Help! This isn't working!

1200 is low, especially for only needing to lose 10 lb... and be thankful it's not your thyroid! Trust me, it's no fun!

Try eating a bit more.

Do you have thyroid advice on numbers? Since this started my TSH has gone from 1.2 last May, 2.63 in sept, 3.78 in feb and 4.25 this may. Every doc says that's fine.

My TSH was good, too. I kept being told I didn't have a thyroid problem. They didn't do a full thyroid panel.

By the time it was detected, it was so big it was strangling me, lol. I had a lot of trouble breathing. I gagged all the time when eating and especially when drinking. The thing was freaking huge and he actually told me to stop coming in about it.

Then I got a better doctor, who didn't have to be convinced, who sent me to a good endo, who sent me to a surgeon, who cut it out. Problem solved, I could now, after decades of struggling all the time, lose weight.

Go to an endocrinologist if you want to be sure. Doctors miss thyroid things sometimes.

Otherwise, keep trying new doctors, maybe it's something else! Eat healthy food and exercise more. Give it time. Scale fluctuations are normal and to be expected. It doesn't mean it isn't working. Stick with it for a couple months before you determine that you aren't losing even a pound. That's all I can say.

I hope it gets better for you.

An endo won't see me without a referal. I'm so frustrated. I'm soooo tired, I've been losing my hair, brittle nails, cold feet and hands, extra heavy period, dry skin that's so itchy, painful joints. I actually had an ultrasound done on my thyroid in march after an ent said my neck looked "funny". I had been noticing it in photos too. Luckily there were no nodules or cancer but the right lobe was bigger than the left. Maybe I'm just off balance but I'm so tired working out everyday for the past 3 months and sticking to healthy 1200 calories. Basically starving and getting no help because doctors assume it's just my anxiety disorder or ibs. Sorry for the rant. I'm just sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Don't apologize to me! I know. I spent DECADES fighting and not being believed and all of it. It's a nightmare. It really is. Nobody should have to go through that.

Eventually, I gave up.

Don't do that. Screw people who don't believe it's possible to not over-eat and gain weight, including your doctor, if you can tell he doesn't believe you. Don't keep trying to convince the same people. They've made up their minds and no amount of truth will change their minds. Don't waste your time. KEEP TRYING NEW DOCTORS. They should refer you to an endo if you ask them to. At least they can run a full thyroid panel instead of one TSH, one time.

I don't know that you do have a thyroid problem. But I know they can be missed by incompetent doctors.

Like a previous poster, the sense of relief I felt when a good doctor finally diagnosed me...I could've cried. Such huge relief and joy. Less than a month later, I'd been from doc to endo to surgeon to surgery, recovery and was on my way to normalizing Synthroid levels (which took a while.) When the help FINALLY arrived, it all happened pretty quickly.

And my whole life - every single thing about it - got BETTER. A LOT better.

Hang in there.

Good luck!

1200 is low, especially for only needing to lose 10 lb... and be thankful it's not your thyroid! Trust me, it's no fun!

Try eating a bit more.

Do you have thyroid advice on numbers? Since this started my TSH has gone from 1.2 last May, 2.63 in sept, 3.78 in feb and 4.25 this may. Every doc says that's fine.

My TSH was good, too. I kept being told I didn't have a thyroid problem. They didn't do a full thyroid panel.

By the time it was detected, it was so big it was strangling me, lol. I had a lot of trouble breathing. I gagged all the time when eating and especially when drinking. The thing was freaking huge and he actually told me to stop coming in about it.

Then I got a better doctor, who didn't have to be convinced, who sent me to a good endo, who sent me to a surgeon, who cut it out. Problem solved, I could now, after decades of struggling all the time, lose weight.

Go to an endocrinologist if you want to be sure. Doctors miss thyroid things sometimes.

Otherwise, keep trying new doctors, maybe it's something else! Eat healthy food and exercise more. Give it time. Scale fluctuations are normal and to be expected. It doesn't mean it isn't working. Stick with it for a couple months before you determine that you aren't losing even a pound. That's all I can say.

I hope it gets better for you.

An endo won't see me without a referal. I'm so frustrated. I'm soooo tired, I've been losing my hair, brittle nails, cold feet and hands, extra heavy period, dry skin that's so itchy, painful joints. I actually had an ultrasound done on my thyroid in march after an ent said my neck looked "funny". I had been noticing it in photos too. Luckily there were no nodules or cancer but the right lobe was bigger than the left. Maybe I'm just off balance but I'm so tired working out everyday for the past 3 months and sticking to healthy 1200 calories. Basically starving and getting no help because doctors assume it's just my anxiety disorder or ibs. Sorry for the rant. I'm just sick and tired of being sick and tired.

Before I say anything else, I want to say that my heart goes out to you. It sounds like you are almost killing yourself in order to achieve those last ten pounds... and at this point, if all you have to lose is ten pounds maybe you should ask yourself if it is really worth it to you?

I won't diagnose you - I am not a doctor. If you are sure there is something medical - then get another opinion.

I will say this... I have heard a LOT of those symptoms used for people who weren't getting enough proper nutrition... and maybe, just maybe, your body needs better food?


If you could, would you please tell us:

your height
your current weight
your goal weight
and what type of "working out" that you do?


ETA: by "worth it" I don't mean - if you want it you have to work harder... not that at all.
By worth it I mean... is the loss of those ten pounds worth the stress and sacrifice to quality of life that you are putting yourself under? Perhaps you need to look at letting go of that goal number and evaluate the impact it is playing on your life.

ten pounds is almost impossible for the average person even discern - so this is mostly for you.