Working to send My Hashimotos into Remission.

sat_ax4

I was diagnosed with Hashimotos and it has been a downhill spiral. My weight continues to fluctuate and I am heavier than I have been in my life. I am using a fasting meal plan, which is actually keeping me on track. Anyone having issues with their thyroid?

cmriverside

Intermittent fasting may help you stay within calories, which is the key to weight management. Good luck.

AnnPT77

Not Hashi's, but regular ol' hypo, fairly severe, but fully treated with meds. Heading into year 5 of maintaining BMI 22, after about 3 decades of obesity preceding.

I sympathize with you: I understand that Hashi's can be a roller-coaster ride, until it settles out, which would be a a real challenge.

On the hypo side of the ride, it's good to realize that most of the mechanisms of scale weight gain are either water retention (so not fat), or fatigue (so reduced activity, so lower calorie expenditure), and that proper treatment should put us back in the normal range. The actual "metabolic" (BMR) penalty is fairly small based on clinical results, IMU, but of course having to comply with a reduced calorie goal is frustrating, even if it is a small penalty.

Glad to hear you're finding strategies that work for you! Hang in there, and calorie counting can definitely work.

Best wishes!

ElizabethKalmbach

I'm on a stable dose of thyroid meds now after dealing with a lot of hashimotos nonsense in my mid to late 20's. IF does work well to keep insulin resistance at bay, and the thyroid meds *generally* keep me from retaining water as long as I maintain a stable eating and travel schedule. I don't have too much trouble maintaining my weight as long as I don't have any injuries preventing me from moving. (I had quite a few episodes of pseudo gout early on and all my knuckles were black and blue and swollen. It was annoying and not a good look for me, as I am not a bare-knuckle boxer.)

I find that a reasonable amount of steady state cardio (just taking a 30 minute walk on my lunch break every day is all it takes) keeps my fluid retention lower and weight lifting keeps my daily calorie allowance where I want without feeling at all restricted in my eating.

Take your thyroid med at the same time every day and let your doctor know if you have new symptoms - you might need to alter your replacement level in response to what your body is doing. The fluctuations between hypo and hyper get annoying, but if you can keep the rest of your health as stable as possible, it's a lot easier to spot new problems and correct them while they're still little problems and not big ones.

You can help your doctor help you by tracking your calories, your weight, your sleep, your exercise, and your period - which is all much easier to do now with relatively inexpensive fitness trackers. (I have a $35 Mi Band that does most of this for me! It's so much easier than it was 20 years ago!) More data for your doctor is better, and will allow you to catch health trends a lot faster with EVIDENCE to back you up if your doctor give you side-eye.