Hi all, im on letrozole one a day, could anyyone enlighten me if its possible to lose weight while taking it. Ive joined a slimming club and sticking to everything, but im not losing weight,.
Thanks
Hi there...yes it is. I've been taking it for 5 years. I lost 21 ibs via slimming world. Sadly most of it has gone back on... but that cos I started eating chocolate...and other things. My fault. Not Letrozole.
Thanks, maybe ive been eating something wrong lol, just daunting, will try harder
hi Cymrulady dont be hard on yourself losing weight post meno pause and on hormone drugs is not an easy task i am a big fan of slimming world and it has worked for me but its really hard work i did try another well known slimming club and that just didnt work even when i followed their plan pre breast cancer guess some diets suit people better than others
I lost 8 stone over the last 18 months . I'm doing low carb check out Dr Jason Fung . I'm having Chemo soon and still going to do it the secret for me is to keep my insulin low and the weight will fall off . I usually only eat once a day and that is easy to do on low carb. Only cards allowed near me now are veg
Hope this helps but do check out Dr Fung or Dr Dan Maggs ( British GP I believe , YouTube )
Cheers
Jayne X
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