English wasn't a strong subject for you was it? That's about all I have to say on that. I agree with some of the others though, your post does seem insensitive and shallow. Your friend went from fat and ugly to this and attractive. Wow, who needs enemies with friends like you? Even if his first language wasn't english, which it obviously isn't, I think words like fat and ugly deliver a particular connotation. It wasn't what he said so much as how it was said.
When I refer to my friend as he was fat and ugly I am referring to the state of fat that he had before was quite unfortunate, not only in terms of aesthetics, but in terms of health ... In the words of himself he said that when he looked in the mirror he looked ugly, he said he did not like to undress in front of other men in the gym. He himself said of his own body: "... my body seems one fat ball shapeless"
He made a diet of acceleration of metabolism, he managed to lose all those extra pounds and in parallel, he did physical exercise (brisk walking, yoga and Pilates) and when by chance I was walking down the street and I met him, I could not recognize him because physically he was like seeing another person, his appearance of masculinity (attractive male) increased and the confidence he felt himself also increased.
I'm only repeating the words he was saying to me. All that I said (initially) is not an opinion of mine about it.