I weighed 68kg when I was 16 and 73kg when I was 20. A year's stay in Pittsburgh, USA, and junk food in 1984 pushed it up to 75kg. I got married and my wife's culinary talents pushed it further up to 77kg. For some odd reason, I crossed the 80kg threshold when my daughter was born in 1991. I lingered around 85kg for almost a decade and have recently started flirting with the psychological threshold I had set for myself at 90kg.

I have type 2 diabetes and am on medication since a few years. Having a specialist advice me was significant in partially controlling my sugar. However, the coaching on diet and fitness has so far, at best, resulted in a yoyo effect. It is my intention to get back under 80kg and to wean myself out of my medication for diabetes.

How many diets does it take to lose weight? One - the one you stick to!

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