Maintaining Weight Loss Reduces Cardiovascular Risks

[MichaelJH]

Whilst this report is mainly in reference to Type II diabetes the general principle applies to all:

healio.com/cardiology/diabe...

[Ianc2]

Interesting post - another brick in the foundation for a healthy life. The side heading about exercise combined with diet made for interesting reading as well. Getting your weight and exercise into a good place is mentally challenging.

Getting the motivation to keep it there , to resist the attacks of the munchies, the lure of just the one extra cream cake, the sneaky suggestion that it's too wet to go walking, needs regular reminders of why it is a good idea to stick with the plan.

Thanks for the Post and the link. It all helps.

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to Ianc2]

Thank you. I sometimes debate whether to post these links as obviously this is not a diabetes forum. However, with heart disease (and other vascular issues) being so prevalent amongst long term Type I and those who have been Type II for a shorter period feel it is doing so.

[Sillyfroggy in reply to Ianc2]

Yes, I’m now hitting the ‘one cake won’t hurt’ and ‘brrrrrr perhaps miss the walk today’. Dark mornings and chilly evenings do not make for easy healthy living!

[Sunnie2day]

Good, quick read, thank-you for posting it. Although the term wasn't used in the piece, the action was - yo-yo dieting (losing weight then regaining it once the goal weight is achieved then dieting again to lose the weight) is a strong factor in reducing the beneficial effects of weight loss.

Maintaining a goal weight is the hardest part of weight loss and it's good to read attention is being paid to the topic.

Thank-you again for posting the link.

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to Sunnie2day]

I think a big cause of the yo-yo effect is people try more extreme diets with the passage of time, and many of this are unsustainable. People I know have tried the boiled egg diet (every meal! ☹️ ) and banana diet. They work for a few weeks but then people cannot keep it up and seem to rebound to a higher. Less of a balanced Mediterranean diet is more!

[Sunnie2day in reply to MichaelJH]

Too right - boiled egg and banana diets (eew) are unsustainable!

I used to think I was winning - I scorned those quickie diet schemes and stuck to sensible eating and exercise. Then the weight crept back on.

My problem (until I worked out the reason for my problem of yo-yo'ing) was I'd eat much smaller portions+ratchet up the work-outs until reaching the goal weight but then relax the vigilance and slip slowly back into bad habits of increasing the portions but not the work-outs. It's a common cause of rebound weight gain especially for women my age (early 60s).

Lob on the 'bonus' of medication induced weight gain (I'm glad my GP didn't tell me Bisoprolol 'might' cause weight gain and difficulty losing the extra - I might not have been as happy to take it had she warned me in advance), and it's truly an uphill daily battle to lose and then maintain. No relaxing the vigilance, obviously - and no not taking the meds 'because they make me fat'!

[rouluer]

Nice read, weight control and exercise are the most important. I find personally people are concentrating too much on good foods these days, whilst healthy natural foods are very important exercise is the key, eating healthy is not enough. Exercise will have long term benefits for the heart and will out way the food thoughts.

[Sunnie2day in reply to rouluer]

By 'good' you mean 'yummy', right?

[rouluer in reply to Sunnie2day]

Yummy indeed. No processed foods!

[Sunnie2day in reply to rouluer]

After being widowed for several years I remarried in 2011 - new husband lived on processed food, I honestly don't know how he avoided the diabetes that runs on both sides of his family!

The first time I cooked him a real meal, from scratch using fresh ingredients, he looked at the serving bowls on the table with undisguised fear and loathing. I'd laugh but I'm serious - he looked quite unhappy at the prospect of this being his evening meal and was clearly rethinking his decision to marry me

Nine years (in January 2020) later he scorns processed food. He searches and prints off 'Net recipes and asks me to 'make that, maybe?'.

[rouluer in reply to Sunnie2day]

Well done with your husband! I honestly don't know how I ate those processed foods years ago, I get stomach aches eating processed foods now. I was reading recently an article on why the Kenyans win all the distance running races around the world and a scientific study was carried out for 1 year and showed the secret was lean body mass and muscle due to eating natural farmed food, no one could afford processed foods. Just shows you how much crap Westerners eat and how it's killing us all. Keep cooking nice natural foods.

[SpiritoftheFloyd]

Thank you Michael, good article.

I agree with lanc2 about the issues of keeping the weight off.

I'm finding it OK to keep the weight off so far. Having lost 40lbs between January and the end of June (mostly around the middle) My waist measurement has gone down from 39 to 32 inches, which is great, except that none of my clothes fit me, so I'm ended up buying a whole new wardrobe, on the plus side the local BHF shop has had my old wardrobe.

So 3 months after getting down to the weight I wanted to be, I'm still at that weight. My motivation is quite simple -if I put the weight back on, it's too expensive to replace my wardrobe a second time!

[Anginamum in reply to SpiritoftheFloyd]

I just can't seem to be motivated enough to lose the weight. Its not in a bad way I say this. I should have plenty of motivation. We've booked a cruise for August 2020 I'll be 62 on the day we go. I think it's all in my head, I'm not looking for any sympathy as I have plenty to be grateful for. I just cant seem to stick to it. I know there's a forum for that. Anyway I will try I'm 12 stone 7 at the moment, I think if I could see my backside all the time I might think about it a bit more. I lost 3 stone 5 year ago and was a stone lighter last year I feel very uncomfortable in all my clothes. I went to be hypnotised last time the same guy isn't available now and I tried someone else but it didn't work I felt she just liked taking money from my purse. Wish me luck please x Sheena ( I'm healthyheart1) but cant get back on this site as that so hense my new name.

[SpiritoftheFloyd in reply to Anginamum]

Yes I agree, motivation is the key. I've been overweight for a number of years, and have regularly gone on a diet, lost some weight, then quietly put it all back on.

My motivation was to recover and move on from my heart attack last December. After a heart arrest and cardiac arrest, 1 stent, then put in an induced coma, when it was explained to me exactly how close I came to death - that was the motivation I needed. I was 12st 12lbs at the time and got that down to 10st by the end of June.

If you've got a cruise booked for August 2020, that's almost 11 months away and it's something to aim and plan for.

You could also have a chat with your doctor, I was able to have an appointment with a dietitian who was very helpful in pointing me in the right direction as regards a balance diet that would help me loose weight.

[Anginamum in reply to SpiritoftheFloyd]

Thank you spiritofthefloyd, yes I'm sure that would focus your mind. I do hope your doing well. Watch this space. X Sheena

[Hidden in reply to Anginamum]

Reduce your carbs before marbs, no pizza before Ibiza 🙂