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I miss Zumba classes SO much, but my gym seems like the last place I’d want to be: crowded classes full of people who exhale a lot and sweat, recirculated air, and all that. Some disinfectant spray on a door handle is not going to mitigate those risks. I am going to wait and see, as much as I’d prefer not to.

Fitness Blender has some beginner, low-impact videos.

I did the first tri and wish I had continued. It will vary for everyone, but I did about 2000 (total, not plus exercise) during that time, and it was right for me.

It’s good you’re being treated. Like another person posted above, it doesn’t look the same in every person who has it. My tsh was high and my t3/t4 were low, so it was easy for the doctors to figure out I had it. My mom’s tsh was not high, so no one treated her, and her thyroid developed nodules and became enlarged, and…

I pay a lot for a “fancy gym.” Group fitness is important to me, and this gym attracts the best Zumba instructors in the area. I also use this place as a place to make friends, so I’d find a home gym isolating. I tried cheaper gyms, but they didn’t have the high-quality classes I was looking for. But, that’s just me and…

Pro-Trump post? Hopefully an American flag with Trump in front of it, grinning or scowling, your choice.

Um, no, but my host mother was dead set on fixing what she wanted and not listening to what my roommate and I preferred. I did not eat pork, but she cooked with pork fat anyway and put chorizo in everything. She also drowned everything in olive oil. Even though I walked for an hour or two every single day, I had about 15…

I studied abroad for six months in Seville: Paella, arroz con pollo, papas fritas, tortilla espanola, gazpacho, seafood. Pork, pork and more pork. Drinks: tinto de verano and agua de sevilla. My go-to restaurant back then was San Marco in barrio Santa Cruz ( Italian food). Diviertete!

Fitness Blender ( website and youtube channel) has lots and lots of free workout videos. You can search by muscle groups worked, intensity and type of exercise ( weights, HIIT, bodyweight, etc).

I was on 88 mcg of Synthroid right when I got pregnant. My endo said to take two extra pills a week right when I got the positive pregnancy test and to get labs done two weeks later. I did this, and the increase was the right thing to do. I got lab work done every month for the duration of my pregnancy, and my dose…

I would say it's a stress fracture. I got mine after running a 5k and hiking in Peru for two weeks, not really training for either. I thought mine was an issue with a tendon as well until it got worse and worse the more I let it go on. It showed up in the x-ray ( they do after they've started to heal a bit), and I wore a…

Wow, you've dealt with a lot! I think in order to lose weight, all you really need is a calorie deficit and maybe a little exercise--walking or running with your daughter in the stroller, and maybe some weights while she's playing ( I can usually squeeze in some weights while my 9-month-old crawls around on the floor). You…

@ LisaWill86: you weren't born with it. Untreated hypothyroidism in babies less than two results in a very low IQ and developmental delays. You could have developed it as a young child, though.

A 14 or 15-year-old boy ( I was 22) came up to me and asked if ever went to Smithfield's. I said, "No, what's that?" And he said, "A chicken place. And the way you're shaped, the way you're formed...you could get a free appetizer." Lol. One of the more memorable compliments I've received.

I've had Hashi's for about that long, too. I lose weight and feel good on the correct dose. I do not feel you just have to "accept things." If you don't already, see an endocrinologist instead of a GP. If you already see an endo, tell them to adjust your meds. There is a lot of wiggle room with the "normal" range. If yours…

Definitely Moving Comfort--the Juno or Fiona.

I would do something symbolic that represented a transformation as opposed to words, dates or numbers.

Well done! Love your color run pic. You look so happy!

I think mine was right around 1 when I got pregnant on the second cycle. It could have been a bit lower. In general my endo likes to keep me around 1. have always heard that a high tsh would be more of an issue, but I am not a doctor. My endo told me to take two extra pills per week as soon as I got the positive test and…

Great job!

I turn 30 in mid-June, and my goal is to be back at my pre-preg weight!

Awesome job

One of the nurses at the hospital told me not to expect to lose weight quickly, that there was a good chance I'd hold onto more body fat than I wanted while nursing. I had no idea about this beforehand. My friends who have never been pregnant are shocked that I am not back to my prepreg size at 3 months pp. And Chickybuns…

Love this! Very inspiring.

I was on 88 before I got pregnant, and then my endo moved it to 125 gradually after looking at my labs. At 11 weeks pp I am still on it, but I can tell it's too high and I will have to have it lowered soon. As far as losing weight, I can eat anything within my calorie allotment. My endo said that some people seem to do…

Just nevermind.

My favorite mfp inspirational success story so far!

Yes, because our ped recommended it. G has hypothyroidism, and needs vit D for thyroid support anyway.

Laurab1217, I would also love to know which specific sports bra you or others would recommend... I tried out running the other day. Running with 36B boobs is A LOT different than running with 38 DD ones...

You're a good writer...or whoever wrote this is a good writer. And really, it's so close to what we're used to reading that it doesn't clearly come off as something fictional. I was only 100% sure when I came to the cow's liver part at the end.