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Javon Anderson's Short Story

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Javon Anderson share his inspiring story, how he lost an incredible 135 pounds of weight without going through drastic measures.

Anderson weighed 330 pounds before, which was his heaviest but then he realized that it is a huge burden on his life. He told ABC NEWS, "It wasn 't necessarily a huge problem up until high school. That 's when a lot of the weight added on."

When he played football for the Wayne State University, he said that he needed to put on a lot of weight because he was on the defensive line. But in early 2014, he found himself struggling with his weight and he knew right then, he needed to do something about it.

"It began when I was at work and they had a weight loss challenge," Anderson said. "I started to see results

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