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  • As someone with extremely low blood pressure ( pass out a couple times a week from it). Doctors recommend more cardio to get heartbeat up. My salt intake is already through the roof so they didn't want me to increase it. There is not much out there that they can do medically for it, hope you have better luck treating it…
  • Be careful of carbs they they are pretty much the same as sugar for a diabetic. Both will raise blood sugar. Talk to a dietitian, a diabetic diet can be complicated.
  • Keep at it, if you are noticing a difference in how long it takes to get tired that is great, do what you are doing and add more exercise as you can. I had the same problem, it took about 2 months to show, but then the weight came off very quickly,30 lbs the next two months. Be careful with your logging and increase your…
  • Thyroid can make you very hormonal, when mine is off my husband runs lol. I have a similar schedule getting up at 3 am and it is difficult. It is possible to lose with less healthy foods, but an option I'm not sure you have is to ask your m.i.l if you could cook your own food. That way you could pick some of the better…
  • If swimming is the exercise that you want to do, it will help because you enjoy it and don't have to talk yourself into it. As you get more into it add other exercises. Giving yourself the best chance to succeed is to find what exercise you enjoy.
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