Hypothyroidism and losing weight

My advice would be that having a thyroid issue and losing 14 lbs in 14 week is more than the average person in your shoes should expect. Be happy and continue what your doing.

Not trying to be snide it just takes us longer and we have to work harder. I have lost 18 lbs in 20 weeks but been at an "up and down" of the same 2 lbs for 10 weeks.

I do wish you luck because it's very frustrating to have your MD say your levels are normal, lose weight slowly, and be tired as heck all the time.

There's a correlation between auto-immune thyroid problems and gluten intolerance...finding out if your thyroid problem is auto-immune would be the first step you should take, and if yes, then an elimination diet to find out what foods you're sensitive to. Getting offending foods out of my diet has helped me be more successful at losing weight.

My levels were right for the last couple of years. My doc added liothyronine (T3). I've lost 10 lbs in the past 2 months without changing my diet at all. Of course, that gave me the incentive I needed to get serious about getting this weight off. Before the T3, I cut carbs out of my diet and went strictly high protein for a month and only lost 2 lbs! Talk about getting depressed!!! Basically the doc said the levothyroxine (T4) was circulating in my system at the right level because the TSH was in the normal range, but it wasn't converting to the T3. T3 is what actually controls your metabolism. Unless your doc has done a T3 uptake, there is no way to tell if its converting. Ask him for a copy of your labs. Good luck!

I actually split the 25mg tab and take it twice a day because it has a very short half life. The T3 uptake test will tell if your T4 is converting.

I have been hypo since birth. Some things I have learned:
1. Take meds first thing in the morning with a glass of water. Try to not eat for 30-60 minutes afterwards to give your medication time to enter your bloodstream.
2. Don't drink hot beverages within 30 minutes of medication. Especially coffee.
3. Minimize or avoid soy products and cabbage.

I haven't heard about the link between auto-immune disorders, gluten intolerance, and hypothyroidism. Going to investigate those posts to see what I can learn.

Hi!, I have Hashi's (hypothyroid), I was diagnosed at the age of 10 years old, I am on Synthroid, and my doc says my levels are ok, although I always feel tired, my doc doesn't want to hear anything about T3 hormone grr!.
Besides that, I have been watching my calories and exercising since the end of February and I have lost 52 pound so far (I am VERY far from my goal though, I am considered morbidly obese).
I haven't had too much trouble losing the weight so far, I have adjusted my calories to what my BMR says and I decided how many calories I wanted to lose per week. So, for example, my BMR is 2332, so that is my calories allowance daily (as sedentary), and it takes -3500 calories to lose 1 pound in a week, so you divide that by 7, so daily that is -500 cals you need to burn or not consume, I want to lose 2 lbs a week, so that is -1000 calories a day I wont eat or I will burn.. so 2332 - 1000 = 1332, and that is the MINIMUM I can eat, as when I exercise (I have a HRM which I recommend), I can eat back the calories! , so far it had been working perfectly , maybe this might work for you too .
You can friend me too if you'd like .
P.S. I am not on any special diet, I eat what I want within my calorie allowance, and I sometimes go way overboard like this weekend lol!, my zia's b-day was on Sat, and we had a father's day dinner today lol!, I don't ever feel too bad about it, as tomorrow is another day, and I know I will get back on track during the week .

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