Thryoid people out there? Kind of long post...

I am here to give you some hope. Even though men tend to lose weight easier and faster than women, my husband lost 80 lbs since the beginning of the year. My husband does not have a thyroid due to cancer. He had it removed 4 years ago and he was overweight when we had it removed. He started on January 1 and he dropped his calorie intake to 1200 a day. He would workout just about 5 times a week. Once he hit the 60-70 lb weight loss mark it started dropping of without him even trying . We knew he needed to have his labs drawn. His meds were too strong, they dropped the dose and he is still losing, just not as fast. He has 20 lbs til he meets his goal that his doctor set for him. It is tough but it can be done. Do not give, keep pushing forward. You can do this. Best of luck to you.

I'm anti scale. They just depress people even when you're doing fine. Focus on eating for health and moving and put the scale out of sight. "My" scale is at my mother-in-laws.

i have been taking thyroxin for a number of years started on 25mg and went up to 200mg then reduced to 175mg for an underactive thyoride. i was told by my gp that my weight would fall off. i am still waiting for this to happen but recently i have been forgetting to take my meds and found that i am a month behind. i have been on numerous diets / pills etc and lost weight put it back on and more my heaviest weight was around 17 stone . I went to the gym for about a year and although i lost some weight i actually went down to nearly 15 stone. the gym closed down and ended up looking after the grandchildren which also stopped me rejoining another gym. i started to gain it again. i am now on a gp referal trying to lose it but to me it is not coming off quick enough i know i have only been back for about three weeks i have been going mostly three to four times a week. i have lost 4lb up to now. i have cut out a lot of things and tend to eat a bit more healthy now and do try not to miss out on meals. it didnt help that i had rather large babies 9lb1oz - 9lb12 = 9lb13 and last but not least a10lb 7oz they put it down to gestational diabetes during pregnancy and a hysterectomy . and a father in-law who kept on about my weight also young lads shouting hey fatty out of car windows and as i am a twin i found that people compare us. a male friend who i hadnt seen for a while had spoken to my sister and saw me a few days later and said i saw your sister the other day oh isnt she smaller than you. i just gave up trying. it has stuck in my headall this time but recently a young lad shouted out from a car hey fatty why do they have to be so cruel. I am more motivated now and am learning to say no a bit more often and enjoying my sessions at the gym once again. if any one has any tips to help with the weight loss i am listening.

I too have made the switch from synthroid to armour and feeling and doing a lot better on it. But yeah, I've been struggling with hypothyroidism for about 10 years (at least that's when it was diagnosed) but have always had problems with weight and a virtually non-existent metabolism my whole life. I don't ever remember *not* being big.

For a long time, I used the hypothyroidism as as excuse for being obese. But, when my last set of blood work came back with an A1c of 6.4, putting me at the borderline for Type 2 diabetes, I could no longer lie to myself. There was obviously something else I was doing wrong.

It's definitely been a struggle and things are more slow-going than what others without the thyroid issues may experience, but I see it as even a pound a week is still progress. Good luck to you.