63kg To 53kg In 3Mths! :) For My Wedding - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Now Many Severe Food Allergies

Congratulations on giving it another go! I also started coming back here a few days ago myself. I lost quite a bit of weight a year or so ago but got slowed down by some health problems that made it difficult for me to keep up with my health regime. Things didn't get too far out of control, but maintaining a weight that is almost 20 pounds heavier than I should be is just not good. I don't want to be extreme, like everything has to be exactly just so, but I just don't feel comfortable letting things slide because little by little they slide too far in the wrong direction.

I know food allergies/intolerance's are a real pain to live with. I'm starting to get on top of mine. Its been a real help for me to know what to avoid having made use of private testing. I was also tested for inflammation, I had very high levels, put down to yeast overgrowth. Antibiotic use lets the least helpful yeasts over grow. Embarking on a yeast elimination regime could be a great help to you, cf and hashi (me), have much in common like all the other autoimmune problems. Inflammation is often a large part of it all for females in-particular. Yeast overgrowth can drive the "appetite". Please look into this, it can be tough removing all sugar for two or was it three weeks, even that in fruit then for a protracted period not having foods with any added sugar in them can be difficult, For me it really helped, I lost much of the bloated look I had but I am still heavier than you. Please read up on this for yourself.

I was tested in our health system for thyroid related issues and was constantly told I had none, but I had many many symptoms which were disregarded. I made use of Stop the thyroid Madness website, which drives a coach and horses through the numbers argument adhered to by the medical profession. The subjects tested for this work, their own and family thyroid status was not taken, so the work is substantially floored. Endocrine problems make the body run cold which encourages yeasts to overgrow. Low temperature is one of the most commonly disregarded symptoms there is for people like us. There are so many points at which one can have difficulties, there are something like 300 symptoms and we each have our specific disorientating few which do not fit their proforma of expectations.

I was fortunate to have a very interesting conversation with a professor of immunology at our local teaching hospital. He told me that thyroid problems are usually at the bottom of acquired allergies and intolerance's and when my thyroid was "properly" treated all would be well, to go back if they were not. Regrettably our system would not permit me to do that so I had to find my own way like so many many women who have increasing adverse food reactions.

All the very best wishes as you strive towards your special day. I hope you are well on your way to addressing all your other health issues before you embark on your lives together.

I've had autoimmune diseases and fibromyalgia for nearly 20 years. Anti-yeast diet did nothing for me. Am hypothyroid and am on medication but am having trouble convincing local doctors that my TSH is still too high for me. The acceptable lab range is .5 to 3.75 and I am at 2.75 and very symptomatic. Have celiac disease and some other food sensitivities but manage them well. Lost 55 pounds and have been at maintenance since April. Cannot exercise much but do the best I can. Overall, I'm about as healthy as one can expect. Hang in there.