Vitamin B12 Shots and Protein Shakes and bars to loose weight

Are you deficient in b12. If you are they give you a bit more energy but if you aren't they're a big waste of money

You should have a blood test first though to confirm. I'm chronically low because of health issues but I find caffeine before workout helped.

You won't lose weight by a vitamin shot. You will lose weight by burning more calories than you consume.

I lost 25+ pounds, and I too have sleep apnea. I know you asked about B12 shots, which I've not had, but you'd also asked about people who've had weight loss success, which I have.

I had success losing 60+ pounds in 10-11 months at age 59-60, while hypothyroid (treated) and with sleep apnea (treated) just by tracking my eating and exercise carefully, striving for good nutrition, and maintaining a reasonable calorie deficit (eating fewer calories than I burned). I didn't eat any protein shakes or bars (they work great for some people, but I think they're yucky); I ate regular healthy food instead.

Please ask your doctor specifically if you're actually B12 deficient. (Admittedly, I'm not, even though I'm a long-term vegetarian, and pretty old - almost twice your age.) It might also be worth asking if your blood test results show any other low or low-side-of-normal values that could contribute to fatigue, such as borderline anemia or hypothyroidism.

For sure, excess weight contributes to fatigue, as does poor-quality sleep. If your sleep apnea treatment is recent, it is also normal - according to my doctors - to have some "rebound fatigue" where you (oddly) feel more tired for a time while your body adjusts to getting more and better sleep.

Also, other aspects of poor nutrition, not just B12 deficiency, can increase likelihood that you'll run out of steam by the end of the day - insufficient protein, energy spikes and valleys that some people experience when eating lots of sugar or other quick-acting carbohydrates, not enough healthy fruit/veg, not drinking enough water, etc. So can being physically out of condition, i.e., long-term history of minimal exercise.

Even if you are B12 deficient, it may be worth considering to try improving your deficiency by improving your nutrition, before resorting to medication. Often, our bodies respond better to well-rounded nutrition than to isolated supplements. Just my opinion.

I wish you success, whatever course you take!

I went to a similar dr several years ago. He was a general practice dr, who "specialized" in weight loss. It was a vlcd with a lot of shakes and bars and very little food. Definitely under 1000 calories. He gave me a b12 shot for energy, but I never lost any weight. Several of my friends were extremely successful but I'm doing better with a metabolic specialist who is treating me for my prediabetes and metabolic syndrome. He wants me eating real food and did bloodwork to determine what vitamins I was deficient in (D and Iron).
The one thing I've learned is that there are no quick fixes, no magic pills and no fast tracks to weight loss. You have to do the work to get the results.

Your doctor is reccomending this because they make money off it, especially since it is not covered by insurance.

manushadows wrote: »

Yes an actual MD Doctor. I believe I am B12 deficient. Yes I have frequent fatigue and tiredness especially in the evening. Does B12 also enhance your exercise workouts results too?

You are meant to be tired in the evenings though, how else would you sleep?