Iih warrior

[Porter79]

I have iih intercranial idiopathic hypertension and need to lose weight so condition goes into remission.

[Minniewinny 5 stone Maintainer]

Great to have you join us Porter79

Welcome and enjoy the forum...

Please check with your health professional regarding your actions to lose weight and get their support locally to compliment this wonderful forum... Wishing you success to lose weight and to get your condition into remission and feel better going forwards 💐💐💐

I'd like to invite you to read our Newbie Post - which is what I call the sat-nav to the benefits of the forum, here's the link:

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

Please also read this about the importance of locking your posts:

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

We'd love to know how you found us...?

Cheering you on to reach your goals 🎉🎉🎉

[Ali_B62]

Hi Porter, welcome! I have no idea what iih is symptom-wise but hope it doesn't cause too much pain, or maybe it does hence the wish to reduce weight and stress on vertebrae?

Anyway, I would encourage you to do the NHS BMI calculator to begin with. This gives you a calorie range needed in order to lose weight and the advice is to aim for the higher end of the range. I must admit, calorie counting isn't my favourite task so I just keep a general check and a rough count and reduce portion size, add lots of vegetables and fruit to keep my stomach fuller, reduce carbs (bread, potatoes - substitute sweet potato if you like them, switch rice to whole grain etc). Keep up your meat/cheese/eggs/soy substitute/lentil intake too, there's probably guidance on that somewhere on the NHS website. You can do this!! Good wishes.