• Do you find it difficult to lose weight, unless you dramatically reduce calories?
• Have you found that your weight has increased, yet you haven’t been eating different foods or exercising any less?

There are a number of conditions that a combination of tiredness and weight gain may indicate, depending on other accompanying symptoms. Read through the following list and click on the highlighted conditions that you relate to the most. You may not experience every symptom in the list and there may be more than one condition that you relate to.

If you also experience low moods (not necessarily depression); constipation; feel the cold easily; are near menopausal age; and your weight gain is around the middle - this may indicate hypothyroidism.

Did your tiredness and weight gain occur after a stressful event? Do you often worry about your circumstances or have trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep? Do you have a hectic lifestyle and you often 'burn the candle at both ends' with either work, study or partying? Your tiredness may be due to stress.

If you also experience hypoglycemia; sugar cravings; headaches; skin problems; feel unwell when you eat fatty foods - this may indicate liver congestion.