I am an 81-year-old male, 6-0 in height, and was 189 pounds. I was diagnosed with A/Fib about nine months ago. I first bought an Apple Watch,which alerted me, and then the doctor confirmed it. I was getting six to eight alerts per day. I had no real symptoms other than fatigue and an occasional vibration in my chest.

Last November, I had the cardioversion performed at Meijer's Heart Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and it worked for four days, then back into A/Fib again. So, I decided to go to Mayo Rochester for a possible Ablation procedure. The doctor (very sharp) recommended that I not get the Ablation because my A/Fib was not affecting my daily life other than the irritation of the alerts. Anyway, I decided to lose some weight and am down to 167 pounds, a weight I've not seen since retiring in 2000. I've not had one A/Fib alert since losing weight. The funny thing is, I didn't consider myself overweight, and I feel so much better weighing twenty-two pounds less, plus no A/Fib alerts, not yet, anyway. I highly recommend weight loss for people with A/Fib.