Members with Hypothyroid

To be honest, Hypothyroidism is the pits! I was diagnosed in 2008. It took a long time getting the medication levels where they should be. I currently take Synthroid and Cytomel together. It seems to work with all of the side effects of hypothyroidism. No the weight once your meds are stable does not fall off, dang it anyways. I have to work like a dog and be ultra diligent with calories and exercise. Someone once said that sufferers of Hypothyroidism have to work twice as hard to lose the same pound as someone without it. I believe that.

It can be done. I started in July 2100 at 189. Today I am at 159 and still plugging away, a pound at a time.

Good luck!!

I have hypothyroid and along with it being a little harder to lose weight, it has other side effects too! Not sleeping well, the hot flashes etc....I took awhile to get to the correct dosing but its a slow process. I was on the same dose for almost a year and now it just got increased. All I can say is that its possible to lose weight with hypothyroid, but u have to be patient with yourself and realize its probably not going to come off as fast as u want it to. Eat healthy, workout and ur body will adjust. GOOD LUCK!

It sucks. It's sort of like a learning disability for your metabolism. You can overcome it, but you're always going to have to work a little harder and see results a little slower than everyone else. :grumble:

But, knowing that you have it is a huge part of the battle! I'm right now debating spending the money for a metabolic rate test to figure out where exactly my metabolism is.

The symptoms that were toughest for me were the depression and the hot flashes. The meds definitely helped with that. But as far as weight loss.. it hasn't done much more than give me a little more energy to lose the weight.. but in my case.. the weight did not just fall off after I was on the meds.. I wish I could say it did.. but it didn't. But you might be one of the lucky ones.. But at the same time.. you still have to eat right to lose.. I was hoping when I was diagnosed that my weight would just fall off. But sadly it didn't. best of luck to you!!

I too was born with an underdeveloped thyroid that eventually stopped working completely. I was diagnosed when I was 3 years old and was on synthroid for most of my life. I am now on Armour but am thinking of switching back to Synthroid. I never had any weight problems until I got pregnant and then my metabolism went completely out of whack. I have 3 children and they are each 6 years apart. After the 3rd child it has been extremely hard to lose weight. My body has been stuck at 180 forever and I can't seem to get below 176. I keep gaining and losing those same 4 lbs. Very frustrating. I have been doing the exercising thing since January and started this calorie restriction program in April. I'm glad to know that this isn't just in my head and others are experiencing the same issues. Feel free to add me as a friend.

I have hypo also, diagnosed in 2009 after having my youngest son and I had my meds switched up three times before I saw any weight come off. I went from the 130s to 167lbs after being diagnosed. Finally my doc, gave me armour thyroid and upped the dosage and I finally saw results. But it took a LOT of hard work and dedication to lose the 25lbs I have lost in the last 7 months. I'm still working hard to lose a bit more, but definitely diet will help. There are some foods that hypo patients need to stay away from. I don't know them all as I'm still researching myself.

I was also taking Blood Sugar Support supplements daily and that seemed to help. I am not on it anymore and I still see inches coming off. I believe that's also due to the fact that I've incorporated strength training as the first 5 months I did mainly cardio, hit a plateau, took a 2 week break and now I'm back doing cardio, along with strength training and surprisingly still losing inches all around.