Hypothyroidism

There's a good thread here on MFP, written by a guy who's a scientist in the hypothyroidism field, himself hypothyroid, who lost weight by calorie counting. Unlike a lot of the nonsense on the subject out in the general blogosphere, it's solid and science-based.

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10767046/hypothyroidism-and-weight-management

I'm severely hypothyroid, but properly medicated. I was diagnosed more than 20 years ago.

Getting on 7 years ago, I used MFP to lose 50+ pounds, class 1 obese to a healthy weight in just under a year, and I've been at a healthy weight ever since. I'm now age 66; weight loss started at age 59. I'm female, old, menopausal, hypothyroid - many things that some people will claim are weight loss doom. I think they're not.

It can be harder for some to lose weight as we get older, but some (maybe most/all) of that is about less physically active daily life patterns, less exercise, loss of muscle mass and of physical ease due to less movement/higher weight, plus maybe sub-ideal nutrition. Fortunately, all of those things are things we can change, if we commit to doing that.

IMO, the only point in thinking about obstacles (age, hypothyroid, menopause, whatever) is to plan how we're going to get over, around, through, or otherwise past them on the way to accomplishing our goals. Ruminating on how hard they make it is IMO pretty much a waste of time and energy.

You can succeed, if you commit to it.

Feel free to add me too. I’m also hypo and hsvr been struggling to lose about five pounds I put on after having foot surgery. I just had my labs done and although the numbers look ideal, I was sure they would come back off. I’m still not as active as I’d like to be due to my foot healing so maybe that’s part of it.