How I lost 12kg in 6 weeks and banished my meno-belly: Weight gain crept up on me in my 50s, but here's how I finally beat it with a few simple tweaks. Now, I love my body more than when I was 30: JO ELVIN

I’d wasted my younger years loathing my body. All through high school, I was told that, yes, everyone wants to be thin, but you, Jo, are scrawny. Ugly. From 13 until 35, I hid my frame in baggy clothes.