Jasinta Perez brings the present retablo to Saint Pancras thanking him for sending her a boyfriend who accepts her as she is—fatty. And they have a very good sex.

Felipa R. and Teofila M. were competing for a man, so they fought hitting each other with flip-flops at the washing place. The both thank Saint Charbel with this retablo because they have realized what a nonsense it was and have dumped this potbellied fatso.

My wife ate more and more. She even brought food to the bed. All the sheets were in crumbles, and she became so fat, she occupied almost all the bed and pushed me out of it at night. I was anxious to get my good sleeping back so I prayed the Virgin of Zapopan. Right away my wife stopped overeating and even started losing some pounds. She became so beautiful, even our new neighbor commented me how nice looking she is. And I thank for I sleep well again.

I thank the Virgin of Perpetual Help for helping me to get chosen into the figure skating team of the Pantitlan neighborhood despite of being slightly overweight and blind since birth. With Virgin’s help we will beat the crafty ones from Tlauac.

All my family kept telling me that I have to lose weight. They told I was of at I’d never find a husband. I tried to lose some pounds, but I couldn’t do it. I thank the Virgin of Zapopan because, despite my weight, I’m always in cheerful mood, I laugh and sing. Thanks to that the most handsome guy in town fell in love with me. I can always make him laugh and he forgets about his problems. We had a wedding, we are happy, and the love has even helped me to lose some weight.

Jasinta Barrales, being very drunk, fell down on her way out of the saloon. She was also very fat so they couldn’t pick her up. Her friend La Pitaya (?) thanks Saint Charbel for they managed to drag Jasinta to her shack and she wasn’t arrested.

1925

We love our aerobic classes because we can praise the lord and we loose weight at the same time.

Ramón Velasquez started a diet to drop some weight. However he was overly enthusiastic and was becoming anorexic. He thanks Saint James with this retablo for he received help in time and he’s better now.

I was taking my children to the school. We decided to use a short-way—through the Estrella rancho. Suddenly a giant bull started chasing us. My children jumped over the fence, and I, being very fat, couldn’t do it. I prayed to the Virgin of San Juan and by pure miracle I felt light as a feather. I jumped on the fence at ease although it was painful to fell over the fence because all my weight came back to me right away. Nevertheless, I was saved from the bull, and I’m thanking the Virgin.

The boy Felipe Mendes thanks Saint Charbel for curbing his sweets cravings. Felipe lost few kilos and even began to work out.

My daughter became fat and she was told about a green diet. She ate only celery, cabbage, cucumbers, chards, spinach and other verdure. She went to the garden, sat under the tree and ate. Some time later she got thinner, but her skin was becoming greener. Even her hair got greenish. I thank the Virgin for my daughter changed her diet for a normal one, and her natural color came back. It looks so much nicer than green.

The demon of the gluttony possessed me and always whispered me “Oh, Lupe, how delicious it is!” So I kept eating and kept getting fat. My family was angry at me because I wouldn’t leave them anything to eat. One day I overate so much, I felt very bad. I prayed Saint Paschal Baylon for help, and he drove the demon away. So now I eat very little.

R. S. was very picky about the young men and chose only handsome ones. But one day a horny fat man showed her what it means to be a good lover. She thanks Saint Anthony with this retablo for she met such a tremendous man.