In tune with my body

judit22

I’ve always had a bmi of 23-25, then the weight slowly started sneaking up on me in the past two years. I gained 8kg, 17.5 pounds. I put it down to reduced lever of activity, ageing and some change in diet.
I decided it was time to turn things around 6 months ago. To my surprise, I haven’t been able to stop or reverse the weight gain.
I’ve been experiencing various “minor” symptoms for 1-1.5 years, but the continuous weight gain with the constant feeling of exhaustion and aches raised some alarm bells.
Today, I’ve got diagnosed with hypothyroidism. It’s a relief to know what’s been causing my body to protest every time I wanted to move. It’s good to know my energy will return and I can enjoy my runs and long bike rides again. Might as well, as I should be training for an ultra endurance bicycle ride in August. I hope I’ll back to almost normal by then 🤞

AnnPT77

judit22 wrote: »

I’ve always had a bmi of 23-25, then the weight slowly started sneaking up on me in the past two years. I gained 8kg, 17.5 pounds. I put it down to reduced lever of activity, ageing and some change in diet.
I decided it was time to turn things around 6 months ago. To my surprise, I haven’t been able to stop or reverse the weight gain.
I’ve been experiencing various “minor” symptoms for 1-1.5 years, but the continuous weight gain with the constant feeling of exhaustion and aches raised some alarm bells.
Today, I’ve got diagnosed with hypothyroidism. It’s a relief to know what’s been causing my body to protest every time I wanted to move. It’s good to know my energy will return and I can enjoy my runs and long bike rides again. Might as well, as I should be training for an ultra endurance bicycle ride in August. I hope I’ll back to almost normal by then 🤞

Congratulations on finally getting diagnosed. Getting treated will make a difference in quality of life, for sure - at least it did for me. My energy got better, my average moods got better, I didn't wake up stiff and with sort joints every morning, and probably more good stuff I'm forgetting. (I got diagnosed and started treatment in 2000.)

It can take a while to move up to the right level of thyroid hormone meds, since it's a process of set a dosage, wait a few weeks for the body to settle in to the effect, re-test, maybe increase dose and repeat. (As you probably know, being over-medicated for this is Not A Good Thing.)

How long it will take will depend on how your body responds, can't really know until you take the meds for a few weeks, retest. August seems pretty achievable for some big improvements, at least, and maybe full recovery. Even if there are multiple steps along the way, each should bring some incremental improvement in symptoms.

If they get you into normal TSH range, and you're still not feeling right . . . I hope they will've looked at the full thyroid panel (not just TSH) for potential issues with T3/T4 conversion; and some of us (I'm one) turned out to be more ourselves low in the normal TSH range (rather than mid/high) even if T3/T4 are fine, but that part is sort of subjective.

In case you're not aware of it, there's a really good thread here about hypothyroidism and weight management:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10767046/hypothyroidism-and-weight-management

It was written by a (maybe former?) MFP-er who is a scientist in the field, himself hypothyroid, who used MFP to lose then maintain weight. Very science-based and sensible, unlike some . . . questionable . . . sources on the web (usually with some product to sell!).

Wishing you a speedy return to your normal!