Synthroid for your Thyroid,can you still lose weight?

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  • vickierivero1
    vickierivero1 Posts: 46 Member
    Keep Your head up. You can still lose. I have! I am on levothyroxine. I just lost 4.4 lbs and really didnt take too much effort. Watch those calories and exercise/walk. Don't stress. Everything will be okay!
  • czabs
    czabs Posts: 8 Member
    I'm on synthroid for an underactive thyroid and I lost 60lbs in 5 months.
  • editorgrrl
    editorgrrl Posts: 7,060 Member
    MFP has a Hypothyroidism & Hyperthyroidism group: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/753-hypothyroidism-and-hyperthyroidism

    I have Hashimoto's (autoimmune thyroid disease). Thyroid meds (in my case, Synthroid & Cytomel) reduce the fatigue so I can be more active. But I lost just like everybody else—by eating fewer calories than I burned. Logging works.
  • mom2pandc
    mom2pandc Posts: 14 Member
    I have been on Synthroid for quite a while, but am now getting my dosages correct and getting my own attitude about weight loss in check. I've lost 13 pounds since the first of the year.
    On another note, I have a friend who had thyroid cancer several years ago and had hers removed. She was a marathon runner before, but now....she's a beast. She does triathlons, swims, runs, bikes, and lifts like a beast. She is a big inspiration to me.

    It will take some time for your body to adjust and your meds to get to the right dose. Don't let that become and excuse to lay off. Do what you can right now. Exercise and track. But accept that it might be a slower process. Persistence will prevail.
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