Fellow hypothyroid people

Start feeding that Tyroid (Iodoral, 1ea per day), and quit eating bread poisoning it via Bromide).

I have the same issue - and I am over 50
I also seem to love sugary foods and equate them with "good times" even though they wreak havoc on my weight loss goals ... wow that makes me sound like a real hot mess - ha! been at this for 3 years now and have a net loss of 7 pounds...

I've had "thyroid problems" all my life including a giant goiter that covered my whole throat from clavicle up around to the ears. They said it was 1.5 pounds when they surgically removed it.

Not saying it isn't a challenge getting synthroid levels right and getting cravings under control. But I didn't start losing weight till I stopped using my thyroid as an excuse and started looking at how much I was actually eating.

I started eating a 1600-2000 cal diet daily since November 15 approx and as of today I'm down 41 pounds. And that's with no thyroid and severe mobility issues.

Get your levels right and accurately count your calories and you should have success too.

I've got a long way to go, but being honest with myself was the first step.

Good luck ladies

I have hypothyroidism and insulin resistance (hoping the ir is in remission), so I understand the struggle. It's possible, though slow. Feel free to add me.

amythomas2 wrote: »

I have lost almost 40lbs in 9 months since being diagnosed with hypothyroidism and still adjusting my medication.
I don't find it harder as such but I do have to make sure I'm as accurate as I possibly can be with my weighing and calorie counting (although I have nothing to compare with a normal functioning thyroid if that makes sense)
I have , however, had no movement on the scales in 8 weeks now despite being vigilant with my weighing and calories so along with some other symptoms I'm having, I've got another blood test next week as chances are my medication needs altering again. I'm hoping for a 'whoosh' afterwards!

Good luck to you, you can do it

This happened to me once for months, like nothing was happening, the scale wasn't moving, the inches weren't either, and then I had a double "whoosh" where I dropped 30 pounds and 3-4 sizes in a month. It was awesome.

I was just diagnosed this year (2015) with hypothyroidism. I've been on synthroid for about 7 months. I think it's at the correct dosage now, but I had to go on cytomel too because my t3free was still off and I was losing tons of hair. I'm losing weight a bit faster now, about a pound a week. I exercise 6 days a week using videos at home, and I eat low carb. Since December 5 when I added the cytomel I've lost 5 pounds. It took me 2 months to lose the previous 4 pounds, so it must be helping.

I'm finding it much easier to lose now that I know I have hypothyroidism and I'm medicated and my TSH is back under 1.

I never had many symptoms of hypothyroidism. My hands and feet were always freezing and my nailbeds would turn blue if I got the slightest chill.

Any time I'd go to the doctor and they'd check my heart rate they'd ask if I was really athletic because it was always in the 40's. I never thought anything of it.

I found out early in my first pregancy (which I lost) that my TSH was 12 and my free T4 was low. It took a while to get my dose right due to a series of pregnancies and miscarriages and one live birth.

But I remember before I got pregnant the first time trying so hard to lose 10lbs....it took me over 90 days to lose like 3lbs. And I was eating 1200 caloies per day and logging accurately.

Now my thyroid is stable and I've lost all the baby weight from my 16 month old son and then some. I'm down 15lbs since late October.

It's much easier to lose weight now that I'm taking Synthroid.

Psychgrrl wrote: »

Weight loss is definitely possible once you're medicated properly. Be sure you are and be your own best advocate. There's a normal range for a reason (know what range your doc/insurance company is using--they vary). If you're in the normal range and don't feel OK, speak up! You don't have to accept you'll never feel OK again.

This is a very good point. Also remember that once you are in the 'normal' range you may not stay there. If you start to notice changes in how you feel be sure to talk to your doc. I thought I might have Lyme Disease due to body aches and fatigue, turned out the generic thyroid hormone I was taking wasn't at the dose it was marketed at. I have stayed on name brand and haven't had a problem since.

The only issue I have is that I forget to take my medicine fairly often I need to get better about that. But I haven't ever had a weight issue with it as much as exhaustion.