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  • Actually, Graves is the opposite (hyperthyroid) than Hashimoto's. I have Hashimoto's. I had to add cytomel to my Synthroid to start having any success at all with weight loss or symptom mgmt. I also try to limit carbs to 45g per meal and 15g per snack. I also avoid all soy because it mimics estrogen and that is not…
  • I think that you ought to count physical activity that gets you up and moving that you otherwise wouldn't be doing. Maybe not for the purposes of "eating back" calories, but for the purposes of being more active/less sedentary, it certainly matters.
  • [/quote] Reading this just made me shudder. Topamax also makes you dumb as bricks. Horrible drug, and I can't believe they actually plucked up the balls to remarket this as a "weight loss" supplement. Why anyone would want to take any kind of medication that messes with your brain in the hopes that it will make them lose a…
  • Congratulations! What a huge difference already!
  • I eat more than 1600 and losing on average 1.5/wk
  • I think there are a lot of people that take medication or have help in one form or another in losing weight, doctor supervised or otherwise, but it is so stigmatized here that it is very, very rarely discussed. I don't know of other places/forums that provide the support, but I have seen enough posts to know that you…
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