I would like to know how you are doing and let you know how much I admire you for what you've had to go through. I wish you the best of luck! Karen, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
I am watching your story on "BROOKHAVEN". I think you have an extraordinary talent of speaking. You seem so kind and gentle but you don't let anybody give you any crap either. GOOD FOR YOU!!! You are loved in the Husker state!
God bless Michael and his family. This is something thats so tragic and it's not his fault. Wish there was something that could be done to help him. You're in my prayers, Mike!
OK - being honest, I have as little sympathy for fat people as I do for smokers, drug addicts etc. I live in England, huge amounts of NHS money is spent on people will self-inflicted injuries. Billions of people are dying without a fighting chance and you get these people with a wonderful exsistence and a wonderful oppotunity at life in comparison, and they throw it all away.
The thing with food addiction- and a few studies have shown that it causes similar chemical responses in the brain in some people as drugs- is that nobody makes an alcoholic take his first drink, or a crackhead take his first hit, but people are fed calorie-rich foods before they're old enough to assess there own eating habits.
And that happens because of all the McDonalds/Burger King/Taco Bell/any other crappy fast food out there. Honestly, why did the did all that work to get slim if he would just regain FREAKING 400 pounds again?
I want to thank all of you for your kind words and thoughts. Especially you our princess, we love you very much and are ver proud of you now and forever.
Last year, Michael's weight dropped to 458 pounds. Maybe he'll be like he was in 1990. I can tell that he is a very nice person. I would like to meet him.
I can tell you that Michael Hebranko is one of the nicest men you would ever want to meet. He is alive and well and living in Brooklyn, NY. I think it is horrible that there are people here that can say such awful things without knowing the problems he has and not knowing what a kind, sweet man this is.
Thanks for your comment - I have been watching Mr Hebranko for a few years and I KNOW he is a very special person and has suffered so much ... you can just see how kind and gentle he is in his interviews, different from many other morbidly obese people. I hope so much for his health and I'll say a prayer or two for him. :)
Thats poppycock,there is nothing to prove food addiction,he just loves to stuff his face with fatty foods not fibrous foods.Fiber foods fill you up while, what he eats makes him fat,he is what he eats.I doubt that he eats oatmeal for breakfast.
For those of you who think there is no excuse, you have no idea what it is like to be a food addict. Saying "there's no excuse for being overweight" is like saying "there's no excuse for being a meth addict". Michael deserves compassion for being an addict. I hope that he can find someone who will help him truly understand his addiction and get in recovery.
Addicts don't wake up each day and say "I choose to be an addict today" Yes, they chose to try their drug of choice the first time, but once you become addicted its not so simple as choosing to no longer be an addict. Once someone is in recovery they make a daily choice to be in recovery, but once you are an addict you are always an addict and have to make a daily choice to be clean or go back.
Apparently you haven't had to deal with the demon of addiction...for that I hope you are grateful. It's easy to look down on people in a situation you don't understand. If you haven't walked in someone else's shoes, you can't judge them.
SHUT THE FUCK UP. Its not like its drugs or something its food for gods sake. All you have to do is not eat 30 thousand calories a day like these retartds do and problem solved. Is it that hard to go outside and run a mile or two everyday? I feel bad for people that have aids or cancer, something that cant be treated. but people like this guy above deserve to die, because its only their fault taht they look this way.
No need to be vulgar. I was trying to explain what it's like to be an addict since you don't seem to understand. Is that something to get so angry about that you have to put "shut the fuck up" in all caps?
Oh yeah it's really easy to not eat food when you're overweight. You try living life at that weight. It's NOT FREAKING EASY! Skinny people who's never been fat has absolutely no idea what it's like. They will NEVER, EVER understand what it's like.
Michael is an excellent man, I had the chance of meeting him in person and hes amazing. He is now down to 500lbs and seems to be getting better. As for the Gastric By-pass surgery, Michael is to heavy and the surgery would not allow him to eat what he needed to run his massive frame. Best of luck to Michael and to all those that need help. I myself lost 200lbs thanks to him and couldn't be happier
Hey sweetie your my inspiration! I need some of your motivation! If I were younger WOW I'd be exercising right next to you. I need to lose weight too, at least 178lbs. What equiptment do you use!
I wish Michael Hebranko the best. Some way to gain good health, and mobility, too. But I suspect doing so entails giving up the great love affair with food. And that's almost impossible unless you lose your sense of taste. Hey. That's an idea. Why not artificially get rid of your sense of smell? And have your taste buds deadened? Then all that's left of eating pleasures are the chewing and the fullness sensations. And those are fairly easy to replace or re-train.
I've heard this guy talk and at that level there's simply no excuse. Solution 'Eat less wrong food and more of the needed right food at the right time to do more.'. Like I said, your in control, there is no excuse.
The people in the know seem reluctant to say; many of us remember when he was on TLC and heard him say: "...After I got down to a 36" waist, I decided to celebrate with friends by going out to eat. I then re-gained 50 pounds in that first week..."
hes my old neighbor
jetsfanLC87 9 months ago
i can't believe he gain the weight AGAIN! He did so well years ago and i hope he can lose all those weight again if he did it before
PRINCESSDAISY14 1 year ago
It's no different than an alcohol or dug addict...these people are hard done by and struggle significantly. Poor guy.
soul76can 1 year ago
@soul76can actually its worse. you don't medically need to drink alcohol or take drugs. but everyone NEEDS to eat to survive. imagine trying to kick heroin addiction but still having to take some everyday. so sad.
antsman88 10 months ago
i heard he is the new stay puff marshmallow man in the new ghost busters movie
apolanco602 1 year ago
Michael, If you read this I would like to know how you are doing and let you know how much I admire you for what you've had to go through. I wish you the best of luck! Karen, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
TheKB1959 2 years ago
I am watching your story on "BROOKHAVEN". I think you have an extraordinary talent of speaking. You seem so kind and gentle but you don't let anybody give you any crap either. GOOD FOR YOU!!! You are loved in the Husker state!
camocean76 3 years ago
does anyone know where this show aired? It is Germany?
zazouprod 3 years ago
God bless Michael and his family. This is something thats so tragic and it's not his fault. Wish there was something that could be done to help him. You're in my prayers, Mike!
gettinhitched 3 years ago
'Not his fault' - care to elaborate?
Adebay0r 3 years ago
Yeah, he has an addiction. Do you know what an addiction is? Do you think this man wants to be in this situation? Think about it
gettinhitched 3 years ago 5
OK - being honest, I have as little sympathy for fat people as I do for smokers, drug addicts etc. I live in England, huge amounts of NHS money is spent on people will self-inflicted injuries. Billions of people are dying without a fighting chance and you get these people with a wonderful exsistence and a wonderful oppotunity at life in comparison, and they throw it all away.
Sorry, no sympathy.
Adebay0r 3 years ago
The thing with food addiction- and a few studies have shown that it causes similar chemical responses in the brain in some people as drugs- is that nobody makes an alcoholic take his first drink, or a crackhead take his first hit, but people are fed calorie-rich foods before they're old enough to assess there own eating habits.
johnbiggs 3 years ago
And that happens because of all the McDonalds/Burger King/Taco Bell/any other crappy fast food out there. Honestly, why did the did all that work to get slim if he would just regain FREAKING 400 pounds again?
tomaskraven 3 years ago
"Billions of people are dying........" Really?
Aren't you the bigshot?
lumpagogo 2 years ago
michael i saw you in Oprah. And I am going back on my program - michael thurman.
xSensesRefusedx 2 years ago
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addiction? thats retarded. he has no will power. food addiction is the lamest excuse for morbid obesity ever. it is, truly, 100% his fault.
bobdolecult 2 years ago
An addiction is NOT something you have it's something that has you. Kind of scary
gettinhitched 2 years ago
Not everyone can be perfect such as bobby-cultie is.
lumpagogo 2 years ago
I want to thank all of you for your kind words and thoughts. Especially you our princess, we love you very much and are ver proud of you now and forever.
mikehebranko 3 years ago
i find it horibble
that most of you dont even know him
and everything hes went through
and all the problems there have been
he is the nicest kind most loving personinthis world.
thank god hes part of my family.
ashleyg 3 years ago
my hero<3
myfamily<3
ashleyg 3 years ago
Last year, Michael's weight dropped to 458 pounds. Maybe he'll be like he was in 1990. I can tell that he is a very nice person. I would like to meet him.
Godzillaman 3 years ago
I can tell you that Michael Hebranko is one of the nicest men you would ever want to meet. He is alive and well and living in Brooklyn, NY. I think it is horrible that there are people here that can say such awful things without knowing the problems he has and not knowing what a kind, sweet man this is.
kelvis368 3 years ago 10
Thanks for your comment - I have been watching Mr Hebranko for a few years and I KNOW he is a very special person and has suffered so much ... you can just see how kind and gentle he is in his interviews, different from many other morbidly obese people. I hope so much for his health and I'll say a prayer or two for him. :)
prolifegal 3 years ago
0:12 He has to do that exercise because he can't whack off anymore.
1:01 Looks like Jack Black
1:24 Michael Jackson has let himself go.
1:34 Boss Hog.
1:48 Freddie Mercury.
2:00 Leo Sayer.
He is only fat because he went back to his old ways.
LukeChucky 4 years ago 2
what the hell you guys, do you guys look up youtube videos like this to tear off people in them
what, its like you dont think your shit stinks either
(and for the stupid people out there, that means you think yourperfect)
BranttMerrickWilson 4 years ago 2
The problem they only love themselves and
they don't care. Their life is based on
bashing the handicap and people w/problems
and if they don't think it measures up
with them they bash or kill like the klan.
MERRlTT 3 years ago
A great food for the worms and bugs in the graveyard. Eco-friendly
cumalisekerpare 4 years ago
2 words ew ew
Booskidoo 4 years ago
hes alive u idiots, he no longer holds that fat record either. Some mexican dude surpassed him.
CocoathBest 4 years ago
Hi my fiancee and I talked to Michael a couple of times on the phone and I was wondering if he really died or not. I hope no.
domesticvs 4 years ago
I was just watching a programme, turns out he died, pretty bad stuff.
greeny632 4 years ago
Did he really die
domesticvs 4 years ago
Thats poppycock,there is nothing to prove food addiction,he just loves to stuff his face with fatty foods not fibrous foods.Fiber foods fill you up while, what he eats makes him fat,he is what he eats.I doubt that he eats oatmeal for breakfast.
mark99501 4 years ago
he´s cute
cathycothy 4 years ago
I heard he used to be fat lost all the weight and gained it all back to how he looks like in this video.
BartImpson 4 years ago
Yes during the 90s.
mark99501 4 years ago
For those of you who think there is no excuse, you have no idea what it is like to be a food addict. Saying "there's no excuse for being overweight" is like saying "there's no excuse for being a meth addict". Michael deserves compassion for being an addict. I hope that he can find someone who will help him truly understand his addiction and get in recovery.
marjorieold 4 years ago
there is no excuse for being a meth addict. Theres no excuse for being any kind of addict. You choose to be that way
bl4h1 4 years ago
Addicts don't wake up each day and say "I choose to be an addict today" Yes, they chose to try their drug of choice the first time, but once you become addicted its not so simple as choosing to no longer be an addict. Once someone is in recovery they make a daily choice to be in recovery, but once you are an addict you are always an addict and have to make a daily choice to be clean or go back.
marjorieold 4 years ago
Apparently you haven't had to deal with the demon of addiction...for that I hope you are grateful. It's easy to look down on people in a situation you don't understand. If you haven't walked in someone else's shoes, you can't judge them.
marjorieold 4 years ago
SHUT THE FUCK UP. Its not like its drugs or something its food for gods sake. All you have to do is not eat 30 thousand calories a day like these retartds do and problem solved. Is it that hard to go outside and run a mile or two everyday? I feel bad for people that have aids or cancer, something that cant be treated. but people like this guy above deserve to die, because its only their fault taht they look this way.
spustise 4 years ago
No need to be vulgar. I was trying to explain what it's like to be an addict since you don't seem to understand. Is that something to get so angry about that you have to put "shut the fuck up" in all caps?
marjorieold 4 years ago
It even easier on your joints to take an hour bicycle ride each day,it burns 500 calories per hour.But michael is just fat and lazy.
mark99501 4 years ago
Yea and You are an asshole.
domesticvs 4 years ago
Oh yeah it's really easy to not eat food when you're overweight. You try living life at that weight. It's NOT FREAKING EASY! Skinny people who's never been fat has absolutely no idea what it's like. They will NEVER, EVER understand what it's like.
BartImpson 4 years ago
What? Are you so perfect? You're an asshole too.
domesticvs 4 years ago
ZOMG cap locks, people are yellingg
BranttMerrickWilson 4 years ago
michael hebranko is not the worlds heaviest man
fredrykphoxx 4 years ago
Michael is an excellent man, I had the chance of meeting him in person and hes amazing. He is now down to 500lbs and seems to be getting better. As for the Gastric By-pass surgery, Michael is to heavy and the surgery would not allow him to eat what he needed to run his massive frame. Best of luck to Michael and to all those that need help. I myself lost 200lbs thanks to him and couldn't be happier
eric6million 4 years ago
Hey sweetie your my inspiration! I need some of your motivation! If I were younger WOW I'd be exercising right next to you. I need to lose weight too, at least 178lbs. What equiptment do you use!
cogbiz 5 years ago
Did Michael ever consider Gastric by pass or some other less traumatic procedures like the ring?
jkygogo 5 years ago
I wish Michael Hebranko the best. Some way to gain good health, and mobility, too. But I suspect doing so entails giving up the great love affair with food. And that's almost impossible unless you lose your sense of taste. Hey. That's an idea. Why not artificially get rid of your sense of smell? And have your taste buds deadened? Then all that's left of eating pleasures are the chewing and the fullness sensations. And those are fairly easy to replace or re-train.
ladyinwoods 5 years ago
I've heard this guy talk and at that level there's simply no excuse. Solution 'Eat less wrong food and more of the needed right food at the right time to do more.'. Like I said, your in control, there is no excuse.
Curse274 5 years ago
fat ass,,, nothing to be pround of
messitup 5 years ago
i hope he dies horribly
chaosmutt 5 years ago
You can get rid of being fat but can you stop being ugly? Try that one.
domesticvs 4 years ago
His name is Robert Paulson
VvoicezZ 5 years ago
is he still alive?
guilloteau 5 years ago
He's still alive, but lost a few pounds. But he is still realy big!
hansi67 5 years ago
is this him?
Pakodx 5 years ago
@hansi67 It's now 2012, is he still alive? He'd be 57-58.
Plume4you 4 weeks ago
@Plume4you
The people in the know seem reluctant to say; many of us remember when he was on TLC and heard him say: "...After I got down to a 36" waist, I decided to celebrate with friends by going out to eat. I then re-gained 50 pounds in that first week..."
sugarlanskee8 3 weeks ago
how much does he weight michael hebranko?
guilloteau 5 years ago
thnaks for that, i always toght that the fattest guy was, john brower minnoch, or roberta earl hughes or walter hudson...
this guy's about my father's size..
Pakodx 5 years ago
he is yooo
upppppppppppp
dogpound888 5 years ago
uh... what?
Pakodx 5 years ago
Cool vid, would've been good with some sound to it but either way definitely good :-)
WIlliebear 5 years ago
My old VCR give up the sound, thats the sad reason why it is without. But it was in german...
hansi67 5 years ago