Hypothyroidism

I've been hypothyroid for many years. Once your hormone levels are stable, you will be exactly the same as anyone else.

For that matter, the difference in calories between treated and untreated hypo weight-loss is insignificant...like less than 5% - for most women that's less than 100 calories per day - BUT when you are untreated you are so tired and lethargic and depressed that you will naturally and instinctively eat more food trying to feel better.

You can still lose weight just like anyone else. Set your calories and stick with them. I lost 75+ pounds at about the rate/calories Myfitnesspal suggested.

I've been hypothyroid (Hashimoto's) for literally decades. Lost 75 lbs 3 years ago (and I'm in my 60's) and have been in maintenance ever since.

Once you are on the proper level of medication, your weight management experience will be no different than someone without thyroid issues. Many people use their under-active thyroid as an excuse for their inability to manage their weight.

It is literally just an excuse. If you are being appropriately medicated and you're still not losing weight, you're simply eating too much.

This thyroid thing is far more complicated than we are given credit for understanding how it effects ourselves.

The NHS, has a series of hoops one needs to jump through before you can have treatment, knowing there can be/are antibodies and not testing for them!! Thank you Steve, for the information one can see one's blood results now.

I had to go out on the alternative side because the only t4 supplements in tablet for contain dairy, (I privately tested positive for casein intolerance, the dairy protein) this explained why I was worse on the pills than off, the first time it was tried for me.

The second, diagnosis came trough the region immunology department, referred back to local endo for thyroid treatment, I refused the pills begged for something different, I was permitted children's liquid only to discover it is preserved with paraben...……. another of my reactions its often unacknowledged as a preservative. I'm alternative full heartedly from there on out, fortunately self funding, though I paid into the NHS all my reduced working life thanks to being undiagnosed hypo. I was sick of being sick and being told to, I kid you not, "live with it"- no matter how distressing the pile of symptoms were, swollen tongue, toxic build up so my mouth would not close easily and way more, chemical sensitivity, anything from news print to laundry residue, forget perfumes, interior and exterior paints and preparations including glue, salicylate sensitivity to the extent I could not eat as I wanted to. Forget going out. I did not fall into any of the available boxes permitted to me.

NICE the body who dictate which medications and systems can be available within the NHS will not permit t3 supplements or NDT. nor do they encourage anything but blindly taking the only medication which "always works" but from experience, not in every situation.

For me the things which really helped were, removing amalgam fillings, going low copper, high copper levels can contribute to candida inflammations particularly in women, eliminating personal triggers which caused the antibodies, changing my diet, eliminating dairy, and eliminating added sugar, including, hci and pepsin, to create more stomach acid, (often lacking in the elderly), as well as using other digestive aids like enzymes and psyllium husks to ensure faster transit, and taking other supplements to facilitate conversion t4 to t3. Even consuming lower carb than MFP suggests, insulin resistance can be part of this thyroid puzzle. There is so much one can do to help one's self.

Many, even doctors do not consider adrenal insufficiency exists, yet the adrenals can be under stress as can the pituitary gland which shows up in thyroid function, this gland seems to be where there is a cross over and it can try to fill the gap in other glands performance. In circumstance where these glands are compromised exercise distresses them more particularly if one works out to the n-th degree.

May I suggest you become proactive in your care. Read from your national Thyroid support sites and charities, they hold a wealth of relevant information for everyone. Follow your batch of however many of the possible 300 generally attributed to being hyperthyroid and do what is right for you.

Under medical supervision I've wasted years of my life under par, your numbers are in the normal range, for whom, not me, not knowing I had antibodies too. Now I'm getting ready to fly, making the best of the years I have left with 9 grandchildren and 2 gt grandsons by the end of the summer.

Its your life, read what you need to, only do what is right for you and go for it. I'm pleased to say, its never too late. most of all, Never give up.