I appreciate you sharing so openly about this as well. I noticed the label "mildly obese" in my medical notes, and thought it must be because I was focusing on strength training for the first time in years.
But I was doing no cardio and eating just as much, and I was getting bigger. These 40s and 50s metabolism and lifestyle changes are hard to manage.
I dropped most strength training for cardio, and have been really careful about what I eat.