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CAN YOU LOSE WEIGHT/EXERCISE SAFELY WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION?

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sidneyworm
sidneyworm

I am 52 years old and have just been diagnosed with AF. I was in the middle of a weight loss programme, which included swimming, gym and walking. I have stopped currently as I am awaiting medication and cardioversion but I need to recommence my weight loss and exercise when I have settled down so to speak. My cardiologist advises exercise is OK in a gentle form, nothing that makes you so out of breath that you cannot speak a sentence. I'm so scared of having a stroke that I daren't do anything to strenuous. I have already regained weight I have lost. Can anyone shed any light on suitable exercises I can do SAFELY please? I desperately need to lose around 2 stone (in around 6 months). Can I still swim and walk as both make me out of breath!?

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  • thomasmite996
    thomasmite996

    Posted

    Tip to reduce weight quickly:-

    Daily exercise for 30 to 40 mints.

    Go on walk in the morning.

    Use fruits and boiled vegetables mostly instead of fat and high level of foods items.

    Drink water mostly about 8 to 10 glasses.

    Plan a perfect diet schedule.

    Stay active all the day.

    Other activities like swimming, running, cycling etc.

  • sidneyworm
    sidneyworm

    Posted

    Many thanks for your reply. The walking I do is 25 minutes in the morning (to work) and 25 minutes in the evening (home again), the swimming is usually 2 or 3 times a week usually before the walk to work. The cardiologist said to avoid any activity which made you out of breath so not sure about running, cycling is an excellent idea so I'll give that a go. Many thanks.
  • loftyhalo
    loftyhalo

    Posted

    I would be very careful, I myself can't walk very far without being breathless, I am waiting to have an Echocardiogram done and until then I would not attempt any form of excercise because I'm so afraid. I am still getting palpitations and today I have been dizzy also. Please take care and get some proper medical advice before you do any excercise. I have been diagnosed also with AF and Overactive Thyroid, The two combined has made my heart beat very very fast and I need to be really careful my GP told me. Good luck to you.
  • terence68672
    terence68672 sidneyworm

    Posted

    Oh Sydney,

    you do not need to exercise-the weight will fall off you on its own accord, as long as you eat less. That is what I try to steer to people-it PAINS me to see very overweight people slaughter themselves just to burn a few more hundred calories than they are already burning off already.  It is SO much easier to say no to a mars bar than it is to jog for half an hour. You lose weight by doing LESS. ie; not going to the shop, purchasing the food-eating the food.  You will still lose weight-ye cannae change the laws of physics.

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