HEIGHT: 6ft 1in/185cm 

WEIGHT BEFORE: 18st 6½lb/117kg 

WEIGHT NOW: 12st 5lb/79kg

WEIGHT LOST: 6st 1½lb/38kg

Trying to take in the doctor’s words as calmly as I could, inside I was reeling. Was I really facing a battle with liver disease? While my condition wasn’t a direct result of my weight, it was a result of my heavy drinking, and I knew I wasn’t helping matters by living an unhealthy lifestyle and being unfit.

I’d carried extra weight since my 20s, eating and drinking whatever I…