Other than the bipolar and being overweight, I'm generally pretty healthy. You're right though, I'll speak to him before I get too involved.
Thanks for the advice, that's really heplful.
I'll probably get some suppliments any way - I don't think it will hurt. I know that I could do more exercise, but I hate competetive sports and I really don't enjoy group activities like exercise classes...I get really anxious. The thought of going to the gym nearly gives me a panic attack.
Maybe I could work up to running?
Oh, I see. No, I understand that I can't just lose it off my stomach...I need to lose weight over my whole body, it's just that my stomach is where I'm carrying the most excess fat.
My diet is pretty awful, if I'm honest. I know I eat too much processed food, and a lot of what I eat is high in fat as well. My plan is to cut down the amount of meat that I'm eating and focus on mostly vegetarian food, because I feel like that's going to naturally be lower in fat if that makes sense?
The only exercise that I do at the moment is walking, but I try to walk for a minimum of an hour a day.
What's spot weight? Do you mean losing weight but not being able to see it?
Hi everyone. I'm just starting to look into losing weight. I've had bipolar disorder for quite some time, and as a resut of my medication I've put on quite a bit of weight (it's not completely down to the meds, I have to be honest and say that some of it is due to comfort eating too).
At the minute, I'm about 20lbs overweight. It's not just wanting to lose weight though - I really want to lose it off my stomach and tone up my abs because it's definitely a problem area for me.
Does anyone have any experience of this? How hard is it to lose weight while on medication?