Has anyone experienced health/body issues as a result of losing a significant amount of weight?

evilfairies
evilfairies Posts: 98 Member
edited November 27 in Health and Weight Loss
I overheard someone at work talking about how, after losing 75lbs, now she has problems with her feet. Not sure of the details since I wasn't part of the conversation, but it was interesting since it wasn't something I would have associated with losing weight. Just curious to see if anyone else has experienced problems too.
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  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    If it being easier to do everything is a problem then yes. I agree with Amy, her problems were probably from being so heavy and she's noticing it now that she's using her body in a more physically demanding way.
  • iowalinda
    iowalinda Posts: 357 Member
    edited June 2018
    evilfairies wrote: »
    I overheard someone at work talking about how, after losing 75lbs, now she has problems with her feet. Not sure of the details since I wasn't part of the conversation, but it was interesting since it wasn't something I would have associated with losing weight. Just curious to see if anyone else has experienced problems too.

    My resting blood pressure has dropped to 91/60. Normal is supposed to be 120/80. I read that it shouldn't go below 90/60, so not sure if I need to be concerned or what I would need to do to get it a little higher. I do feel the best I have in years.
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    I had plantar fasciitis. I learned how to tape my own feet because it helped me take it back outside when I started hiking. Our mileage will always vary. Feet, knees, ankles, joints, backs, shoulders, wrists, necks. I used KT tape for my knees and athletic tape for my feet. When you get the tension just right you can walk without that bone on bone grinding pain.
  • Fflpnari
    Fflpnari Posts: 975 Member
    My blood prressure and heart rate have gone way down. Sometimes it bothers me, and i feel dizxy and don't have a lot of energy. I also have a lot of joint problems/ pain.

  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,513 Member
    My pain levels are so much worse now ive lost 158lb....... but its likely to be osteo-arthritis (doc has ordered knee xrays) caused by being morbidly obese for s decade (im 36)
  • try2again
    try2again Posts: 3,562 Member
    edited June 2018
    Most of the complications I'm aware of are the ones that come from losing the weight too quickly- gallstones, muscle loss, hair loss, things like that. Some cases of loose skin become problematic and cause skin irritations & infections. As has been mentioned, I think people may attribute problems to losing weight when it was just how they personally went about it, or pure coincidence.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Only saggy skin. I could pass as a mom :/
  • scarlett_k
    scarlett_k Posts: 812 Member
    I developed plantar fasciitis but I would more blame that on me taking up walkig further and further entirely on the pavements for the first few months of eating to lose weight. I can understand why someone else might make the leap to blame that on losing weight.
  • sophia162
    sophia162 Posts: 115 Member
    I've had ankle impingement injuries that suck (because they reiterate), but those are due to working out too intensely too quick (and too overweight probably) at the beginning of my journey, bad quality footwear through life, bad luck, etc.

    Due to weight loss or my calorie deficit: I'm loosing hair like crazy D =

    And yes, I eat mostly nutritios foods. As a staple, lots of fruits, veggies, nuts, seeds, lean meats, whole grains, olive oil, avocado, greek yogurt, beans... and some chocolate, wine, cookies and ice cream for the soul, of course.

    Like crazy! Loosing hair like crazy >.<
  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
    The only issue I have is the excess belly skin that now requires me to wear compression gear in order to go for a run. I did a year of recomp and 90% of the rest of my skin shrank back....not the belly flap. (I lost 170lbs before my recomp). Every other health issue I had when I was obese has went away with the weight loss.
  • longbranch92
    longbranch92 Posts: 22 Member
    @sophia162 I was losing hair too! It really bothered me. But since, my naturopath has upped my B12 and I take Biotin and everything is back to normal.
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    I feel cold ALL THE TIME and my hair is thinner. I'm not sure whether to attribute the hair thing to the weight loss or some other random issue. I'm ramping up my biotin consumption, focusing on lots of protein, and exploring a new BC method. So fingers are crossed!
  • sgriska
    sgriska Posts: 109 Member
    edited June 2018
    I've had trouble with lower back pain -- have an old injury that hasn't given me any trouble in many, many years and suddenly since losing weight has started acting up, which seems "wrong." But I suspect the culprit is altered body mechanics: walking, standing, sitting, etc., differently than I've been used to so even though there should be less stress on my back, what stresses there are are impacting it differently than they used to when I was heavier.

    Also having a good bit of discomfort in my butt when I sit for a long period of time on just about any seat or cushion. Less padding, I guess.
  • netitheyeti
    netitheyeti Posts: 539 Member
    all my shoes got too big when I lost weight
    also, fairly sure my diet made my hair thinning issues worse at one point (I already had issues due to PCOS)
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,986 Member
    I'm not sure if it's related to weight loss, but over the past few years I've always gotten blisters on the edge of my heels when I walk a bit more. It's as if there's too much skin. But surely, the padding of ones feet should not get smaller.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    edited June 2018
    Raynaud's, although for most of the year it is really not too bothersome...never had any symptoms until I was down by 100 lb or so. Mostly it's just embarrassing for me in the winter when random strangers say "A couple of your fingers are white WTF" in a panic.

    But...BEFORE losing weight, I had debilitating migraines with vision blurring and days of residual pain. Now I've had 1 MILD migraine in 5 years.
    Pain in my shins and ankles is gone.
    Borderline high blood pressure is now normal.
    Lower back pain issues are very rare now, like once every 2 years for a couple of days - versus previously several weeks of every year.
  • seekingdaintiness
    seekingdaintiness Posts: 137 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    My foot issue with losing weight occurred when I had to get rid of most of my shoes as my feet got smaller.

    I was wondering (since OP didn't hear the whole conversation) if that might be it. It's a little known side effect of losing large amounts of weight that you can drop half a shoe size or more. Very strange. Happened to me.
  • 1houndgal
    1houndgal Posts: 558 Member
    Decades ago I lost a lot of weight on a diet and excercise regimen, and I ended up having to get my gallbladder removed. Still, a small price to pay for better health and fitness.
  • SLOgal
    SLOgal Posts: 7 Member
    I've known people who have felt more pain in the bones in their feet when the fat pads on their feet got smaller.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    ive lost 100 pounds and have never looked or felt better or been healthier.

    losing weight SOLVED the health issues i had (sore joints, muscle pain, back pain, etc)
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