Is anyone obese with bradycardia?

I myself -- since I'm a nerd about stuff -- would love to see how you're eating pre- and post-workouts. Do you mind opening up your diary?

When women on my team have similar issues regarding practice and workouts, we often get the advice to change how we eat on workout/practice days from our Athletic Trainer. Many women on the team are obese trying to lose weight without sacrificing performance. What's your macro breakdown for workout days vs. not workout days?

ShrinkingStargazer wrote: »

Hi everyone, I have bradycardia my resting heart rate is 45-50 bpm and I was told by my doctor to lose weight I stressed to him how im scared cause I feel like I have to keep eating salty foods to keep my heart rate up. He told me not to worry unless it goes in the 30's and i also told him how once you lose weight your heart rate drops more. I also feel like my pulse is very weak when its low and i do feel dizzy so i have to keep eating. I am getting a second opinion from another doctor but i don't really hear about anyone who is obese who has bradycardia and if you do have it or had it and lost weight with it, did it lower it more? What do you eat? i really want to lose weight but scared my heart is going to stop from it getting too low.

as a side note, I'll say...(check this with your doctor of course), keep in mind he's probably meaning if it's consistently in the 30s that might be an issue.....don't necessarily freak out, think "oh gawsh, I'm dying!" and run to the ER because you check one time and see 37 or something like that. I had to do a 24 hour blood pressure monitor test for my donation testing and while I was hitting highs of 148/90 (still never going above 60 bpm max) at some points, I was also hitting lows of around 54/34 with a bpm of 29 at night.....nobody seemed to care much about that because the average is the bigger concern

meganjcallaghan wrote: »

ShrinkingStargazer wrote: »

Hi everyone, I have bradycardia my resting heart rate is 45-50 bpm and I was told by my doctor to lose weight I stressed to him how im scared cause I feel like I have to keep eating salty foods to keep my heart rate up. He told me not to worry unless it goes in the 30's and i also told him how once you lose weight your heart rate drops more. I also feel like my pulse is very weak when its low and i do feel dizzy so i have to keep eating. I am getting a second opinion from another doctor but i don't really hear about anyone who is obese who has bradycardia and if you do have it or had it and lost weight with it, did it lower it more? What do you eat? i really want to lose weight but scared my heart is going to stop from it getting too low.

as a side note, I'll say...(check this with your doctor of course), keep in mind he's probably meaning if it's consistently in the 30s that might be an issue.....don't necessarily freak out, think "oh gawsh, I'm dying!" and run to the ER because you check one time and see 37 or something like that. I had to do a 24 hour blood pressure monitor test for my donation testing and while I was hitting highs of 148/90 (still never going above 60 bpm max) at some points, I was also hitting lows of around 54/34 with a bpm of 29 at night.....nobody seemed to care much about that because the average is the bigger concern

Actually one time of a heart rate in the 30s and is symptomatic (dizzy, lightheaded, low blood pressure, confused, pale or feeling "off") they should call 911 immediately, not wait. Symptomatic bradycardia is life threatening (meaning you could die). The symptoms are indications that you are not circulating blood properly. The immediate resolution for that is pacing which paramedics will initiate if you have those symptoms with a low heart rate.

Please don't tell people to wait when the situation can be life threatening.

Source: paramedic

ShrinkingStargazer wrote: »

meganjcallaghan wrote: »

ShrinkingStargazer wrote: »

Hi everyone, I have bradycardia my resting heart rate is 45-50 bpm and I was told by my doctor to lose weight I stressed to him how im scared cause I feel like I have to keep eating salty foods to keep my heart rate up. He told me not to worry unless it goes in the 30's and i also told him how once you lose weight your heart rate drops more. I also feel like my pulse is very weak when its low and i do feel dizzy so i have to keep eating. I am getting a second opinion from another doctor but i don't really hear about anyone who is obese who has bradycardia and if you do have it or had it and lost weight with it, did it lower it more? What do you eat? i really want to lose weight but scared my heart is going to stop from it getting too low.

as a side note, I'll say...(check this with your doctor of course), keep in mind he's probably meaning if it's consistently in the 30s that might be an issue.....don't necessarily freak out, think "oh gawsh, I'm dying!" and run to the ER because you check one time and see 37 or something like that. I had to do a 24 hour blood pressure monitor test for my donation testing and while I was hitting highs of 148/90 (still never going above 60 bpm max) at some points, I was also hitting lows of around 54/34 with a bpm of 29 at night.....nobody seemed to care much about that because the average is the bigger concern

Thank you hun you made me feel better im gonna keep dieting and try not worry so much. thats how much blood pressure usually is too 140/90, you got that pressure after losing weight?

yes, my blood pressure went up as I lost weight. it went back down once I started getting more sodium after I figured out i was losing about 3 liters of fluids a day with my running and was probably too low on my sodium compared to my potassium

When your blood pressure is high, your heart rate is one of the mechanisms that slows down in order to help reduce systemic vascular resistance. Lower heart rates without symptoms are normal, even obese people. Eating won't change anything. Drinking more water will tell your kidneys to do more with your blood pressure and eating a low sodium diet will also help lower your blood pressure. In the aorta of your heart and the vessels of your neck are baroreceptors that detect blood pressure. If the pressure is low like your blood pressure should be then it will send a message to your body to increase your heart rate. However if the pressure is high, it will send a message to slow it down in order to decrease cardiac output and decrease systemic vascular resistance.

Eating more is NOT the answer and a poor excuse. As a doctor I'd take a look at your total cholesterol, HDL, and LDL to get a better picture of what is going on. Your vessels could have atherosclerotic changes also that are increasing vascular resistance and decreasing heart rate.