low carbing due to underactive thyroid

lincs_lass

Hi, I managed to lose a couple of stone using mfp last year with basic calorie counting and exercise. After a change in meds I put most back on, I'm now back to original meds but last year's regime no longer works so I'm low carbing and looking for help, friends and inspiration!!!

verptwerp

Hi, hon !

I did South Beach years ago, lost 45 pounds and kept it off ..... now I'm chipping away at another 10+ pounds ...... out of habit I still eat "beachy" which is a reasonable amount of lean proteins, lots of fresh/frozen veg, some fruit, a bit of dairy, and very little sugar, breads, pasta ........

My eating is mostly ok ...... but occasionally like a rollercoaster, especially when I hang out with my sister :drinker:

We are works in progress, all of us !

hannah1011z

Yeah, I understand. Most of my meals(on normal occasions other then the last two days that have been 95-105degreez in which i barely eat lol) i eat a lean meat such as baked chicken breast or ground pork in a salad. I like to have a chicken salad and a ground pork salad for either lunch and the other for dinner. Im also trying to cut out most bad carbs/sugars/fat ect and thinking about looking into southbeach. Im at 1200-1300 calories a day which ive heard is a good calorie amount so who knows. My diets gonna be wierd until thursday when i go grocery shopping though. Probably gonna grab premade salads cause its too hott to cook

jayrudq

I have done low carb in the past and sucessfully lost weight. Unfortunately, it hasn't worked for weight loss as I have aged, hormonally, etc. I STILL eat low carb because it is what keeps me on a calorie controled diet. It controls my hunger, lean protein is very satisfying and I find I get the most from those calories. Fat calories have the same effect - but i watch them because they are so calorie laden. I am probably quite sensitive to carbs also. A handful of Bugles the other night and a half of a hamburger bun and I was STARVING the next morning...
One way to find out if you are sensitive is to limit your carbs for awhile and slowly add them back in: if you are like me you can tell if you are getting the carb "rebound".

Good luck.