I'm 44 and before my children (now 12 and 9!) I was a size 10-12.
After DD2 (I had two sections) I put on a lot and have been between a 14 and 16 for the past 9 years.
I never felt THAT unhappy with my weight but did find it hard to get jeans that didn't either fall down or cut in etc and my ankles were starting to suffer.
Well...almost a year ago I gave up smoking and started vaping...I didn't worry about putting on weight because I was vaping.
Then we moved to a bigger house with a large garden and a month after the move I realised I'd lost half a stone...all I'd done differently was move about more due to the move which we did ourselves (no removal men) and having a big garden.
I hadn't changed what I'd eaten at all apart from cutting down a little on cola.
I just bought a dress...a size ten! It fecking fits! I live in Australia so I'm not sure if that's the same as a UK ten...I'm originally from the UK and a size 14 here seems very like a UK 14.
I thought my bastard jeans were getting a bit clownish! I've been putting a belt on them but thehy were still falling down!
I wanted to share this so others might get inspiration...especially the smokers! I think smoking was having a HUGE effect on my energy levels.