I grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii in Hawaiian acres in Puna. I grew up very poor, we lived in a tent for a few years while I was a young kid. We always had food on the table, and we never left the table until the food was gone. I was overweight and bullied because of it. When we moved to California, I had a fast food restaurant on every corner and my eating habits got worse. I moved to Montana where I met my beautiful wife and one of the things we shared was our unhealthy eating habits. We rarely cooked at home and used food to make up for a bad day, or to celebrate something. Food would make me feel so good while I was eating it and feel so bad after. Everyday was a challenge. Getting up in the morning and putting my feet on the floor hurt and trying to walk hurt even more. My feet, back, knees hurt everyday. I kept my shoes tied and just slipped them on because it was too hard for me to get down to tie them. I remember waiting in line to get on a ride for hours, but when I got on, they couldn't get the bar down. I had to exit in front of everyone. I could hear the laughing and the jokes while I got off, that was hard. I tried diets, but never made it a week. I tried going to the gym, but it’s hard to be the fat guy at the gym when everyone’s staring at you. Then one day my wife comes to me with this diet she wants us to do, it was called Ideal Protein.