Cannot Lose the weight

Hi, I have thyroid disease and can relate to your story. First, are you being medicated for your underactive thyroid? The most important part here is to make sure you are getting enough of the replacement medication. Even if you are medicated, but still experiencing hypo symptoms, you may not have enough medication. Your doctor should be testing your blood with the following tests: TSH, t4, t3, reverse t3. Going by TSH alone is not a good indicator of thyroid health. Second, most people who are underactive also are very low in Vitamin D, so you might want to ask your doctor to test that as well if you haven't already. Vit D is essential for metabolism. It acts more like a hormone than a vitamin.

Second, many people with thyroid disease also develop gallbladder issues, so the two are related. I've had mine out; it was packed with stones and too far gone to do anything about. I don't have a problem with my digestion after having it out. My body seems to be making enough bile without it, but sometimes my liver enzymes are slightly elevated. My doctor isn't concerned because it is just because of not having a gallbladder.

Losing weight has been difficult with this disease. I went undiagnosed for a while and my old doctor had been under medicating me for years, never tested my Vit D etc. After 14 years, I've finally found a more progressive doctor and she has helped me a lot. Everything is good now except for the weight. What I was told is that you need moderate exercise and not to over do it, because you will stress your adrenals and actually cause your body to go deeper into hypo state. It is a delicate balancing act. The best I've found is doing yoga, pilates and weight lifting. I'm really good at cardio, but too much and for too long stresses your body. Hope this helps and hope others with similar issues are able to chime in as well!