I was hurtling towards 50 years of age, I was 2-3 stone overweight and felt like I'd been on a diet since I was 14 years old. I'd repeated a pattern of successfully losing some weight but then putting it back on for years.
I had a mantra of "I can't be fat at 50". I felt much older than I was and passed off daily aches and pains as 'just age'. I wanted more from my 'silver years'!