‘I’m fitter than ever with rock-hard abs at 57 – younger people tell me they want to have a body like mine’

A super-fit woman has revealed how she achieved rock-hard abs in her 50s – and says that younger people wish they had a body like hers.

Jill Brown shares her expert fitness and nutrition tips with her 30,000 Instagram followers

The 57-year-old claims that due to her toned physique, people are in shock when hearing her age.

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And she says that even those younger are jealous of her body.

“People are often surprised [when hearing that I’m in my 50s] but I can’t hide my wrinkles,” Jill, from California, US, told What’s The Jam.

“Younger people tell me they want to have a body like mine when they reach my age.

“I’m fitter now than I was in my 20s!”

Jill, who now helps women over 40 with holistic weight loss and menopause support, says she was spurred into taking action when she was only a child.

She said: “I grew up with my mother who was a smoker and a diabetic who didn’t like to exercise or cook.

“As a result, I was brought up on junk food, such as takeaways, frozen dinners and cereals that started with the words ‘sugar’ or ‘frosted’, and lots of cookies and cakes.

“When I hit my late teens, I started to pack on the pounds.

“I smoked, drank and didn’t exercise regularly.

“But by the time I graduated, I had such a high percentage of body fat.

“I felt awful and uncomfortable in my body.

“I knew I couldn’t live like this anymore.”

Jill started going to the gym a few times a week and after seeing her quick transformation, was offered a job to teach there.

She fell in love with fitness and nourishing her body; and went on to study nutrition.

Now, at 57, she’s in the “best shape” of her life and claims that menopause and peri-menopause doesn’t mean women have to gain weight.

But she has a strong warning for women aged approaching 40 and beyond.

Jill said: “It’s easy to put the demands of life and the needs of others ahead of your own health.

“But this is a big mistake because our health gradually declined in this decade.

“Then at 50, women start scrambling to make up for not starting sooner.

“But even doing 45 minutes every other day or 30 minutes a day goes a long way to improving fitness.

“We need to be more aware of our self-care needs.

“I don’t just mean massages, facials and mani-pedis – although those are very nice and definitely count.

“I mean taking more care of what we put in our bodies and how much.”

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