Former Otago man Craig Miller could be making millions as the new face of a weight-loss programme, but the wrestler has instead focused on fulfilling his Commonwealth Games dream.
The Canada-based Kavanagh College old boy has been named in the New Zealand wrestling team to compete in Glasgow at the end of this month.
To get there, he has shed a remarkable amount of weight.
Over the past couple of seasons, Miller (26) has had a massive body transformation, cutting down from a high of 103kg to 64kg.
Last year, knowing his time at the top level of the sport was limited, he decided he needed to dramatically change his weight bracket to make the New Zealand team.
''Essentially, I dropped the weight because I lost my 84kg spot,'' Miller told the Otago Daily Times.
''My friend was 74kg, the next weight down, and I didn't want to cut his lunch. So the opportunity was at 66kg, where the New Zealand spot was vacant.''
The metamorphosis involved meeting a nutritionist and dropping 30kg in six months.
He made weight for the Commonwealth championships in South Africa last year.
That performance, followed by a gold at the Oceania championships, led to selection for Glasgow.
''That weight cut in South Africa hurt ... but it was always about qualifying for the Games, and I have trained my butt off for it.
''Stoked is the best word to describe it. Right now, I am fully focused on that Glasgow podium.
''I'm there to make those semifinals, and once I am in that final six, I will give my all.
''I have been training hard in Canada. I have a few surprises they won't expect. I intend on being the snake in the grass.''
Miller has been wrestling since he was in sixth form (year 12) at Kavanagh, and has a commerce degree and a master's in education from the University of Otago.
He has six New Zealand men's titles, five of which came in the 96kg division.
''[I spent] over 10 years wrestling in the big-boy weights, 84kg, 96kg and even 120kg. None of these 65kg boys are going to scare me.''
Miller spent two years in Auckland as a secondary school maths teacher but chose to leave New Zealand to receive better wrestling training.
''Internationally, Canada is a mid-level wrestling country, whereas New Zealand is a bit of a wrestling backwater.
''I wanted to go somewhere where I could improve my level, but not have the level so unattainable that I got disheartened.''
In 2013, he quit his job, sold everything he had and took a gamble at life on the other side of the world.
Because work visas in Canada require proof of onward travel, he also had to back himself by buying a one-way ticket to Glasgow, before even qualifying for the Commonwealth Games.
''I had no job to go to, nowhere to live, a few grand of space left on my credit card and the name of a wrestling club I knew nobody at. This jaunt has been by far the bravest thing I have ever done.''
The move to Canada has allowed him to spend regular time with elite coaches.
''I would love to train fulltime, but no-one will pay me to do that.''
He works fulltime to fund his wrestling dream and lives with his Australian partner, Lilian Green.
''She's coming over to Glasgow to watch. She'll be wearing black and white, too.''
- Leni Ma'ia'i
