Frustrated - I Can't Give Up

You're eating at restaurants and guessing could be your downfall. Do you have to eat your lunch at restaurants?

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Are these doctor trips day trips or do you have to go a long way, like overnight? Is having an Eski with your own food and snacks in it an option? Would make tracking easier.

Do you have issues with big fluid shifts due to your renal issues and/or the pred? Could that be a problem?

cee134 wrote: »

Useful, thanks!

I would definitely recommend packing your own food just to be sure. I would never suggest this normally because it's extreme, but since you need to lose for health reasons, you could also bring your scale with you if you want to eat the restaurant food. My friend has Hashimoto's and even on "the right" meds has such a terrible time with it. Wishing you the best.

Honestly I Just gave up trying to log while eating out. I now only eat out twice a month.

The biggest issue is chefs 'eyeball' a lot. Calorie counts are based on 'perfect prep' following a recipe to eat specs. They don't do that on a daily basis. I was told to add 25% ontop of what they say a meal is and you will be closer.

Simple things that add calories:

• Serving size, Never weighed, look small? The chef will add more.
• Oils, Poured from a bottle not measured. I cook a lot and I use normal oil. I'm using 1/4 of what I used to. by measuring.
• Sauces. Cheap tomato ketchup tends to have more sugar, so do tomato sauces on pasta.
• Cuts of meat, Cheaper cuts have more fat.

I'm wondering if you are taking any vitamins and minerals with your sntheroid, I'm thinking this is a t4 supliment like levethyroxine. Many of us are told just take this levo or synth and all will be well, but we need to have selenium and other minerals and vitamins in our system to aid conversion t4 to t3. Being hypo makes absorbing vitamins and minerals more difficult. Selenium is essential for the conversion of t4 to t3.

Might you have Hashimoto's thyroiditis the autoimmune problem in the initial stages the only way to identify this condition is by testing for antibodies. It can swing from low to high thyroid function and then revert without the test results falling outside what is described as the normal range its just the antibody levels change. Its treated in the same way as being hypo from a nutritional deficit but often we are not tested for the antibodies. In any even as hypo or hyper it will have the horrid effect of adding lbs. I think this is your difficulty. I know tightening your logging and things could help as could taking a food pack with you for your appointments but I fear your thyroid had done a shift and this is at the bottom of your situation when you have been doing so very well in the recent past.

You might find information on some of these sites, stop the thyroid madness, hypothyroidmom,even your national thyroid support site, there are other reputable ones too. I'm astounded how much general medicine does not tell us about being hypo. Being hypo reduces our bodies ability to absorb vitamins and minerals and much much more, our bodies do not easily conform to calories in calories out as many others do especially if we have undergone or are undergoing a swing in levels. Keep strong.


You are welcome to contact me should you wish.

Packing lunch is the best; that way you can have food you know you like (like hamburgers) but have control over hidden calories like added fat, sugar, and salt. Restaurants are all about selling palatable, craveable food and will doctor their products to make that happen. Why not make a batch of things you would normally eat out (again, hamburger patties) but have them with low-calorie buns, low-sugar ketchup, etc. I had to start doing that myself and I felt so much healthier because I was eating real, whole foods.