I want to force this off

chunt87

Plain and simple. I want the extra weight I gained to go the heck away.

A little background: I was diagnosed with hypothyroid disorder and was started on medication with levels all kinds of crazy back in September. At that point my Dr sent me to a nutritionist to figure out what to eat to minimize gain. Gained 20 pounds anyway. Started diligently tracking food in February weighing with food scales and using an activity tracker called a fitbit, only lost about 5 pounds compounding with exercise since then. I was told today I should be able to lose the weight effectively and since the -750 calorie setting on here didn't seem to do much I set it to the max. I have followed my nutritionist's guidelines to a T as well which makes this very frustrating.

I was wondering if anyone on here had similar issues and what, if anything, worked for them. I know this doesn't sound super healthy but I am also willing to look into a weight loss clinic for pills to help me along a little bit with my dieting and exercising but that seems scary. Is there a magic number for the activity minutes y'all seem to do a week that makes your body be all "ok time to drop weight now?" I'm off to the gym and hope I have some replies to read when I return

chunt87

Plain and simple. I want the extra weight I gained to go the heck away.

A little background: I was diagnosed with hypothyroid disorder and was started on medication with levels all kinds of crazy back in September. At that point my Dr sent me to a nutritionist to figure out what to eat to minimize gain. Gained 20 pounds anyway. Started diligently tracking food in February weighing with food scales and using an activity tracker called a fitbit, only lost about 5 pounds compounding with exercise since then. I was told today I should be able to lose the weight effectively and since the -750 calorie setting on here didn't seem to do much I set it to the max. I have followed my nutritionist's guidelines to a T as well which makes this very frustrating.

I was wondering if anyone on here had similar issues and what, if anything, worked for them. I know this doesn't sound super healthy but I am also willing to look into a weight loss clinic for pills to help me along a little bit with my dieting and exercising but that seems scary. Is there a magic number for the activity minutes y'all seem to do a week that makes your body be all "ok time to drop weight now?" I'm off to the gym and hope I have some replies to read when I return

I know I'm replying to my own post. ^This no nonsense had enough mentality has seemed to work. I dropped 4.4 pounds since I wrote this. No diet pills. After writing this and rereading it a week and a half later I realized that is just plain dumb if the body will drop it off on its own. What changed was following my fitbit calories and logging my activity on that and just food on here.

StaciMarie1974

I don't have experience w/ the thyroid disorder but do use Fitbit & MFP. I do all my logging here, and just let the Fitbit tracking do its thing. Sometimes the body takes a little while to get rolling, but sounds like your mental turning point has influenced the physical. Certainly possible since stress can have an impact on cortisol levels and water weight.

RunningOnWontons

Hey, congrats on the 4.4 lbs of weight loss! You're headed in the right direction, and if your hypothyroidism is being treated adequately you should have no more issues with that condition getting in your way as you try to lose weight. I've been there myself. What works for me is, most importantly, diligently tracking my calorie intake. I lost 25 pounds before joining MFP just logging my meals, and probably would have lost a lot more if I had stuck with it 100% consistently. Exercise can certainly help with weight loss, but it wouldn't be the first thing I'd try to work on if I were you. It's true that if you do a lot of cardio (jogging, etc) you can help your weight loss along...but when I first started putting on weight prior to my hypothyroidism diagnosis I considered myself somewhat active (jogging at least a couple miles, 3 or 4 days a week) and even so it just wasn't enough to stall the weight gain. Bottom line: get your hypothyroidism under control, and eat fewer calories than you burn, every day. It's working for me so far. Good luck!

chunt87

Hey, congrats on the 4.4 lbs of weight loss! You're headed in the right direction, and if your hypothyroidism is being treated adequately you should have no more issues with that condition getting in your way as you try to lose weight. I've been there myself. What works for me is, most importantly, diligently tracking my calorie intake. I lost 25 pounds before joining MFP just logging my meals, and probably would have lost a lot more if I had stuck with it 100% consistently. Exercise can certainly help with weight loss, but it wouldn't be the first thing I'd try to work on if I were you. It's true that if you do a lot of cardio (jogging, etc) you can help your weight loss along...but when I first started putting on weight prior to my hypothyroidism diagnosis I considered myself somewhat active (jogging at least a couple miles, 3 or 4 days a week) and even so it just wasn't enough to stall the weight gain. Bottom line: get your hypothyroidism under control, and eat fewer calories than you burn, every day. It's working for me so far. Good luck!

I hope its under control now, this has been a rollercoaster since they figured it out in september. So far I lost 7 so hopefuly through activity and logging it'll work itself out. I also got a heart rate monitor to find out how hard I'm really working and I think that will help me too in logging the calories in versus out. I have found that consistency and accuracy (scale) measuring has been key so far. Good luck to you too

MaggieLoo79

I don't know that much about thyroid issues. I do have a friend who had hers removed. I remember that she changed doctors because one would not adjust her medication if she was in the right "range." She found a new doctor that would adjust the medications until she got to the number that best suited her, individually. Does that make any sense?

chunt87

I don't know that much about thyroid issues. I do have a friend who had hers removed. I remember that she changed doctors because one would not adjust her medication if she was in the right "range." She found a new doctor that would adjust the medications until she got to the number that best suited her, individually. Does that make any sense?

Yes and yes and yes! I know they said I was in normal range starting in january, kept with the calorie deficit and only stopped gaining weight, they delayed changing my medication because I was considered in the range. They waited 3 months, lo and behold my blood levels went up (tsh up is bad) so my Dr upped the dose again and I now am losing weight in accordance to my calorie and exercise deficit levels within 2 weeks.