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ChasingRainbows
ChasingRainbows Posts: 7
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Hi. Right now I am 120.6 pounds and and 4'11 1/2, and 20 years old. While Im not overweight, I want to get down to 110-105 pounds so I can feel better about myself. While I am trying to exercise more and watch what I eat, my asthma is not under control right now and a specialist has switched my asthma medication and has put me on a twice daily inhaler and one of the side effects of it is if your trying to lose weight, that it will affect your weight loss and be harder. I have no choice, I HAVE to take this twice a day, because if I dont I could end up in the hospital, or even worse. Is there anything else I can do to TRY and lose weight? Thanks!

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  • Shweedog
    Shweedog Posts: 883 Member
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    A daily corticosteroid will NOT hinder weight loss. Only systemic steroids can do this due to increase in hunger. Medications such as Flovent, Advair, Symbicort, etc have zero effect on weight. I prescribe these medications on a daily basis. Don't worry about it and good luck!
  • kymarai
    kymarai Posts: 3,631 Member
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    The important thing is making wise food choices. Keep logging. The last 10-15 is always hard to lose! The closer you are to your goal the more your body wants to hold on to its "safety" net. Be aware of foods and get the asthma under control. Best of luck!
  • giammarcor
    giammarcor Posts: 217 Member
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    Which medication is it? I take Flovent twice a day and this hasnt slowed me down any. Sometimes the side effects don't effect everyone.
  • BossSauce69
    BossSauce69 Posts: 33
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    Watch calories and exercise. But most of all stay positive. This seems like a big deal, but it really isn't. You'll be able to overcome this obstacle. If you are able to drop some weight while you're on the medication it will be great. If you're unable to, you'll at least be staying even and primed to excel if/when you change. Regardless, there are things you can control (exercise, calories, etc.) and things you can't (medication). Focus on what you do have power over and be happy you're looking to go from 120 to 110!
  • jdhosier
    jdhosier Posts: 315 Member
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    What if you decide to look at things a bit differently. Instead of trying to lose weight and obsessing over that, think about becoming more fit. Weight can be deceptive and illusive. You can be very skinny and very unfit at the same time. Fitness is a way to feel great and feel great about yourself. If you are fit, your weight will not matter. If you eat the things you should eat and exercise the way you should exercise, your body will be the shape and size it is supposed to be.
  • Gigi_licious
    Gigi_licious Posts: 1,185 Member
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    I have a friend that has pretty severe asthma. She was on oral steroids for it for 14 years. She started walking at work. She started about a half mile a day and is now up to around 14 miles a day. She lost around 75lbs in less than a year just by walking, starting out very small. If she can do it, you can do it! She's in her 50's.
  • hemlock2010
    hemlock2010 Posts: 422 Member
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    Since you don't really need to lose weight and you maybe don't want to do a ton of cardio until your asthma is better controlled, this sounds like a good time to lift weights. Even without losing weight, you can reshape your body to give yourself a leaner, fitter look.
  • mangirl
    mangirl Posts: 93
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    Sounds like an excuse to me. I don't like excuses. Eat less, lose weight. BAM.
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
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    So, here's the thing... You have to do both no matter how hard it is. Just forget that you ever found that it MIGHT hinder your weight loss. It is completely irrelevant. If you are determined to lose weight just put your head down and get to it! There are ALWAYS going to be road blocks or challenges but there is nothing really that you can do beside making HEALTHY choices and exercising, (whatever is safe with your asthma) that will get you where you want to be. You know that you have NO CHOICE but to take this medicine, so just think of it as part of your body and move forward. Does this make sense? I have asthma too and I have found that over the last two years with regular exercise it got better and better as my lungs got stronger. This is not always the case for everyone, however maybe that will happen. In sometime you can be re-evaluated by your doc and you will perhaps you will be able to find a new solution. Until then, do not let this new situation make decisions for you. It may take longer, but you have no idea how long it would have taken to begin with so it doesn't matter! You can do it!
  • penguinfan03
    penguinfan03 Posts: 32 Member
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    I have a friend that has pretty severe asthma. She was on oral steroids for it for 14 years. She started walking at work. She started about a half mile a day and is now up to around 14 miles a day. She lost around 75lbs in less than a year just by walking, starting out very small. If she can do it, you can do it! She's in her 50's.


    Hold the phone.... 14 miles a DAY?!?! I aspire to her greatness!!! But also, yeah, I've been on advair for a number of years and haven't been having any trouble with my weight loss aside from just not eating like I should.
  • ChasingRainbows
    ChasingRainbows Posts: 7
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    Sounds like an excuse to me. I don't like excuses. Eat less, lose weight. BAM.

    This is NOT an excuse. I do have pretty severe asthma. I dont even eat that much....I dont NEED to loose weight, I just want to fell better about myself. I USED to weigh 140 in high school by eating school lunch, so in just 2 years away from the food I have lost 20 pounds, I ust would like to lose 10-15 more.
  • ChasingRainbows
    ChasingRainbows Posts: 7
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    Thanks for all your replys everyone. Im on Symbicout 160/4.5. I just started on this a month ago so Im still getting used to the swing of things. Im relived to find out that this wont affect my weight loss. Thanks again!
  • lloydrt
    lloydrt Posts: 1,121 Member
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    chasing ,ignore mangirls insensitive reply.....

    I used to have exercise induced asthma as well, I was on Asthmanex and a bronchiodialator for 12 months, and now am off of both

    what helped me was doing cardio..........I understand and sympathize with you.........obviously, you werent as big as myself, so you may have medical problems with your lungs/air way but that isnt related to weight

    one thing I did when I had your symptoms while trying to do cardio was to avoid all dairy products, esp yogurt...........it has a tendency, according to my pulmonologist, to create a phlemge in my air ducts.........

    I avoided all yogurts and creamy dairy products ,and now I am asthma free............talk to you Dr about your diet.

    again, mangirl, Ive never spoken rudely to anyone on this forum, but your reply was rude...............Lloyd
  • aimeeturner
    aimeeturner Posts: 225 Member
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    Sounds like an excuse to me. I don't like excuses. Eat less, lose weight. BAM.

    Obviously, you have never suffered with asthma. Hopefully, you never will.
  • lloydrt
    lloydrt Posts: 1,121 Member
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    aimee, youre right.......if mangirl ever had an ashtma attack or couldnt catch her breath, that reply would have never been posted.

    I can understand why some people are hesitant about posting with that kind of an insensitive reply.......Lloyd

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