Frustrated - feeling whiney
lizafava2
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I stepped on the scale this morning - gained 5 pounds in one week. My mom was in town and I definitely ate most days over my defeceit but nothing crazy. Anyway, I am really feeling bummed by the thyroid thing these days. My weight seems pegged at 220 no matter how little I eat. I kinda stopped logging most days a few weeks ago after weeks with no weightloss and eating at a defeceit. I run about 15-20 miles a week and lift heavy.
I ran my own TSH a couple months ago and it had gone up a little. It was pushing 2. I asked my Dr. about upping my synthroid to try to keep it closer to 1. She really resisted that and suggested, instead, that I take a weight-loss drug to "kickstart losing again". haha. Having other symptoms like fatigue and depression, but it could be unrelated.
How do you all stay positive and keep losing?
I ran my own TSH a couple months ago and it had gone up a little. It was pushing 2. I asked my Dr. about upping my synthroid to try to keep it closer to 1. She really resisted that and suggested, instead, that I take a weight-loss drug to "kickstart losing again". haha. Having other symptoms like fatigue and depression, but it could be unrelated.
How do you all stay positive and keep losing?
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Right now I'm stuck too, I've been in the same weight for about 3 weeks, I end up letting my self enjoy easter without any restriction and was about to give up on the whole "counting-calories" way of living
But then I had a long talk with myself... I was so angry that I didnt lose anything in 3 weeks that I completely forget that 3 years ago I was 20kg (44lbs) heavier than today... So I decided that I was going to keep on going.
Try no to punish yourself, feeling guilty is only going to stress you and make your thyroid feel worse... live life, try to be as healty as posible, but if one day a friend comes home with a hamburger, dont feel bad if you end up eating it.
We have alot of years of life infront of us, what ever you gaind this week, you have another week, another month, another year to fix it, but putting yourself down will make it worse
I try to see this whole "weight loss project" as the journy it self, not just as what I'm going to achive, kind of like thinking about the clouds you see when you walk, not just what your going to do once you get where your going... that way I will have storys to tell and things to teach once I get there
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I agree being hypo is so hard. You have to be so diligent with your diet. My doctor advised me to go with the strength training vs walking all the time. I am trying hard to add more of it. I. put on 5 lbs at Christmas eating everything I wanted....still trying to drop those pounds and more. Good luck with your journey.0
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Thanks guys for the encouragement and wisdom.0
