Calorie Deficit and Thyroid Questions
primpinxoxo
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Fairly new to all of this stuff, but I'm fed up with all of my excuses and living life uncomfortable in my own body.
First of all I'm 5'2 with a starting weight of 189 as of January 3, 2013. I've dropped a couple of pounds since then because I've been busting my tail in the gym and eating right but I'm confused about the calorie deficit. I know everyone is going to say to eat more than 1200 calories a day (especially since I've worked out every single day for 2 weeks), I have honestly tried eating more but that ends up being a lot of food and it makes me feel miserable if I force myself to eat that many calories. I don't know if it's because my body is getting used to eating so often (small low cal snack every couple hours) because my eating habits were terrible before. So my question is am I really supposed to eat back the calories I burn at the gym? Or am I getting the wrong information? Also, should I freak out if I go in the red on sugars, fiber and vitamins? It's from all the fruit and veggies I'm eating but I read that those things can keep me fat. Terrifying.
Also,I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism a year ago and have been on a low dose of synthroid ever since but the medicine contributed to my gaining 20 additional pounds. Does anyone have any natural ways to cure a thyroid problem? I don't want this to inhibit me from losing weight when I'm so motivated and working so hard.
Finally, I'm doing a mixture of cardio and strength training but should I just be focused on cardio right now to drop the weight and then tone up? Or should I keep up the mix of both?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me :-)
First of all I'm 5'2 with a starting weight of 189 as of January 3, 2013. I've dropped a couple of pounds since then because I've been busting my tail in the gym and eating right but I'm confused about the calorie deficit. I know everyone is going to say to eat more than 1200 calories a day (especially since I've worked out every single day for 2 weeks), I have honestly tried eating more but that ends up being a lot of food and it makes me feel miserable if I force myself to eat that many calories. I don't know if it's because my body is getting used to eating so often (small low cal snack every couple hours) because my eating habits were terrible before. So my question is am I really supposed to eat back the calories I burn at the gym? Or am I getting the wrong information? Also, should I freak out if I go in the red on sugars, fiber and vitamins? It's from all the fruit and veggies I'm eating but I read that those things can keep me fat. Terrifying.
Also,I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism a year ago and have been on a low dose of synthroid ever since but the medicine contributed to my gaining 20 additional pounds. Does anyone have any natural ways to cure a thyroid problem? I don't want this to inhibit me from losing weight when I'm so motivated and working so hard.
Finally, I'm doing a mixture of cardio and strength training but should I just be focused on cardio right now to drop the weight and then tone up? Or should I keep up the mix of both?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me :-)
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Synthroid doesn't make you gain weight. It sounds to me like your thyroid isn't being properly managed.
Does your doctor test free T3 and free T4, or just TSH? Have they tested you for Hashimoto's (autoimmune thyroid disease)?
If they're just testing TSH you want it below 2.0, not just 'fine" or "normal", because they'll tell you that 4.5 is "normal".... But ideally you want your free T3 and free T4 tested, and to have your free T3 in the to 1/3 of the range. T3 is the "active" hormone that does all the work and keeps you from feeling hypothyroid and crappy.
As well, you're currently on a T4-only med, so if your free T3 is low your body might be struggling to convert the T4 into T3. If that's the case you can add a synthetic T3 med like cytomel, or switch to a natural dessicated med that contains both T3 and T4 (most thyroid patients feel better on this) - like Armour or Nature Thyroid.0
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