My experience is pretty much identical to yours @ura-soul. I'm eating proper foods, exercising, and trying to fix my injury naturally. And yes, it took me very long time to work out how to do it all.

I'm not 100% cured, but I have reversed much of the decline I started to experience recently. For me, getting diabetes was the kicker. This forced dietary changes, which resulted in a major transformation. My body changed. I built muscle, cured diabetes naturally, and became stronger as a result.

At near 50, I now look better than I did as a 20 year old.