FEELING FABULOUS IN MY 50s
‘I WANTED TO BE AROUND FOR MY KIDS’
Donning a 1950s-style red velvet flared dress, I stepped into the hall, excited for the night of dancing ahead. It was April 2019 and I’d taken up swing jive six months before, and now I spent my weekends going to dance socials, where I got to show off my moves. Just two years earlier, I could never have attempted dancing as I’d been dangerously overweight and walking just five minutes down the road would leave me breathless. Now, though, since shedding the pounds, I felt better than ever.
‘I HAD TO SWERVE OUT OF THE WAY OF A CAR’
Throughout my adult life,
