PokerFace
20-12-10, 06:28
Sorry if this is a little long, appriciate it if you took the time to read it. :)
I've been trying to come off my Beta Blockers (Propranolol) for the past week cuz I blame it for me not being able to lose any weight despite eating less than the recommended daily calorie intake and exercising from 1-2 hours a day everyday. It's bin 3/4 weeks and I just keep at the same weight or lose/put on 2 pounds. ;s I would have thought I've atleast lost 1 pound by now! (Idk if it is the Propranolol or not but I still blame it)
When I exercise with the Propranolol I can't feel my heart at all so I can do hard exercise comfertably for up to 2 hours at a time and I don't get scared, but without them my heart goes mental! It pounds when I walk up the stairs, when I roll over in bed and when I try to exercise OMG it feels like it's about to burst out my bloody chest! I was dancing on Dance Central and it was just an average routine, not strenuous or anything and I did it about 4/5 times in a row cuz I was trying to get 5 stars on it. When I got the 5 stars I stopped and realised my heart was going so mad, I hadn't realised before cuz I was concentrating really hard on getting every move. I took my pulse and it was at 132bpm so I thought okay, not too bad cuz I was being active but I hadn't even broke a sweat or anything so I don't know if my pulse should have even been that high? It was REALLY hard too, I could literally feel it pounding away in my chest badly.
I went downstairs and moaned about it a bit and my mum and sister said it was normal and I was jus bein silly again so I went back upstairs and my sister came in with Dr Google on her phone internet!!! She so kindly told me that exercise for a 20 year old they should try to get to 140bpm or 170bpm if they're really fit. So after yelling at her a bit (been trying so hard to avoid doctor google, I don't want him to come to me!) I started to panic, if my heart was at 132bpm after 10/15 mins of average exercise, what happens if I carry on and it goes over 140bpm or goes to 170?! I'm not really fit at all, like I said earlier my heart seems to race if I roll over in bed so I'm scared that if it goes to 170 it would jus be like OMG and give out. ;s
I really don't wanna be on the Beta Blockers anymore because I wanna shift the 9 pounds I've put on since I started them. (They're not entirley to blame so don't panic if you take Propranolol) But without the Propranolol I feel like I can't exercise cuz it's so uncomfertable and scary. I feel like I'm in a "damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't" situation! Any imput or advice is truley appriciated. xx
Oh, and if anybody has Dance Central too, I was doing the Soulja Boy routine on hard. Do you think that a pulse of 132 whilst doing that is really bad? ;( x
Oh oh, and has anybody managed to lose weight whilst taking Propranolol? I take 30mg daily, but started to take 10mg a day and now none at weekend. x
I've been trying to come off my Beta Blockers (Propranolol) for the past week cuz I blame it for me not being able to lose any weight despite eating less than the recommended daily calorie intake and exercising from 1-2 hours a day everyday. It's bin 3/4 weeks and I just keep at the same weight or lose/put on 2 pounds. ;s I would have thought I've atleast lost 1 pound by now! (Idk if it is the Propranolol or not but I still blame it)
When I exercise with the Propranolol I can't feel my heart at all so I can do hard exercise comfertably for up to 2 hours at a time and I don't get scared, but without them my heart goes mental! It pounds when I walk up the stairs, when I roll over in bed and when I try to exercise OMG it feels like it's about to burst out my bloody chest! I was dancing on Dance Central and it was just an average routine, not strenuous or anything and I did it about 4/5 times in a row cuz I was trying to get 5 stars on it. When I got the 5 stars I stopped and realised my heart was going so mad, I hadn't realised before cuz I was concentrating really hard on getting every move. I took my pulse and it was at 132bpm so I thought okay, not too bad cuz I was being active but I hadn't even broke a sweat or anything so I don't know if my pulse should have even been that high? It was REALLY hard too, I could literally feel it pounding away in my chest badly.
I went downstairs and moaned about it a bit and my mum and sister said it was normal and I was jus bein silly again so I went back upstairs and my sister came in with Dr Google on her phone internet!!! She so kindly told me that exercise for a 20 year old they should try to get to 140bpm or 170bpm if they're really fit. So after yelling at her a bit (been trying so hard to avoid doctor google, I don't want him to come to me!) I started to panic, if my heart was at 132bpm after 10/15 mins of average exercise, what happens if I carry on and it goes over 140bpm or goes to 170?! I'm not really fit at all, like I said earlier my heart seems to race if I roll over in bed so I'm scared that if it goes to 170 it would jus be like OMG and give out. ;s
I really don't wanna be on the Beta Blockers anymore because I wanna shift the 9 pounds I've put on since I started them. (They're not entirley to blame so don't panic if you take Propranolol) But without the Propranolol I feel like I can't exercise cuz it's so uncomfertable and scary. I feel like I'm in a "damned if I do and I'm damned if I don't" situation! Any imput or advice is truley appriciated. xx
Oh, and if anybody has Dance Central too, I was doing the Soulja Boy routine on hard. Do you think that a pulse of 132 whilst doing that is really bad? ;( x
Oh oh, and has anybody managed to lose weight whilst taking Propranolol? I take 30mg daily, but started to take 10mg a day and now none at weekend. x