ENDICOTT, N.Y. -- "My name's Trent, I'm 39-years-old and I'm from Endicott, New York and I'm a security coordinator."
That was back in February when Trent Patterson was 436 pounds.
"I'm Trent Patterson, contestant, eliminated contestant, on the Biggest Loser Five."
Here he is now -- 120 pounds lighter. And though he's eliminated from the competition, he's still in the running for the final April 15th weigh-in as well as the $100,000 home weight loss prize. So there's no time to waste.
"My New Year's resolution was to get back into my college uniform. I figured if I got back to the body that I had in my college days, that would be a pretty nice body to have," Patterson said.
A Southern Tier man loses more than a hundred pounds on national TV for NBC's "Biggest Loser" and is working hard for a $100,000 prize. Our Karen Lee met up with the former football player who says he'll maintain this new lifestyle even after the competition is over.
"Trent, usually, he's working out real hard, most of the time I see him working out on the step mill. That's the hardest thing to do in the whole gym," said American Fitness trainer Ian Lawson.
Patterson, a former college guard for the University of Alabama, was approached by another teammate, Roger Shultz, who's still on the show. Combined, the two were one shy of 800 pounds. And with that came a slew of health problems.
"I found out that I was pre-diabetic, found out that I had hypertension, found out that I had a fatty liver and I had lost 20 years of life expectancy," Patterson said.
Since then, those conditions are no longer an issue and he's regained 15 of those years. All of which he'll need to spend time with his new son.
"Lincoln, he was a big motivation. I obviously wanted to do it before he got here, but you know life sometimes gets in the way. And I put myself on the back burner, so I was so thankful to have this opportunity," said Patterson.
Exercising is only half the battle in losing weight. The other part of course, is eating healthy. And for Trent Patterson, Subway is helping him out.
"He's always been a very positive role model and he's always had a positive energy about him, so we're just kind of bringing it out to the community," said Jill Vanvestrout, owner of a Binghamton Subway.
"To have them stepping up and providing meals for myself and other contestants is a great, great thing because that's one less thing we have to think about," said Patterson.
And despite who ends up the winner, or loser in this case, long after the competition, the life long fight continues.
"Don't give up. Stay the course. It's all about you. You're the only person that can change anything in your life so put yourself first and believe that you can do it," Patterson said.
Patterson and his partner will evenly split any prize money they win from the show.