I run like an electric golf cart. Now I look at eating as a way to feed my body and keep me younger. It's not about starving your body, but treating your body like a Ferrari. You don't put in the crappiest gas you can find. You use supreme. In the long term, you'll run clean.
It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
It was important that I became successful. People say they do it for the love, and yes, you do it for the love, but you want to be successful.