I wanted to point out that it is indeed possible to lose weight even at that size, even though fatties say it's not (see the quoted comment in my other post). "I've tried exercising, it doesn't work at all!"   This guy had gastric bypass surgery to lose the weight. I understand your point that a lot of fatties don't lose the weight even WITH surgery, but this really isn't the best example of successful weight loss because in my opinion, the guy cheated by having his stomach stapled. He didn't have the willpower to stop eating gargantuan amounts of food, so he had his body mutilated in an attempt to restrict what he was putting into it.