This Guy Lost 150 Pounds by Counting Calories, and His Transformation Is Incredible

Thankfully, the 30-year-old has always loved the spotlight-just not the weight. So one morning, he woke up and decided it was time to get fit.

I've always been sort of a gigantic, Upshaw told Men's Health. I think I was 511 in the eighth grade.

View this post on Instagram I used to be fresh. A post shared by DeAndr Upshaw (@heyitsdeandre) on Sep 6, 2017 at 12:41pm PDT

As a kid, Upshaw used that height to his advantage, playing football and taking center stage in his schools theater program. But in college, his size started to take a different turn.