Choosing different ways to lose weight helps a lot

There are a lot of strategies to lose weight apart from calorie counting. Oxford University compiled a list of 53 of them that they used in a study to see if people would be more likely to lose weight if they could basically choose strategies to try and see if they had any effect – and the participants in the study were, indeed, successful. — dpa

Another year, another weight-loss update. Or should I say, weight update. Two years ago a doctor advised me to lose weight after a health check up, citing issues of a fatty liver and high uric acid and cholesterol levels. A year later, I had lost 30kg and wrote about how that happened in this column.

Since then, have I managed to keep the weight off? And if so, did I benefit? And at what cost?