What type of diet is best for me?

Hello, I have been experimenting with eating healthy in general, because I generally don't have the 'taste' for most healthy foods... but I'm not sure where to actually "start" my weight loss journey.

I have hypothyroid, taking 50mcg levo (~2 years, I'm 21)
My weight had leveled off for about a year but started compounding again this summer
I am concerned about heart disease, so I pay close attention to cholesterol, etc.
I drink socially and not more than once/mo, but 'heavy' when I do (2-3 drinks, no beer/shots)
Prior to thyroid problems I was low BMI and in great shape, mostly running
I have a very low appetite, both pre and post thyroid issues

I love coffee with cream + 1t raw sugar or International Delights
I feel great when I eat 2 eggs 2 turkey bacon for breakfast
I feel similarly bad when I eat organic brown rice as when I eat a bagel
When I was GF for a few weeks my skin was flawless (I have always had discolorations on my torso, they went away)
I feel nauseous when I eat too much meat at once (I can't finish 1/2 chicken breast) or in a day
I experimented eating meaty fish but I only can tolerate it fried/battered so far
I like salad but haven't found a dressing I like enough to eat it daily
I feel like eating 2 eggs most days, which is horrible
I love spinach but due to thyroid and braces I avoid it
I also love & indulge green beans but that's just about the only veggie I enjoy!
I hate mayo, sour cream, and cottage cheese
I enjoy avocado and nuts such as almonds
I love fruit but too much at a time (more than 1 at a time) doesn't feel great

My goal is to get back into 'overweight' range and then obviously back into 'normal' range
I have given up hope on getting my old body back and will be happy to just be healthy weight

sorry for writing so much, but does anyone have any guidance as far as low carb/low fat/keto/etc? I have read that it doesn't matter blah blah but I really am not sure which will be best, since I have trouble eating carbs as well as protein. I try to limit dairy for my skin which is discouraging me from trying low carb (what's left to eat? I don't enjoy enough variety of veggies)
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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Because you have a thyroid problem and other issues, you need to talk to your doctor about the eating plan for you, I.e.what types of food should eat.

    No diet is good for anyone unless under a doctor's care for a specific reason. God eating with a calorie deficit is the best.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    I feel like eating 2 eggs most days, which is horrible

    Why is that horrible? Eggs aren't bad for you.
  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    The eat less/ do more diet works for most people very well. Set a realistic budget using this program and stick to it. Eat what you want/like as long as you stay in budget. No need to make big production of what you do or don't like and what your social skills are. It's really very simple.
  • tonynguyen75
    tonynguyen75 Posts: 418 Member
    That one diet that you count calories on... I forgot what it's called....
  • emAZn
    emAZn Posts: 413 Member
    I would consult with a nutritionist if I were you. I'd be concerned with what happens when you eat more than 1/2 a chicken breast also your reaction to whole grains. Might be worth it if you can figure out how to have a more balanced diet.
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    Because you have a thyroid problem and other issues, you need to talk to your doctor about the eating plan for you, I.e.what types of food should eat.

    No diet is God for anyone unless under a doctor's care for a specific reason. God eating with a calorie deficit is the best.

    I have asked my doctor, she was very adamant that it doesn't matter what or how I eat (literally to every question I asked). She didn't even tell me about the cruciferous/soy etc. issue, I actually read that myself. When I told her I was working on my feet 40 hours + commuting 4-5 hours a day and only eating salads for brunch until I had a late dinner (I even told her I was uncomfortably hungry most of the time), she insisted that I try to eat even less. I plan to try a new doctor in the future.

    eta: this was an endocrinologist, not even a regular doctor
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    The eat less/ do more diet works for most people very well. Set a realistic budget using this program and stick to it. Eat what you want/like as long as you stay in budget. No need to make big production of what you do or don't like and what your social skills are. It's really very simple.

    this has not worked for me. at the time I put the weight on, I was exercising daily and I have always not eaten "enough", the type of person who can go a day without food because I don't feel like eating when I'm not hungry. Going from that to actively trying to minimize how much I eat + exercise, neither worked for me.
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    I feel like eating 2 eggs most days, which is horrible

    Why is that horrible? Eggs aren't bad for you.

    I worry about my cholesterol and sodium levels
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    That one diet that you count calories on... I forgot what it's called....

    being snide certainly helps, thank you for your insight
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    I would consult with a nutritionist if I were you. I'd be concerned with what happens when you eat more than 1/2 a chicken breast also your reaction to whole grains. Might be worth it if you can figure out how to have a more balanced diet.

    this is what I am trying to figure out. I haven't located a nutritionist yet, hopefully I will be able to when I am home from college. Going by how I feel, leaves me conflicted information.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    A large, 50-gram hard-boiled egg contains 62 milligrams of sodium. This amount supplies 2.6 percent of a healthy adult man's or woman's recommended daily allowance of sodium, and 4.1 percent of the sodium allowed for an individual on a 1,500-milligram sodium-restricted diet. According to the National Labeling and Education Act, eggs can be considered a low-sodium food because they contain fewer than 140 milligrams of sodium in every serving.

    Regarding cholesterol, your body makes cholesterol. Eating foods with cholesterol doesn't raise cholesterol levels in your body (unless you have diabetes or a specific rare genetic disorder)
  • elsyoommen
    elsyoommen Posts: 155 Member
    I agree with others here that you need to check with a doctor/dietician for your particular issues. That being said, I think you've got plenty to work with. It seems like you do not like to eat much at any one sitting, so several small meals per day might suit you better. If you have had good results with gluten free, then there is no reason you need to make yourself eat gluten. Most dieticians say that 1-2 eggs per day are fine for most people. You should start with what you like. So for example, if you like green beans, try some steamed add some nuts that you like, some of your battered fish and a little bit of olive oil and lemon. You can throw in a 1/2 of a boiled egg chopped up....just measure/weigh in order to stay in your calorie goals for the day.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
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  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    The one where you eat less than your TDEE on something that you can sustain forever if need be.
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    That one diet that you count calories on... I forgot what it's called....

    being snide certainly helps, thank you for your insight

    It wasn't snide. It was a tease because you're on MFP--a site designed to help everyone lose weight, because everyone can the same way: calories in vs. calories out. Relax.

    With hypothyroidism, there is no distinct calorie difference than someone without it. Make sure your levels are fine, and you're good to go. Some endos say to be mindful of goitrogens (specific foods that can interact with already faulty thyroids), others say it's not as crucial. Some endos say be mindful of carbs (mine suggest 180g or less).

    Otherwise, everything else is the same.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    That one diet that you count calories on... I forgot what it's called....

    being snide certainly helps, thank you for your insight

    It wasn't snide. It was sarcasm. Know the difference.

    Now, this comment is snide.

    You're on MFP which provides you perfect tools to lose weight without having to go on some ridiculous diet. I suggest you employ it and live happily ever after

    Now this comment is helpful.
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    A large, 50-gram hard-boiled egg contains 62 milligrams of sodium. This amount supplies 2.6 percent of a healthy adult man's or woman's recommended daily allowance of sodium, and 4.1 percent of the sodium allowed for an individual on a 1,500-milligram sodium-restricted diet. According to the National Labeling and Education Act, eggs can be considered a low-sodium food because they contain fewer than 140 milligrams of sodium in every serving.

    Regarding cholesterol, your body makes cholesterol. Eating foods with cholesterol doesn't raise cholesterol levels in your body (unless you have diabetes or a specific rare genetic disorder)

    thanks for that information! I was told that heart disease = avoid eating too many eggs
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    That one diet that you count calories on... I forgot what it's called....

    being snide certainly helps, thank you for your insight

    It wasn't snide. It was sarcasm. Know the difference.

    Now, this comment is snide.

    You're on MFP which provides you perfect tools to lose weight without having to go on some ridiculous diet. I suggest you employ it and live happily ever after

    Now this comment is helpful.

    Telling me to try what I have obviously tried for the past 2 years is not sarcastic its useless. do not bother to type on your keys if you have nothing to contribute besides rude snide remarks. nobody asked for sarcasm or whatever you felt you had to say I asked for advice.
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    I agree with others here that you need to check with a doctor/dietician for your particular issues. That being said, I think you've got plenty to work with. It seems like you do not like to eat much at any one sitting, so several small meals per day might suit you better. If you have had good results with gluten free, then there is no reason you need to make yourself eat gluten. Most dieticians say that 1-2 eggs per day are fine for most people. You should start with what you like. So for example, if you like green beans, try some steamed add some nuts that you like, some of your battered fish and a little bit of olive oil and lemon. You can throw in a 1/2 of a boiled egg chopped up....just measure/weigh in order to stay in your calorie goals for the day.

    thanks very much for your help. youre right I don't sit to eat, I grab and go when I remember to or make the effort. I usually just have most of an appetizer or barely touch my plate when I go to restaurants and still leave feeling stuffed!
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    That one diet that you count calories on... I forgot what it's called....

    being snide certainly helps, thank you for your insight

    It wasn't snide. It was a tease because you're on MFP--a site designed to help everyone lose weight, because everyone can the same way: calories in vs. calories out. Relax.

    With hypothyroidism, there is no distinct calorie difference than someone without it. Make sure your levels are fine, and you're good to go. Some endos say to be mindful of goitrogens (specific foods that can interact with already faulty thyroids), others say it's not as crucial. Some endos say be mindful of carbs (mine suggest 180g or less).

    Otherwise, everything else is the same.

    I'm sorry I don't find it such a "tease" from somebody I don't know when asking about something that I don't find very funny. I know everything that you have just told me I have tried very consistently to lose weight at one point that I was uncomfortably hungry even after eating, which definitely means I was eating less calories than I was using. Then the endocrinologist told me that my levels were fine so I just needed to try eating even less. It should work for everyone, obviously it is not working for me, I am frustrated, I figured I would try asking for insight -- all I get is people who obviously didn't read what I wrote trying to "tease" me. Tell me how I am suppose to enjoy my end of the joke?
  • suprzonic
    suprzonic Posts: 68 Member
    This site May interest you. http://thesmarterscienceofslim.com/

    It advocates eating more (and healthy - no.special foods/shakes/powders) and.exercising less (but more effectively)

    If you Google zoey harcombe you'll find some interesting topics on eating more healthy foods.too
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    People are giving you good advice....and you are full of excuses and defensive.
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    People are giving you good advice....and you are full of excuses and defensive.

    im sory if you wouldnt feel defensive if somebody criticized you instead of reading what your problem is. I don't see how somebody reading my story about how I practically starved myself out of frustration then telling me maybe I should try eating less as a joke is "good advice".

    please help me understand how other people not taking me seriously = me being defensive??
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    This site May interest you. http://thesmarterscienceofslim.com/

    It advocates eating more (and healthy - no.special foods/shakes/powders) and.exercising less (but more effectively)

    If you Google zoey harcombe you'll find some interesting topics on eating more healthy foods.too

    thisi s helpful, thank you
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    I can't say what diet is best for you, and I don't know what kind of dietary restrictions if any come with your thyroid condition, but I'll try to address some of your specific questions. (On the "best diet" question, I will say this: You already have so many things to work around, what with not wanting to eat gluten, not being able to tolerate much meat or fruit at one time, not liking most vegetables, and a desire to restrict cholesterol, that I don't know why you want to add some other condition or restriction like low fat or low carb -- you need to find stuff you can eat, not eliminate more stuff just for the sake of being on some kind of diet.)

    If you're really worried about cholesterol, you might want to trade out that cream in your coffee for a lower fat dairy or nondairy (by which I mean something like almond or soy milk, not those yucky combinations of vegetable oil and corn syrup that they sell as nondairy "creamers"). At least the eggs are giving you a fair amount of protein with your cholesterol; the cream isn't offering you much nutritionally with the cholesterol. You also get cholesterol in your meat/poultry/fish, but at least you're getting protein as part of the deal. I'm not telling you to worry about cholesterol, because the evidence seems to indicate that dietary cholesterol is not a big factor in determining blood cholesterol levels. But if you are going to worry about cholesterol, you should be aware that pretty much all animal products except fat-free dairy and egg whites are going to come with some cholesterol.

    If you're worried about having two eggs a day, you could consider one egg and one or two egg whites. Since you apparently can tolerate eggs well, egg white would be a good protein source for you.

    It sounds like you want to go gluten free. For people who don't have medical issues that require being GF, it seems like making life and eating more complicated than they have to be, but if you really think the complexion improvements were connected to being GF, and it's important enough to you to deal with the complications of finding GF foods at home, when eating out, when eating at someone else's home, etc., go for it. Or maybe you could see if just reducing the amount of gluten you consume would be enough to get the results you want.

    If eating more than a certain amount of meat or a certain amount of food makes you feel sick, don't eat more than what you can tolerate.

    I'm not entirely sure what constitutes "meaty fish" as opposed to nonmeaty fish, and I get the impression that you're concerned about eating it fried. Have you tried broiling/baking it and then dressing it with a little olive oil and lemon juice?

    If you like avocado and nuts, eat them. It seems like there's awfully little you can tolerate, and you need to get calories from somewhere. Sure, they're both high fat, but they're "healthy" (unsaturated fats), and they've got fiber, and micronutrients, and a little protein.

    When you say you can't find a salad dressing you like, have you tried making your own? Just whisk a little oil and vinegar together (I like extra virgin olive oil and white balsamic vinegar best, but you can experiment with nut oils, different vinegars, or citrus juice), a little mustard (I like dijon, but use what you like) to emulsify, a little salt, and whatever spices and herbs you want. You could even mash up a little avocado and whisk it in.

    You say you're uncomfortably hungry all the time, and that all you have during the day is a salad. You need something more than that. Add a small amount of cubed poultry, meat, or fish (within the amounts you can tolerate), or some avocado, or nuts.

    You say green beans are the only vegetable you like. There are a lot of vegetables out there. Maybe you need to try some different ones. If you can eat green beans, maybe you can eat fresh shelled beans (e.g., limas) or dried/canned beans (e.g., black, kidney, pinto, garbanzos). Asparagus, carrots, tomatoes, squash, eggplant, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts, turnips, beets (yum!). Have you tried them all?

    I think it's good that you plan to see a dietician or nutritionist when you get back from college, and that you're going to look for another doctor to get a second opinion since your current doctor doesn't seem concerned about what seem like an awful lot of food tolerance issues. I guess that second opinion does need to be from an endocrinologist, given your thyroid problems, but maybe you could ask for a referral to a different specialist (a gastroenterologist maybe) to see if you have some other medical issue that is causing you to feel ill from so many foods. (If I'm misinterpreting food preferences for actual physical reactions, you can ignore that, but my reading of your original post is that you're saying that the meat, fruit, and grain issues at a minimum are not simply preferences but actual physical responses.)
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    My best advice is: Eat the proper amount of food. This amount of food needs to be less than your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) but more than your BMR (basal metabolic rate).

    We don't know if you have tried eating calories in this range, or for a long enough time period to see results.

    Now, that said, some people do have hormonal issues or other health issues where they need to cut carbs or tweak their diets some way to get better results. First I would try getting the number of calories right before changing content. If you change too many things at once then you don't really know what is working or not working.
  • Carol_L
    Carol_L Posts: 296 Member
    Not sure how many of the responses you're getting are from people who actually are hypothryroid, because some of the advice is from left field.

    First of all, it's great that you've already been diagnosed and are on treatment although I'd have to say that your endocrinologist sounds like a real treat...with advice like that you might as well pick your info from random pages on the internet.

    In my own case, I spent my 20's starvation dieting to try and maintain my weight (which didn't always work) while trying to figure out why I was always cold, had no concentration and a number of other fun symptoms (like severe depression) to deal with while finishing an engineering degree. I was finally diagnosed when I was 30, and only because I went to see a gynecologist because of severe menorhaggia. He sent me to an endocrinologist who diagnosed me and started me on 115 micrograms of levothyroxine. Currently I'm on 137 and that seems to be the sweet spot for me. So yes, I have been there, done that and have a few different editions of the T-shirt.

    I'm 5'4 and losing (slowly but steadily) averaging just over 1800 calories/day. I work out 4 times a week, just over an hour counting my walks to and from the gym.

    So, what do I eat? Generally I try to keep to around 1 g of protein/lb of lean body mass, but tend to go over most days, a bit less than half a gram of fat /lb of weight and do the balance as carbs. For the most part, I keep my carbs to vegetables and fruits, but I haven't banished grains (breads, rice) or starchy vegetables (potatoes, corn) - just have them in moderation. I have chocolate pretty much every night and I drink milk. I am a sushi fiend and usually have it once a week.

    I generally stay away from soy in any form, but have a weakness for soy sauce (which is a fermented soy product) or edamame. I eat them in limited quantities because of the isoflavinoids (genistein in particular) which block the action of thyroid peroxidase. I avoid eating cruciferous vegetables raw. If they are well cooked, it breaks down the substance which affects your thyroid (isothiocyanates), so if you really want to have broccoli, brocolini, cauliflower, cabbage (of any sort), Brussels sprouts, or turnips be sure to cook them well. Winter squash, spinach (can be used in smoothies if you don't like the taste of it), carrots, sweet potatoes, potatoes and dark leafy greens (except mustard greens) can be your friends. Iodine rich vegetables are also good unless you have Hashimoto's, in which case you should limit them.

    I use full fat cream, cheese, butter and regular eggs because most of the cholesterol in your blood stream is produced by your body and not as a result of the foods you eat. You are right, however, to keep an eye on your cholesterol levels, though, because a change in your cholesterol levels can be an indicator that your dose of levothyroxine is not adequate. Before you let anyone put you on cholesterol meds, have your T3 and T4 levels checked and see about getting your dose adjusted, and also make sure that you know where you're sitting in the acceptable range for these. This again is from experience - my doctor had noted that my cholesterol had gone up and wanted to put me on Lipitor or something like it. Since I keep on top of the literature and was aware of a linkage between thyroid function and cholesterol levels, I asked him where I was sitting in terms of my t3/t4 and was told it was in the acceptable range. Unfortunately, what is considered to be the acceptable range is far too wide in my opinion - when I pressed for an answer I was told it was at the lower end. I asked him to raise my dose and to check things again in 2 months. Surprise! My cholesterol levels were back to the lower end of normal (score 1 for knowledge).

    Sorry to have gone on for so long, but having been there, I just wanted you to know that you don't have to starve, don't have to live on steamed fish and salad greens, and can have some latitude in your diet.

    Good luck on your journey.
  • R_Queenie
    R_Queenie Posts: 1,224 Member
    I think that diet and health (regardless of all the specifics) is a continuum...we are all on the learning curve. Look at what you are doing well today and try to build on it with small changes that are a stretch but not crazy. Making small changes will add up - and you can decide what you want to tackle first.

    Consult with doctor / nutritionist. Log your food so you have an accurate reflection of what you are doing . Go slow and keep adding "better choices" that you can live with. :bigsmile:
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    I can't say what diet is best for you, and I don't know what kind of dietary restrictions if any come with your thyroid condition, but I'll try to address some of your specific questions. (On the "best diet" question, I will say this: You already have so many things to work around, what with not wanting to eat gluten, not being able to tolerate much meat or fruit at one time, not liking most vegetables, and a desire to restrict cholesterol, that I don't know why you want to add some other condition or restriction like low fat or low carb -- you need to find stuff you can eat, not eliminate more stuff just for the sake of being on some kind of diet.)

    If you're really worried about cholesterol, you might want to trade out that cream in your coffee for a lower fat dairy or nondairy (by which I mean something like almond or soy milk, not those yucky combinations of vegetable oil and corn syrup that they sell as nondairy "creamers"). At least the eggs are giving you a fair amount of protein with your cholesterol; the cream isn't offering you much nutritionally with the cholesterol. You also get cholesterol in your meat/poultry/fish, but at least you're getting protein as part of the deal. I'm not telling you to worry about cholesterol, because the evidence seems to indicate that dietary cholesterol is not a big factor in determining blood cholesterol levels. But if you are going to worry about cholesterol, you should be aware that pretty much all animal products except fat-free dairy and egg whites are going to come with some cholesterol.

    If you're worried about having two eggs a day, you could consider one egg and one or two egg whites. Since you apparently can tolerate eggs well, egg white would be a good protein source for you.

    It sounds like you want to go gluten free. For people who don't have medical issues that require being GF, it seems like making life and eating more complicated than they have to be, but if you really think the complexion improvements were connected to being GF, and it's important enough to you to deal with the complications of finding GF foods at home, when eating out, when eating at someone else's home, etc., go for it. Or maybe you could see if just reducing the amount of gluten you consume would be enough to get the results you want.

    If eating more than a certain amount of meat or a certain amount of food makes you feel sick, don't eat more than what you can tolerate.

    I'm not entirely sure what constitutes "meaty fish" as opposed to nonmeaty fish, and I get the impression that you're concerned about eating it fried. Have you tried broiling/baking it and then dressing it with a little olive oil and lemon juice?

    If you like avocado and nuts, eat them. It seems like there's awfully little you can tolerate, and you need to get calories from somewhere. Sure, they're both high fat, but they're "healthy" (unsaturated fats), and they've got fiber, and micronutrients, and a little protein.

    When you say you can't find a salad dressing you like, have you tried making your own? Just whisk a little oil and vinegar together (I like extra virgin olive oil and white balsamic vinegar best, but you can experiment with nut oils, different vinegars, or citrus juice), a little mustard (I like dijon, but use what you like) to emulsify, a little salt, and whatever spices and herbs you want. You could even mash up a little avocado and whisk it in.

    You say you're uncomfortably hungry all the time, and that all you have during the day is a salad. You need something more than that. Add a small amount of cubed poultry, meat, or fish (within the amounts you can tolerate), or some avocado, or nuts.

    You say green beans are the only vegetable you like. There are a lot of vegetables out there. Maybe you need to try some different ones. If you can eat green beans, maybe you can eat fresh shelled beans (e.g., limas) or dried/canned beans (e.g., black, kidney, pinto, garbanzos). Asparagus, carrots, tomatoes, squash, eggplant, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts, turnips, beets (yum!). Have you tried them all?

    I think it's good that you plan to see a dietician or nutritionist when you get back from college, and that you're going to look for another doctor to get a second opinion since your current doctor doesn't seem concerned about what seem like an awful lot of food tolerance issues. I guess that second opinion does need to be from an endocrinologist, given your thyroid problems, but maybe you could ask for a referral to a different specialist (a gastroenterologist maybe) to see if you have some other medical issue that is causing you to feel ill from so many foods. (If I'm misinterpreting food preferences for actual physical reactions, you can ignore that, but my reading of your original post is that you're saying that the meat, fruit, and grain issues at a minimum are not simply preferences but actual physical responses.)

    THANK YOU SO MUCH, you understand exactly the problem I was trying to get at. I'm not looking for MORE restrictions of course not, but I would like to be able to decently categorize the way I eat so I can find more information via Google and etc. Searching for just gluten free only gets me "alternative" foods like cookies and cakes and breads which I am very disinterested in because I need to lose weight rather than strictly avoid a gluten allergy like you said (I am down to rice and rice-pasta for now, easy to find and very satisfying the wheat cravings but I only eat them to balance out meat).

    The few other veggies I do like such as spinach cauliflower broccoli arugala I found out they interfere with the thyroid/medicine (as well as walnuts which I love) so that is why I feel I don't have enough veggies-- I hate corn, most other things. I can't have beans or soy either for the same reason. Just in case you were curious to know about thyroid restrictions

    I no longer do the salad thing, it was an example of how hard I've tried to lose weight and it is what I told the idiot endocrinologist who told me to eat even less, which is what lead me to start posting on this site because she kept pushing that dumb statement when I asked if there could be any other options I cannot eat any less than I was.

    I like oil + vinegar but it gets very old very fast! as well as avocado. I know I should eat more nuts because these are things I crave most often.

    Funny you say not to have cream or fake creamers, but those are the only 2 options I enjoy -- I tried everything else but I find them disgusting!! then I found out I should limit soy so I just stopped and stuck to cream.

    thank you very much
  • MissHoney26
    MissHoney26 Posts: 43 Member
    That one diet that you count calories on... I forgot what it's called....

    being snide certainly helps, thank you for your insight

    It wasn't snide. It was sarcasm. Know the difference.

    Now, this comment is snide.

    You're on MFP which provides you perfect tools to lose weight without having to go on some ridiculous diet. I suggest you employ it and live happily ever after

    Now this comment is helpful.

    Telling me to try what I have obviously tried for the past 2 years is not sarcastic its useless. do not bother to type on your keys if you have nothing to contribute besides rude snide remarks. nobody asked for sarcasm or whatever you felt you had to say I asked for advice.

    Somtime you don't want snide comments, then you don't want sarcasm. Overall, you don't want advice and just want to hear about some magic diet pill.

    Please refrain from rudeness and misbehavior. I know you're desperate and want to spend money on trying to be thin rather than work hard like many on this site do but unfortunately we don't have any magic diet pill. I guess you can try surgery. Yes, go for surgery. Getting yourself cut into pieces is faaar better than working out and eating right.

    You've been given more than adequate advice. We have no idea what you have or haven't tried. This site frowns upon diet pills and other harmful diets. Try google searching for illegal drugs for diets.

    please try reading my original post, you will see what I have tried and haven't tried. You will see that I already take pills and that I am not happy to do so. If you needed more information, you could politely ask rather than being rude. Since being rude is your way of asking, I will tell you-- before I was disagnosed hypothyroid I was exercising 2 hours every day, and it got worse when I pushed it to 3 and 4 hours which my doctor told me might have exacerbated the issue. my symptoms improved when I limited my exercise to 'daily activity', but when I reintroduced exercise 30 minutes at a time I have seen no improvements which lead me to experimenting with my diet and eventually coming here because calories in/calories out is what I had been doing all the long and it has been increasingly NOT helping me. I am not an idiot, I am sorry you assumed me to be from the first post you read, but I am curious as to why you continue posting your negative responses after I told you that your opinions are not helpful to me. You are taking up space from the other people who have good intentions and I really don't appreciate it so if you would kindly find someone else to pick on that would be the only way you could help me at this point.