Hypothyroid and weightloss...

Hello I am also hypothyroid and new on here as well. I also take levo daily. I work a full time job and usually exercise no more than 45 min. daily on days i work and a little more on my days off. Sometimes i will get a small workout in the morning i wake up a half hour earlier some times ill walk on my lunch break. I try to break up my workouts into like two sessions of short work outs instead of one big work out . Been doing MFP for 2 and a half weeks and lost 5 and a half pounds. Good luck Add me if you want!

I am Hypothyroid also. I completly understand your struggle. If you havnt had your hormones checked lately you might get them done. I was working out hard and dieting couldnt loose anything. My doc xchecked my hormones and they were way off causing my thyroid to be out of sync and my metabolism to bottom out. Now that im back in balance i feel awesome and i am starting to loose some weight.

Feel free to friend me..i can use more friends!

Thanks! I know it can be done - last time I lost like 3 dress sizes and over 20 kg - and it so annoys me that lots of people get really negative about hypothyroid and tell me I 'can't do this, because I can and have - and am!

I feed off the negativity. By people telling me I can't do something that only makes me want to accomplish it 50x more!

I have severe hypothyroidism as well. I find I absolutely CANNOT lose weight, unless I'm eating 1400 cals a day or less, AND exercising at least 2 hours a day. It's pretty intense. I've tried for years and years, and this is the only balance I've found that worked. I've tried eating moderatelyyy and exercising, then cut my calories down, then exercised more, then tried eating my calories back, then tried spltiting my meals into 6 a day, then tried breaking up my workouts, I've tried everything. This is what works for me, and everyone has to find what works for them. Unfortunately, like you said, life gets hectic some times and that's not an easy thing to keep up with. I realized recently that, when I first started taking medication, they put me on Synthroid. It didn't MAKE me lose weight, but when I started taking diet and exercise somewhat seriously, I was losing. And I didn't have to work at it NEARLY as hard. Now, these past four or five years, I've been on Levothyroxine. My doctors always swear there's no difference. But I get my blood checked regularly, and my thyroid levels have remained pretty consistent. So why is it that after starting the Levothyroxine, I stopped losing weight? I had to work TWICE as hard to do so, and between school and work... it's hard to keep up that level of activity. I don't think this is necessarily the case for everyone, but the fact of the matter is, these two medications are NOT identical. For example, my aunt has cysts on her thyroid, and the doctor put her on Levothyroxine. She asked for Synthroid, and he said "Synthroid won't work for this purpose." So clearly, the medications have different properties. I'm not saying levoythyroxine is bad, I don't think it is, it's just that... one that may work for one person, may not work for another. There are many different medications, and if you feel there's a problem you should ask them to switch you to something else. I'm currently waiting for my doctors appointment to insist on being put back on Synthroid. No more being a push over when it comes to my health lol. I hope this helped a bit!

That's good! Yeah, I find that, from what I've seen, the medications don't work the same for everyone. Some people do better on levo, and others do better on synthroid. Since you do better with levo, which you're currently taking, it may just be a matter of trying to find a different exercise/diet/lifestyle balance. If you don't have much of an appetite, that's great!!! Just keep playing around, making adjustments, keep track of when you see results and when you don't, etc. It's super frustrating, I know. But, you will find that balance! It's all trial and error.