I'm Tired of hearing I can't

If you want motivation, you need to take a good, honest look at why YOU want to lose weight. Not what others say or what you think it should be, but your reason. It doesn't have to be 'to get healthy'. That wasn't mine. I knew I needed to lose weight, my doctors told me to lose weight, but that wasn't enough. I would try for a while and give up. It wasn't until we got our wedding pictures back and I realized I looked fat in them that I started and kept going.

You CAN lose the weight. It will be harder for you with your hypothyroid, but it is totally possible. You need to find your own reason, and I would suggest talking to another doctor. There are many different meds for hyperthyroid, and getting a second opinion would be a good idea. There might be something your current doctor doesn't know, and anyways, having him/her telling you can't lose weight without meds doesn't strike me as good advice! As Ginger said, you will probably have to try different combos to find what works for you, but once you do, this becomes eaiser.

Are you saying that you don't want to take medication to treat your hypothyroidism?

You need to start telling yourself YOU CAN! Yes, weight gain is a symptom of hypothyroidism. That doesn't mean you can't improve your health. That doesn't mean you can't lose weight.

Sorry, but I find it kind of hard to believe that 3 doctors have told you that you can't lose weight on the thyroid meds. Perhaps they've said it will be difficult, but nothing is impossible. Both my sister and my husband are hypothyroid. They both have to work hard to maintain normal weight, but they do it. For themselves!

I take a medication where the number one side effect is weight gain. When I first started taking it I quickly put on nearly 40 pounds in 6 months. None of my clothes fit and I didn't want anyone taking pictures of me. I was getting depressed. Worst Christmas ever and I was starting to eat for comfort. Then, last January I finally woke up. I decided it was time for a change. I had a pretty healthy diet, but I ate way too much of everything. I didn't really count calories or watch what I ate. I drank way too much wine. I exercised, but not enough (obviously) to prevent the gain. I realized that if I didn't make a change I was going to quickly go from being just overweight to obese. I was not going to go there.

I still have to take the meds, so I needed to change other things. I started following MFP calorie guidelines for weight loss, decreased my alcohol consumption, and increased my exercise. Slowly, the weight has come off. Sometimes a pound a week, sometimes 3 weeks with no loss, then a half pound gone and so on. I've had to be patient. It has taken a year, but I'm now within 5 pounds of a healthy BMI.

You can do this for yourself. Prove those doctors are wrong!

My sister has the same problem, but once she started cutting out processed food she saw improvement! She may not ever get to a skinny minnie, but who cares, she is healthier now! Just find what works with YOUR body, maybe its not the terrible medication. Maybe sugar triggers your condition, or processed food, maybe weightlifting isn't as good for you as cardio, or maybe weight lifting is better. Experiment and try things until YOU feel like you are doing what is right!

my mom has hypothyroidism, and she can lose weight, she has to worker harder than most people. but it is very important to work with an endocrinologist because as you lose weight your meds will have to be adjusted. if they are not you can/will plateau and it will throw every thing out of wack.