Healthy vitals while obese?

You are only 27 according to your profile. I doubt the test results will be as positive in 10-20 years time, if you do not lose some weight. When I reached my early 40s, I started to really feel it.

Sure, I had great vitals while obese. I did start developing knee problems in my early 40s. And being overweight could be contributing to my fibroids.

Age matters. You are still young. Obesity puts you at an increased risk for some very serious medical issues, which could happen next year or in a decade or, if you are lucky, even never.

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In my experience, because I work with the older adult and geriatric population, age is the contributing factor with good genetics. One can have beautiful blood work and blood pressure until about the age of mid 40's, early 50's for men and all the way until 60's for women. (Estrogen seems to protect the vascular system in women until menopause.) Then all of a sudden, BAM! It hits you. The average adult in their 60's takes 6 prescription medications in the US.
But like other have mentioned, the wear and tear on the body being obese all those years is terrible, knees, low back, hips, it all adds up. The earlier and slower you lose weight the better your skin adapts as well. No on is invincible, and losing weight will only prevent or slow these inedibles.
We can do it together :-)

tiffanymariearpaio wrote: »

I had an exam at the doctors a few weeks ago and everything about me was fine. Normal heart rate, lungs, blood pressure. The only thing wrong was my weight and bmi. I was surprised that my weight hasn't affected other organs yet, I guess I'm lucky and it's an even better reason to keep on losing weight to prevent future problems. I didn't think I'd get such perfect results being overweight with a bmi in the 40s.

You are starting ahead of many people. Lose the weight now and keep it off and your chances of staying healthy throughout your life are good. Count your blessings and build on the great foundation you already have based on good genetics. Lifestyle is a bigger factor as you get older. As other said, things that don't affect you now can start piling on more and more issues as you age. Trust me, you don't want those little nagging problems like a bad knee, fallen arches, etc. as well as the potential for big things like heart disease and diabetes.

Always had perfect vitals and bloodwork, even when I had a Bmi of 47, 2 years ago, at 34yo and a smoker at the time.

My doc always appears amazed, like that I wasn't prediabetic or something. He would give me a little gentle grief about my weight, but without something showing it was impacting my health he couldn't really stress the point much.

I have an appt this week with a lab, we'll see what meaningful difference being 28 bmi has, if any.

I'm in a similar situation, OP. I am in my late 20s and I don't have any health problems aside from my obesity. But I know that if I don't take steps now and lose this weight, I'll really suffer in my 30s and 40s.

I looked at my family for examples. My mother was thin and very healthy until she had my sister and I, and she gained weight, now around 190. She also smokes. A few years ago she was diagnosed with diabetes--something I know I don't want to get!

Likewise, my aunt has struggled with her weight, and she was diagnosed a few years ago with sleep apnea and has to wear a CPAP at night. Now that is something I do not want! The health woes of the women in my family definitely spurred me to become active and eat healthier. I may feel wonderful every day, with no arthritis or back pain, and I may not have any health issues like hypertension or diabetes right now--but if I don't make serious, life-lasting change, I will definitely have this problems later. It's easier to make changes now, BEFORE all those aches and illnesses set in.

My vitals were awesome. Until they weren't. I went from great numbers to "Lose weight or die within 24 months" in just 6 months. It catches up to you. Lose while you can!

I don't think being obese is necessarily always going to result in poor vitals. My mom has been obese since she was pregnant with me (32 years ago) and her vitals have always been good. BUT she has fibromyalgia and other problems caused by inflammation - problems that might have been avoided altogether, or at least, significantly improved, if she had gotten down to a normal weight.

While I don't think obesity is a guaranteed cause of poor health in other ways, it does significantly increase the chances of health problems later in life, so why play with fate? I could smoke for 30 years and be one of those genetically blessed individuals that never end up with cancer, but I'm just not willing to risk it, given the probability that I'm not.

Being overweight merely increases the CHANCE of health problems occurring. It's been proven that losing weight has loads of health benefits but it's not impossible to lead a healthy life while still being overweight.

This is personally why I'm trying to lose weight now. I'm only in my 20's and feel fine at the moment even though I'm 251 lbs, I'd just rather not leave it to chance.

I used to say the same thing... bragged about my cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar...
This past year I have had to have my gallbladder out, developed high blood pressure that I have to take two different medicines for, and developed tachycardia.
Take it from me, those great numbers are NOT going to last forever. Do it now.