Experiences with

Weight loss

Just wondering if anyone has had any success with weight loss and could share any tips . I know I need to have healthier choices for snacks .

Are we entitled to have a repeat ultrasound done on NHS say 12 months down the line to see if any improvement has been made after 10% weight loss, diet and lifestyle changes?

I had my heart valve replaced with a mechanical one a couple of years ago (completely unrelated to weight, was a random infection on the valve) and I was wondering if anyone has had stuff done to their heart and has gone on to also have either weight loss surgery or take weight loss drugs afterwards?

I have a set of weighing scales that link to a phone app and logs your weight. I haven’t bothered with the app once the novelty wore off until today. I had my phone nearby so thought I’d give it a go. Well… … January last year I was 66.9 kgs today I was 64.4 kgs. 😎 It’s been so slow that I hadn

Hi everyone, I wonder if someone can help with my question. when I was first received my under active thyroid diagnosis, I was given Levothyroxine. I did not do well on it. I put on a lot of weight and developed a lot of symptoms I never had before, I felt really ill. Due to the advice of you lovely

Hi has anybody with hypothyroidism tried the weight loss injections? I can’t find any negative impact through searching on line but would be interested to know if anyone has any first hand experience?

hi I have suffered from significant weight loss recently after having an episode of increased heart rate and total body muscle pain with weakness. I was out on antibiotics and prednisone which has helped somehow. Now my body doesn’t look like mines anymore since the weight loss.

I have acid reflux and am taking lansoprazole. I have had barium meal and endoscopy which showed nothing of significance. I am losing weight week by week and am now under seven stone. I have a doctors appointment next week but just wondered if anyone else has had this and what resolved it. I feel

Have lost a stone in weight, is this likely to impact on dose of thyroxine ?

Hello everyone I am having weight loss and having had this last bout of flu my weight which was a bit steady has decreased. The respiratory specialist is concerned and hence I am not sure what to do.

Would those with relevant experience please recount (again, probably) whether losing an appreciable amount of weight at some point eliminated or ameliorated your Afib episodes? If so, how much did you lose and to what extent and how long did the effect work? I was free for 14 months after losing 35

I had a health check because I was losing a lot of unexpected weight. Dr said my H1bc was 44 which made me lose weight. Said to cut out sugar but won't that make me lose more weight? I am underweight . Any help appreciated

Hi, I've tried most everything to l Iose weight since I lymphoedema in both lower legs in 2017, watching the Carbs I eat down gym for 1 year 3 time's per week until beginning of January where I had muscle nerve Spasm in back that I put down to weights, I started mounjaro January 14th 2.5mg for 1 month

Can't get motivated to start exercising again.ive been exercising my whole life and am unmotivated.im fifty three too.struggling to lose weight.dont eat much.need friends

Hi just wanted to know as anyone on this site taking the weight loss jab, who are on blood thinners , and have AF .

But I currently have kind of a strange weight loss strategy as I don't like the idea of eating strictly healthy foods the entire time. So every ten pounds I lose, I am going to have a little "cheat" day. And on the cheat day, I am going to still keep the calories under 2000.

I gained 100 pounds on antipsychotic medications. I was never overweight before I started taking them. I'm happy to say that now I've lost 80 pounds of that! It has taken me two years but I'm maintaining it. I think that being off the antipsychotics has been a big contributor to my being able to do this

This time of the year when it's cold I just feel like snuggling up with coco marshmallows and the warm blanket! The last thing you want to do is work out and eat salad But I have to keep going walking to the supermarket and doing my hitt exercises. Weight 71.1kgs.

Although I feel pretty fit I know I could do with losing a stone and did manage to lose a few pounds On my discharge notes after the ablation the consultant has said that he will consider putting me on a weight loss drug if I haven't lost any more weight by the time we meet again (this Friday) It seems

Last weeks weight was 143kg so total loss 14kg, Thanks to advice from weight loss support for nutrition advice as its helped me understand what foods are good and bad etc 😉