In what will undoubtedly be in a million weight loss pill commercials in a week or so, a man has lost 140 pounds because he wanted to enlist in the Marine Corps. But Ulysses Milana didn’t use fancy diets or supplements; he did it the old fashioned way:

"Milana credits self-determination, healthy eating and exercise as the three biggest factors leading to his weight loss transformation…The former culinary student admits weaknesses like pizza and hot wings, but said the promise he made to himself and his determination to see it through made giving it all up that much easier."

At his peak he weighed 330 pounds, so if my math is correct, he now weights 190, which seems a bit on the light side for a marine, but I guess not if it’s pure muscle. Milana left yesterday for basic training in Parris Island.