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Weight Loss Cures What?!?!

eme31386
eme31386 Posts: 32 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I confess that I am a yo-yo dieter. I can literally drop 20 pounds in a month when I put my heart and soul into eating well and exercising. Then the next thing I know, I've given up and the weight is back. One thing that I have noticed in my ups and downs is that when I lose a good amount of weight, physically there are improvements that seem unrelated to weight. For example, at a lower weight, I never had problems with asthma or allergies. I also noticed at a lower weight, elimination is at a more frequent and healthy pace. Has anyone else noticed general imporovements in health once they've lost weight. Please share! I believe that this will serve as motivation to those who want to see what else they will get out of losing weight besides improved happiness and fitness.

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  • HerBravado
    HerBravado Posts: 392 Member
    Gasssp. I'm gonna have to agree w/ the elimination part--it seems to just be all-around better.
    My back hurts less as I drop weight. I used to have back pain so badly that I would just lay in bed & not do anything.
    I'm more flexible. LOL.
    My eyesight is better...this is more towards controlling my insulin resistance, though.
    I sweat less ! I remember being outside & just being seeped w/ sweat, not doing anything. Now I can be outside on a sunny day & not worrying about looking like I just came out of a pool. :P
  • julslea
    julslea Posts: 436 Member
    I know when i'm at a lower weight my asthma doesn't bother me as much. I've never had that luck with allergies though.
  • lil_pulp
    lil_pulp Posts: 701 Member
    Not sure if this is along the same lines or not, but cutting my toenails used to be really hard because it was so uncomfortable. I still don't enjoy cutting them, but comfort-wise, it's much better! Also, more water covers my body in the bath now. I like that.
  • allegram
    allegram Posts: 117
    my blood circulation! literally -5 lbs and my feet aren't purple anymore.
  • eme31386
    eme31386 Posts: 32 Member
    Gasssp. I'm gonna have to agree w/ the elimination part--it seems to just be all-around better.
    My back hurts less as I drop weight. I used to have back pain so badly that I would just lay in bed & not do anything.
    I'm more flexible. LOL.
    My eyesight is better...this is more towards controlling my insulin resistance, though.
    I sweat less ! I remember being outside & just being seeped w/ sweat, not doing anything. Now I can be outside on a sunny day & not worrying about looking like I just came out of a pool. :P

    Thanks for mentioning the sweat issue, I thought I was the only one, I look forward to that aspect improving.
  • eme31386
    eme31386 Posts: 32 Member
    Not sure if this is along the same lines or not, but cutting my toenails used to be really hard because it was so uncomfortable. I still don't enjoy cutting them, but comfort-wise, it's much better! Also, more water covers my body in the bath now. I like that.

    Thank you for sharing! I think a lot of tasks become less difficult and the embarassment factor regarding things you can't do wanes as well.
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