We are pleased to announce that on March 4, 2025, an updated Rich Text Editor will be introduced in the MyFitnessPal Community. To learn more about the upcoming changes, please click here. We look forward to sharing this new feature with you!

Vitamin D Deficiency

alliekatz
alliekatz Posts: 8
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hi all

I am 44 and from the UK.

I have been having a lot of trouble shifting any weight for well over a year. In fact it was getting higher but I have now been told I am severley Vitamin D deficient which apparently makes your metabolism slow way down meaning it is harder to lose weight.

I am about to start doing the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred and wondered if anyone had managed to lose weight even with this deficiency?

My Husband has just booked us a trip to Spain in September and I want to try and lose as much as I can before then.

Allie
xxx

Replies

  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    I had a test and had an "insufficiency" of vitamin D, despite which I lost 4 stone. I am now taking a 4000 IU supplement and will re-test soon.

    Food restriction is more important than exercise.
  • IllianaIman
    IllianaIman Posts: 131
    have u considered taking the suplement? my PCD prescibed me some and I take them regulary. have been helpful so far!


    Good luck!
  • megblair1
    megblair1 Posts: 1,227 Member
    I;m curious as to how your vitamin D deficiency was diagnosed. There have been lots of studies on vitamin D and how it impacts health and they show incosnistent results. Most researchers now say that vitamin D deficiency is not very common; 15 minutes of sun daily without sunscreen will cause your body to produce as much D as you need.

    I'm not saying it's not possible; just make sure you have an accurate diagnosis and no other medical conditions that would impact weight (thyroid, etc). Take care
  • VMarkV
    VMarkV Posts: 522 Member
    Self supplementing dosing ranges (safe ones) from 400-2000IU/day

    If you are diagnosed with vitamin D deficiency by a physician, then you can go way over that limit with a prescription strength/long acting-once-weekly version (to play "catch-up") for usually around 8 weeks (you then get retested) and may get dropped down to supplemental doses if levels come back to baseline
  • alliekatz
    alliekatz Posts: 8
    Hi all

    Thanks for your posts. I was diagnosed after a year of tests for al sorts of other diseases and conditions after I went to see my Doctor as I was severley fatigued and had muscle and bone pains. I have been teswsted for just about everything including Thyroid, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and HIV. Finally I got a blood test done that showed my Vitamin D level was 13 when it should have been over 30. I am taking 20,000iu of Vit D a day for 8 weeks then getting retested. It appears that I don't make Vitamin D from sunlight but I don't know exactly why yet. I do also have Ulcerative Colitis but have not had any flare ups for a number of years.

    Hopefully by coming on here I will get the motivation and support to try and do everything I can to help myself.

    Thanks again

    Allie xxx
  • rextcat
    rextcat Posts: 1,408 Member
    lol yeah i tested for a vitamin D deficienscy, scored so low they had to do the test 2xs, now im suposed to take at least 2000iu a day and go back in july to retest....Fun:smile:
  • angelakj23
    angelakj23 Posts: 51
    I agree that the doc should put you on a vit. D supplement, they should be the one to tell you how much to take. Be careful taking it on your own because an over abundance of vit. D can also cause muscle aches and pains. I had through the roof levels last year and the doc said it could be making me hurt worse.
  • alliekatz
    alliekatz Posts: 8
    I agree that the doc should put you on a vit. D supplement, they should be the one to tell you how much to take. Be careful taking it on your own because an over abundance of vit. D can also cause muscle aches and pains. I had through the roof levels last year and the doc said it could be making me hurt worse.

    Thanks, it is a prescribed dosage I have been given but is still very high. 20,000 per day but I suppose it needs to be high to try and raise it back to where it should be.

    Allie xxx
This discussion has been closed.

Categories