text:  I couldn't eat. I had to eat a certain way. I had to drink a certain way. I had limitations. It took up my time. It took up my finances to buy the stuff that I needed to be able to eat and drink and train the way I needed to and the supplements. It owned my life. At about 34 years of age, I said, you know what? I'm done. I'm not going to be a competitive athlete anymore. I can't do this. Why? Because I have no life. And I realized that. I had no life.