Nate Smith has lost 55 pounds, and he isn’t done.

The country music star recently opened up about the weight loss and his health.

“I didn’t like the way I looked,” Smith told People. “I didn’t like the way I felt. I didn’t like how I was out of breath all the time and how I’d get dizzy just tying my shoes.

“I felt like I was slowly killing myself, and I didn’t know what to do about it.”

Even his parents were scared for the 39-year-old star, he said.

“My parents would come to shows and see me drunk and overeating and stuff, and they’d be scared of the way I was living,” Smith said. “They were worried I’d have a heart attack or a stroke.”

Depression, he said, resulted in drinking and excessive eating.

“I knew I was hurting myself, but I couldn’t stop,” he said. “It was like looking at this mountain and wondering, ‘How do I get up there?’ I didn’t even know where to start.”

Well, he started with cutting back on both eating and drinking and went from 280 pounds to 225 in four months. And, he added, he wants to lose 20 more pounds.

“I’m happier and more confident,” he said. “It’s changed the way I perform onstage. I have a lot more energy.

“I think that the physical stuff has really affected my mental health in a positive way. It’s a concept I heard a million times: ‘You gotta love yourself before you love someone else,’ but it’s kinda true. Because I’m not so insecure about myself, it’s helped me be more present. And it’s changed the way I can love people. I feel free.”