In 1978, Jon Brower Minnoch, weight 1,400 pounds, and was bedridden. After suffering heart failure, he was removed by 12 firemen and taken to the hospital, where they found that 900lbs of his weight was accumulated fluid.

He spent 2 years in the hospital, on two beds tied together and put on a 1,200 calorie diet. By the time he was discharged, he’d lost 924 lbs – the largest ever recorded.

He also holds another record – “largest weight difference between spouses.” While in the hospital, he married a woman who was only 110 lbs.