I'm 45 and have been battling my weight most of my life. But since I turned 40, I've gained at least 60lbs. Low budget meal menus, too big portion sizes, stress related binges, and sit down jobs heaped on top of genetic and age related factors, my metabolism has practically stopped. Health issues, diabetes, heart disease, blah, blah, blah are of course good reasons to want to lose weight but my #1 reason is I just HATE being fat. I hate everything about it and want it GONE!