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\n Michael Fulfree before his 80-pound weight loss.<\/span> Anders Krusberg\/Discovery<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

From high-fashion to high-end real estate, Selling the Hamptons<\/em><\/a> star Mike Fulfree<\/strong> knows all about living the dream, but when the fast lane started taking its toll on his health, Fulfree knew that his lifestyle needed a drastic renovation.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive interview with Us Weekly<\/em>, the power broker opens up for the first time about watching himself on Season 2 of Max\u2019s hit reality show weighing 315 pounds, his journey to lose 100 pounds and answering the \u201chuge wake-up call\u201d that changed his life.<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: Tell Us<\/em> about how things have changed since you starred on the first season of Selling The Hamptons<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mike Fulfree:<\/strong> Well, everything has really changed. I went from just being a real estate agent to a very high-producing real estate agent. I\u2019m pretty much selling everything that I list over ask on record numbers. And now I have a team. I have two other guys that work with me. They\u2019re doing an incredible job. They made more money in the last two months with me than they make in the whole year before they worked with me. So my guys are really happy. It\u2019s like a bootcamp every day. I\u2019m a little bit of an asshole, but I get the job done and their pockets are fat, and I always tell them that\u2019s what it\u2019s about. I\u2019m trying to teach you guys how to really do this business because, obviously, previously, it didn\u2019t work. I want to mold somebody. And these guys are becoming like little mini Fulfrees and it\u2019s awesome.<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: How has your personal life has changed since the reality show?<\/strong><\/p>\n

MF:<\/strong> Obviously, the money\u2019s been coming in a lot more since reality. TV\u2019s helped with that. So I\u2019m doing a major renovation at my house, literally gutting my whole house and I\u2019m really excited. We start in a few weeks. Since the show, it was planning, saving for that [and] building a team.<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: You\u2019ve actually had a major physical transformation since filming Season 2.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n Mike Fulfree showed off his weight loss transformation at the NYC \u201cSelling the Hamptons\u201d Season 2 premiere on February 26.<\/span> Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MF:<\/strong> It\u2019s a whole different Mike that people won\u2019t even recognize. I lost 80 pounds so far since filming. I was at my heaviest. I was at my unhealthiest. I was almost 315 pounds. I\u2019m down to 228 pounds now. I take things very seriously \u2014 my health, my business, my family.<\/p>\n

Us:<\/em> How did you get to 315 pounds?<\/strong><\/p>\n

MF:<\/strong> So it was the beginning of the grind when the [first season of the] show really aired. I\u2019m just eating so bad, working really late, and what\u2019s the only thing that convenient? There\u2019s no drive-through salad spot on Long Island. It\u2019s just easy just to cram down garbage.<\/p>\n

I saw all these stupid trends. I hate to say this about pills, I think they\u2019re very dangerous. I didn\u2019t do any of that. I went natural and I just worked my ass off, and I just looked at food differently. I didn\u2019t look at food as a main event. I\u2019m Italian from Long Island. Our events are all wrapped around food, so I didn\u2019t make food a priority. I made it just something to survive and I changed my mentality. I just put how I work into my health in a very strict, regimented way. I drink a gallon of water a day. I want to get down to 215. So I have 13 pounds left to get down to 100 pounds lost.<\/p>\n

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Us:<\/em> You\u2019re a totally different person losing 80 pounds.<\/strong><\/p>\n

MF:<\/strong> It\u2019s ridiculous. It\u2019s a small little lady.<\/p>\n

Us:<\/em> Why did you want to lose the weight?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n \u201cSelling the Hamptons\u201d star Michael Fulfree has lost 80 pounds.<\/span> Courtesy of Mike Fulfree\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MF:<\/strong> I wanted to live. Another thing I don\u2019t do [is] I don\u2019t drink, and that\u2019s something I want to talk about this season to help other people like me. There\u2019s a lot of things I don\u2019t do anymore. My best weapon is when I go to these events with major, major people with big money. Everyone\u2019s drinking. Their ambitions are down, and I\u2019m sharp as could be. I\u2019m able to speak with these clients. It\u2019s really, really nice just to be able to be there for my clients and not just be some party guy and I could actually talk business at any point. It\u2019s awesome.<\/p>\n

It started as just a health thing that I noticed. My clarity. I wake up at now at 5 o\u2019clock in the morning because in real estate, everything is socializing in my business. You don\u2019t take clients to a library \u2014 you take \u2019em to a bar, a restaurant. You\u2019re ordering steaks, cocktails are flowing. And then if you\u2019re trying to become successful, you\u2019re taking out clients. Especially during the summer in the Hamptons, I would [go out] five nights a week. I noticed this was an every night occurrence, and I know if I wanted to get healthy, it just ended up being a few weeks into diving in.<\/p>\n

And then I stopped drinking. There\u2019s so much sugar in alcohol and carbs. I just notice like, holy shit, I feel so much better. I\u2019m double better. I\u2019m not just eating better. I feel more clear. I\u2019m not putting any alcohol in my body. I\u2019m going to stick with this lifestyle. I think it\u2019s a problem with a lot of agents \u2014 substance abuse. And no matter what, [even though] it wasn\u2019t a real problem to me, it was when you\u2019re drinking and socializing and it\u2019s every night. It\u2019s not a good thing. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s taboo at all. I don\u2019t give a s\u2013t what anybody thinks.<\/p>\n

This money doesn\u2019t mean s\u2013t if I get really sick from my health and I go too far with it. So it\u2019s a huge wake up call. I\u2019ve been humbled by it. I realize like, okay, money is not everything. You got to get your health right, because the beautiful house you\u2019re building you\u2019re not going to be able to use it if you can\u2019t walk outside.<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: You were a fashion model before getting into real estate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

MF:<\/strong> Yeah, I\u2019ve always had eating issues. I think it started with the modeling. I was really, really skinny. I\u2019m 228 [pounds] and I look skinny right now, and they had me at 175.<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: Wow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Courtesy of Nest Seekers International and Mike Fulfree<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mike Fulfree said he has dropped to 228 pounds.MF:<\/strong> My nails were changing color from malnourishment. It\u2019s crazy s\u2013t. I modeled in the rough time in 2010. This is almost 15 years ago. It was a different time. Everything was being the skinniest you could be. It wasn\u2019t like everybody\u2019s beautiful [and] you could be anything you want. They wanted very, very skinny, very, very sickly looking. That was the look back then, and it was wild. But I don\u2019t know if that affected me, but I know for a fact after [the first season of Selling the Hamptons<\/em> on] Netflix, I just started gaining so much weight.<\/p>\n

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Us:<\/em> Do you miss your modeling days?<\/strong><\/p>\n

MF:<\/strong> I make more money in a week than I made in a year. [laughs] I\u2019ve been asked. A lot of people in the Hamptons, they\u2019re still connected to the business, and they know me from then because I did a lot of big stuff, and they want me to go back into it as the older model kind of thing. And I would never go back.<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: Did the fashion world teach you anything about what you\u2019re doing now?<\/strong><\/p>\n

MF:<\/strong> No, my tough Italian mother did. They told me not to take any s\u2013t. I grew up in a very low, middle-class town center in east Long Island. I don\u2019t come from big wealth, but they taught me how to just don\u2019t give a shit. Don\u2019t take everything so serious. You have to have to realize you\u2019re just humans, and you\u2019re there to work. And they taught me how to speak up for myself. And I\u2019ve always been very comfortable with speaking to people. I don\u2019t care how rich you are, we\u2019re all just people.<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: You and your wife Sam have a son, Luca. And you\u2019re trying to expand your family?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n Mike Fulfree posed with his wife and son before his weight loss journey began.<\/span> Courtesy of NMike Fulfree<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MF:<\/strong> Me and my wife want to have a baby, so that\u2019s what we\u2019re working on now. Our little buddy\u2019s about to be 5 [years old]. So this is a second [child].<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: Why was this the right time for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

MF:<\/strong> I feel like we focus so much on building something. My wife runs a tile company. I run a real estate business and it\u2019s come to the point it\u2019s like, alright, we have everything together. We\u2019re doing everything in our 30s the right way. It\u2019s like, \u2018Let\u2019s go!\u2019 We\u2019ve had to really grind the last few years to get to this level. It\u2019s unbelievable. I try to stay humble about it, but reality TV can bring out that ego sometimes when they want me to film something.<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: So it\u2019s possible we\u2019re going to see your new addition in Season 3.<\/strong><\/p>\n

MF:<\/strong> We\u2019ll see if we get pregnant by then, but I have a feeling we\u2019re going to be filming again this summer.<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: So is Selling the Hamptons<\/em> Season 2 even more dramatic than Season 1? I know there are a couple new faces.<\/strong><\/p>\n

MF:<\/strong> Yeah, it was disaster. [laughs] People are going to like it. Butting heads with everybody. It was the most wild season ever.<\/p>\n

I had a real issue [with] one of the guys on the show, but it ended up working out.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s as real as could be. It\u2019s crazy that we were able to film this shit, but me and him [costar Dylan Eckardt<\/strong>] had a problem years ago. They never told me. They just said, \u2018Oh, show up here.\u2019 This is going to be the first day of filming. And they know I have a big problem with him. And, of course, who shows up in a loud obnoxious G-Wagon? Dylan. So it didn\u2019t start off well for me.<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: Is it a rivalry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n Mike Fulfree is all smiles after getting into shape.<\/span> Courtesy of Mike Fulfree\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MF:<\/strong> I don\u2019t like his attitude. I am fine with him now because he knows to respect what I do. I looked up to him when I first started and he was selling a lot of crazy s\u2013t, working with big-time celebrities. We\u2019re more non-polished. We\u2019re more like street guys that don\u2019t come from much. We recognize each other. I guess it\u2019s more of a thing where he says, \u2018Alright, well, this guy\u2019s not going to back down from me.\u2019 And everyone backs down from Dylan. But I don\u2019t care at all.<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: He\u2019s the bad boy of the show.<\/strong><\/p>\n

MF:<\/strong> He is a little bad boy. He is the surfer from Montauk. And he is good inside, though. Dylan is a good guy.<\/p>\n

Us<\/em>: And, of course, there are multi-million mansions!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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