What's your physical aliments- due to being over weight.

santd
santd Posts: 234 Member
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What physical aliments have you suffered from as a consequence from being over weight. Looking at my long list motivates me to continue addressing my problems, and slowly get rid or improve on them all.

mine are:
1) from 2006-2012 very high blood pressure, taking lots of tablets, which I could stop taking in 2012, and pressure is now normal.
2) arthritic left ankle- that's painful.
3) Both Knees need replacements.
4) Right hip- painful.
5) high cholesterol 2006-2012, normal now, off tablets.
6) arthritis in both shoulder joints as my boobs were far to big, and my bra straps dug into my shoulders for too many years.
7) Aching lower back
8) 3 years of cardiac test 2006-09 due to chest pains.

That's motivation enough for me, to lose the weight.

WHAT'S YOURS? BE HONEST.
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  • santd
    santd Posts: 234 Member
    It seems no one is suffering any consequences to their bodies, from being fat, well done everyone. its just me being too fat, and I'm suffering.
  • angel_of_harmony
    angel_of_harmony Posts: 188 Member
    I am not 100% sure if my weight is entirely to blame, but it has definitely affected my blood sugar and cholesterol. Due to my triglycerides being so high I also have a problem with my pancreas.
  • mizzhogbear
    mizzhogbear Posts: 16 Member
    Both my knees are knackered lol
  • vstraughan
    vstraughan Posts: 163 Member
    No new ailments but the long term existing ones got a hell'a lot worse!

    Bad back, knees, hips and neck (I won't bore you with medical terms) and riddled with arthritis. The extra weight on my joints and spine forced me to get my prescribed anti-inflams and painkiller mg and dose increased.

    I also started snoring, which the boyf LOVES as you can imagine ;-)
  • salladeve
    salladeve Posts: 1,053 Member
    I have a long list of ailments that may or may not have been caused by my weight all these years, but will most definitely be helped by my weight loss.

    High blood pressure (on medication for the last year)
    High cholesterol
    Plantar Fasciitis in my left foot
    Arthritis in both knees and ankles
    Lower back pain
    Extreme tiredness

    The fact that my 85 yr old mother gets around better then I do is also a motivator!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Horrible reflux here, and high cholesterol. I haven't got it checked but I'm guessing it will be fine next time, I wasn't that far over. Reflux is completely gone (but I stick closely to my fat macro). I snore less too apparently, but even when my weight was fine I was still snoring (so my ex said).

    That's about it. My main health issue is asthma and weight won't have any effect on that.
  • santd
    santd Posts: 234 Member
    We all seem to be suffering from the same things here, I think one can say its related to over weight.
  • Sav_Sky
    Sav_Sky Posts: 82
    I am extremely fatigued, stressed, and have prehypertension. its hard to get out of bed in the morning being a mom and college student it makes my life a lot more difficult.
  • SmartAlec03211988
    SmartAlec03211988 Posts: 1,896 Member
    I have physical ailments just from being handicapped. The extra weight added that extra burden that simply made life miserable.

    I remember nightly bouts of reflux quite often. SO happy those are gone, and just the general lack of energy and always being tired was a drag. I also suffered from bad circulation in my feet, and high blood pressure.

    All gone now.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    According to my doctors:
    - high blood pressure
    - partial blindness (Pretty sure it's early glaucoma, but ophthamologist doesn't care)
    - eczema
    - ear infections
    - gout
    - edema
    - sinus infections
    - ingrown toenails
    - chronic depression
    - suicidal tendencies

    Basically, whenever I go to a doctor for a medical problem, I get the prescription of "lose weight". :yawn:
  • NaomiJFoster
    NaomiJFoster Posts: 1,450 Member
    I have mildly high blood pressure. Both of my parents have heart disease (though neither of them was ever obese and neither ever smoked, it's just a genetics thing). I've had high BP even when I wasn't this large, but I'm sincerely hoping that losing the weight will improve my own BP.
  • jzammetti
    jzammetti Posts: 1,956 Member
    1. Reflux! (OMG - heartburn from air!)
    2. depression - messed up hormones, is my guess
    3. fatigue - all the time
    4. general achiness all over
    5. sore joints
    6. High cholesterol/triglycerides

    Happy to report that every one of them is gone. every one.
  • Tonnina
    Tonnina Posts: 979 Member
    I have joint mice in my right knee and it hurts a ton because of, what seems no other reason than, my obeseness. It still hurts after losing all the weight I have, so I'm thinking this will be a forever thing, like I screwed up my ligaments or something.
    I've stretched out my skin so much that it's not bouncing back. I have what appears to be a "mommy pooch" from being fat. I've never even been pregnant so that's really depressing and sucky.
    In 2011 I was diagnosed with High Blood Pressure at 22... TWENTY-TWO... It wasn't terribly high, but it prevented me from getting birth control at Planned Parenthood. They wanted me to go to my General Practitioner... my highest BP was about 170/110 which is bad, but I've heard of worse... My mom has worse... I took pills and got it down to 150/85 then I took myself off the pills and worked with my diet and exercise and now my BP is 117/78!
  • onwarddownward
    onwarddownward Posts: 1,683 Member
    Reflux
    Boils in the pouchy belly area from time to time
    Loss of interest in sex from being embarrassed
    Bad back
    Hips and knees hurt a lot

    But it's getting better day by day.
  • endoftheside
    endoftheside Posts: 568 Member
    I love this post and seeing how people's health is improving! I am still a work in progress, but the heartburn is gone and I am sleeping better. I feel happier and more energetic, which means I am more active and getting more done (which is a very positive spiral).
  • DonnaRe2012
    DonnaRe2012 Posts: 298 Member
    KNEES ........

    I don't know if my weight is totally to blame but I'm sure they would be alot better off if I could drop this 35 Lbs. My nephew says they sound like pop rocks!! Makes intense workouts REALLY hard.
  • jennielou75
    jennielou75 Posts: 197 Member
    At my biggest (23stone at 5ft 3) I had:
    * high blood pressure
    * pain in my joints when I walked
    *I snored so loud I had to sleep in the spare room - not great for my relationship
    * repeated sinus infections
    * repeated yeast infections under my stomach

    Now 10 stone off I only get the yeast infections but not as often. I know that is due to saggy skin but I can soooooooo deal with it.
  • Pearsquared
    Pearsquared Posts: 1,656 Member
    I have mildly high blood pressure, and the last I was measured, my blood sugar was one point short of pre-diabetic. My biggest troubles have been with hormones - the extra weight had pushed them out of whack, and caused serious time-of-month pain and hirsutism. It was enough for me to think I had pcos. Fortunately, I do not, and a combination of birth control and weight control has greatly lessened the impact of these symptoms.
  • refinley2
    refinley2 Posts: 52 Member
    Permanent slouch, as my shoulders curve inward to support the weight of my awesomely massive cans.
    Poor circulation, my hands and feet are always cold and look like cadaver parts.
    And higher blood pressure, extremely irregular menstrual cycles (I miss months often, which does not help with the stress of being overfat), lowered immunity to pesky staph infections, and all the stretch marks, hairloss, and morbid looking monster veins on my body are really just poison to the psyche.
  • katy_trail
    katy_trail Posts: 1,992 Member
    none. I had very good bp, blood work, great digestive health,
    had lots of energy when I wasn't depressed (which wasn't related to weight)
    I credit this to the pretty healthy food I ate before mfp, just in the wrong portions.
  • lotusspark
    lotusspark Posts: 367
    Other than I've been treated for high cholesterol, high bp, low bp, type 2 diabetes .. all which have been improved ..
    (have pcos which I understand isn't fixable w/o a hystorectomy)
    I have the unlikely fixable things .. my back (a fall in 87+ genetic flaw) causes me much displeasure. I hurt both
    knees some years back due to my weight then and hurt both ankles severely, which included casts.but I was actually
    trying to be fit when that happened which put me in a setback to lose the massive amt I needed to lose.

    I also developed a side effect that was from a choloestrol med, they tested me and said it was
    carpal tunnel but took me off the cholesterol med because I think they weren't certain it was the true cause.
    The carpal tunnel .. numbness comes/goes but several years off that med it has improved so idk really.
    I have a bunch wrong but getting to a smaller weight will benefit my body greatly.
  • wink77
    wink77 Posts: 55 Member
    I have to take horrible drugs and pain pills for arthritis. I take a pill for reflux. And another for Pcos. My biggest issue and the reason I am doing something is that my periods are a mess and I don't ovulate. I am praying for a post weight loss baby.
  • lotusspark
    lotusspark Posts: 367
    Other than I've been treated for high cholesterol, high bp, low bp, type 2 diabetes .. all which have been improved ..
    (have pcos which I understand isn't fixable w/o a hystorectomy)
    I have the unlikely fixable things .. my back (a fall in 87+ genetic flaw) causes me much displeasure. I hurt both
    knees some years back due to my weight then and hurt both ankles severely, which included casts.but I was actually
    trying to be fit when that happened which put me in a setback to lose the massive amt I needed to lose.

    I also developed a side effect that was from a choloestrol med, they tested me and said it was
    carpal tunnel but took me off the cholesterol med because I think they weren't certain it was the true cause.
    The carpal tunnel .. numbness comes/goes but several years off that med it has improved so idk really.
    I have a bunch wrong but getting to a smaller weight will benefit my body greatly.


    This is awful, I forgot altogether my 3 arm socket tears. When a little girl, rough play with older kids,
    I had my arms pulled out of socket 3x and it hurts, pops when I strength train. I cringed when I watched
    Mel Gibson in the Lethal Weapon movies because I understand that too well. :|
  • Matzie
    Matzie Posts: 2 Member
    Currently being treated w/ high bp, close to age 50 and going through perimenopause, and need to lose about 40 lbs. Any advice from anyone on how to get my bp down in the normal range without the help of meds?????? I don't want high bp, nor do I want to be taking hp meds all of my life.
  • hauntao
    hauntao Posts: 130 Member
    For some reason I'm technically obese, but I have no health problems from it.

    Smoking cigarettes however has wrecked me.
  • junco1971
    junco1971 Posts: 26 Member
    I have
    trouble breathing when walking
    severe sleep apnea
    need right knee replacement
    back issue, I can't stand for more then 10 minutes at a time
  • NaomiJFoster
    NaomiJFoster Posts: 1,450 Member
    Other than I've been treated for high cholesterol, high bp, low bp, type 2 diabetes .. all which have been improved ..
    (have pcos which I understand isn't fixable w/o a hystorectomy)
    I have the unlikely fixable things .. my back (a fall in 87+ genetic flaw) causes me much displeasure. I hurt both
    knees some years back due to my weight then and hurt both ankles severely, which included casts.but I was actually
    trying to be fit when that happened which put me in a setback to lose the massive amt I needed to lose.

    I also developed a side effect that was from a choloestrol med, they tested me and said it was
    carpal tunnel but took me off the cholesterol med because I think they weren't certain it was the true cause.
    The carpal tunnel .. numbness comes/goes but several years off that med it has improved so idk really.
    I have a bunch wrong but getting to a smaller weight will benefit my body greatly.


    This is awful, I forgot altogether my 3 arm socket tears. When a little girl, rough play with older kids,
    I had my arms pulled out of socket 3x and it hurts, pops when I strength train. I cringed when I watched
    Mel Gibson in the Lethal Weapon movies because I understand that too well. :|


    When I was 17, I had surgery to stop my shoulder from dislocating. By that time, it was coming out about once a week. It started when I was 4 years old, and did it only a couple times a year. It got more and more frequent as I got older. By 17, at once a week, I was just done. That was 28 years ago. I still freak out when people in movies pop out their shoulders. Phantom pains and lingering fears. It's still achy when the weather changes. And if I don't exercise it at least 2x a week, I'll be achy and sore for a few weeks after that. I also can't turn a doorknob or a key with that hand, lol.


    But mine has nothing to do with my being overweight. It's just loose joints. My whole body has joint problems. Born that way.
  • RaggedyPond
    RaggedyPond Posts: 1,487 Member
    Back and shoulders hurt from giant boobs. Low BP and fast heart rate.
  • bonniecarbs
    bonniecarbs Posts: 446 Member
    1. High blood pressure which has been very good for the last two years since I started this journey
    2. Bad right knee, painful when I take my walks and exercise
    3. Horribly bad left knee

    I feel confident that once I complete my journey this pain will be lessened. I sure hope so.
  • bonniecarbs
    bonniecarbs Posts: 446 Member
    baby-kiwer - Yes on the fast heart rate, I forgot about that. Mine improved the more exercise I forced myself to do, but I still have to watch it and not go too far over my required heart rate when working out. Because I was afraid, I would not work out hard enough to raise my heart-rate until a co-worker told me, what I think will hurt me is probably the very thing to save my life.

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