...and then there are people who, for reasons that confound doctors, have a heart rate of 40, BP of 120 over 70, great blood work, but are heavy.
It also causes wicked central sleep apena where my brain just forgets to breath while I sleep.
An assessment of my muscle mass shows I “should” be able to eat 1900 calories a day and maintain my weight. They closely monitored my caloric intake for a month and on an average of less than 1500 calories a day I gained 5 pounds.
I am seeing a bariatric doctor now who has me on a combination of an amphetamine and anti-seizure drug that has raise my normal heart rate to almost 70 and helped me lose about 40 pounds so far (about a year). I am also doing weight training at the gym 3 to 4 days a week to keep my muscle mass up.
Be careful about tossing around “just eat less”. According to my doctor, they don’t like to talk about it, but there are a fair number of people like me that just break the conventional wisdom.
Increase flow rate by increasing heart rate and more fluid goes thru the kidneys. Some of your weight loss may be stored water. HR of 40 is low. Can lead to fluid retention.
Just thoughts of issues I’ve seen in patients before.