Hadn’t done an update on this in a while. After three years of changing my diet (I won’t say I’m on a diet, because I’m not and have never been), I am still within five pounds of my goal weight – below, actually. I continue to maintain approximately 27% below my peak body weight.

At one point I had lost too much weight and was too gaunt, but now I am stable and feel incredibly healthy. My knees no longer give me any real issues and my diabetes risk is much lowered.

I realize most people cannot lose and keep off weight, but I can and I have.

The strangest part is that if I increase my physical activity even a little, I start losing weight again really quickly – for instance, when I went to the UK and to a lesser extent Vancouver, I found I had to eat an additional 400-800 calories each day to avoid losing weight and feeling tired.

But it’s gone incredibly well and is probably the best health-related thing I’ve ever done.