If you are overweight, any weight you can lose is better for your heart and blood pressure.
I lost over 100 lbs 4 years ago with Weight Watchers and have kept it off.
My a fib happened after my weight loss and I doubt weight loss can fix my sick sinus syndrome.
BUT if you ever need any sort of intervention it's much better to start out at a more normal weight for you height and age.
Peggy

weight affects blood pressure and high BP can affect your heart and will not help afib. High pressures can affect the atria. So lose weight and you will be doing something good for yourself. weight gain alo affects your breathing too.

weight loss is vital for your heart and my cardiologist mentioned that with being overweight your heart is enlarged.
I have lost 140 pounds over 3 years and since July have lost 37 pounds as I have given up sodium my cardiologist mentioned that a diet high is salt triggers you bloodpressure to rise, and can put you into afib, I eat a very healthy diet and I never had gastric bypass surgery I did it by changing my lifestyle and giving up the bad foods.
I am 40 pounds away from my goal weight and am on the home stretch since giving up sodium and taking a taste of this and that my health and body has gone thru a major change and I am very excited and feel so much better.
my cardiologist is so excited with my results he is not use to seeing this in his office and he is my biggest cheerleader I am going to start an excerise regine now as my cardiologist wants me to work out that is my next goal. Best of luck to you Lynne

Wow Lynne great track record. I lost a total of 133 lbs all with Weight Watchers Core program. Every morning is Christmas morning for me now.
One of the biggest thrills is having a doctor walk into an exam room, see me and NOT have that look on their face. They get to deal with ME and whatever is bothering or not bothering me but they don't have to get through my overweight to do it.
They can't blame everything on my weight any longer.
It's like a new life.

Congratulations to all of you who have lost weight. I am struggling to lose 30 pounds. WW did not work for me, although it did in the past. Because of my age and the medicines, which slows my metabolism even more, my PCP said that I may have to go down to 1000 calories a day. I have tried it and it works, but hard to maintain. I eat between 1200 and 1500 a day (trying for the lower end), but it seems to be just high enough to maintain my overweight status.

Also, I have not been exercising regularly - (AF 2/3 week, recovery from an ablation and ankle surgery, and now a knee injury) - all keeping me from being more active this past year.

I'm not giving up though.

My comment on weight loss:

Does anyone know if there is a bleeding risk while on blood thinners with liposuction?

:-)

yes , i have heard of that i lost a dera friend many years ago due to lipsuction i would never recomend that to anyone .

It never entered my mind to have liposuction, with or without blood thinners. I'm not that dedicated to weight loss - what you see, is some times what you get.

I'm quite sure you would have to be off coumadin/pradaxa before having liposuction. I've thought about it too...it's that stubborn belly fat I can't get rid of.

I was kidding.

My doctor tells me my perfect is 112. I now shunk to 4' 11". I am trying to hold my wt at the 112 I am at now.

Thing is I went to 1.6 inr Friday and had to go back today for another test and today 1.9. Another one in 2 weeks. I was eating about the same but I had changed brands of calcium. It was the liquid with soy oil. When I kept trying to figure why and I try so hard to eat careful. One sure has to watch the vitamins. I have to hunt a dry brand. I only had to take one extra pill last week and am to one this week and next week one and see. Hopefully I can get back to the middle again. He said my heart sounded perfect.

With the stress of packing to move my BP went up and it is now back down. 140 is high for me.

I celebrated my 80th birthday early this month. I did break diet for a slice of cake and scoop of ice cream. They only had chocolate cake and it did not set off anything. But

It seems doctors want you low wt with heart problems. My son in law they told him to not gain back the wt he had lost when sick. They also keeping his BP low. In his case it is a weak heart daughter told me.