lindsey1979 Member

FWIW, many of us that have Hashi's have other things going on as well that needed to be corrected. It's not uncommon for someone with a long untreated thyroid problem to have other systems negatively impacted. When I finally got diagnosed properly, my doc checked for a whole bunch of other things -- most of which I didn't…

Strict when I'm trying to cut, casual when I'm maintaining. I couldn't be strict for the rest of my life -- it's just not a sustainable thing for me.

I personally think of a lot of comes from a combination of confusion about what works for any one person and what is so readily available/pushed in our society relative to food (at least the US). People can get very frustrated when they're trying to do something "right" and get little/no results. Or the results are…

This is really hard. I'm so sorry to hear it. I too have an autoimmune based thyroid disorder, so it's rough. Before I was diagnosed (though I'd suspected it for years before) the only thing that I found to help was eating a Paleo diet. I started very strict Paleo and then slowly started to add things back in once I could…

A couple of things that have helped me as sweets are definitely my weak spot too. (1) Make sure I only ate sweets after I'd really filled up on the good stuff, which for me is usually a good dose of protein and high fiber veggies. When I'm not actually hungry, the sweet craving is much more easily satisfied. If I look to…

More like the other way around -- he's been the one more or less training me. I'm just passing along the info we've both learned along the way. I think reading Starting Strength was probably the best value of any of our investments (that and building our own home gym -- upfront cost, but the time savings and longterm costs…

I'd generally agree with her on that. An omega-3 supplement may also help. Do you know what your triglycerides were? When I was going through this, my HDL was 90, my LDL was 110, triglycerides 39, total 208, ratio 2.3. And I was 20 - 25 lbs heavier than my ideal weight. When I got down to my ideal weight and started eating…

For major lifts, probably deadlifts as they're major stabilizers for that lift. You're pulling 300+lbs, you'll have some decent traps. My husband's increased a lot just from the full body lifting programs --- he started on Starting Strength (and Stronglifts is pretty much a rip off of SS) and then switched later to 5-3-1.…

I think it depends on your starting point. I was talking about someone that was already a healthy weight but a thin face (like the OP), not someone that was really overweight as a starting point. Yes, if you're significantly overweight, I'm sure you carry some of that extra fat in your neck, so your neck will overall get…

I'd heard that the greatest impact on HDL was the type of fats. Exercise definitely helps, but you can't out train a bad diet. But I'm sure genetic predisposition plays a huge role, especially in regard to how your body processes/tolerates carbs. OP -- I think what you're experiencing is really common for people that take…

The lifting heavy will also help you get a bigger neck. Now, of course, a neck can be too big. But, my husband had this same issue. Before he started lifting heavy, he just lost weight primarily through running -- he was down to 200 lbs or so on a 6'5" frame (from 225 or so) and was quite unhappy with how gaunt his cheeks…

Glad it helped. I struggled with that too, and after looking into it more, it seemed to be in the only solution I could find. It seemed like most squat advice was not from long legged people with short torsos (like me). But when I finally found some, that was the solution they used. Given the body mechanics, I'm not sure…

Fair enough. I thought that is essentially what I was saying in more straightforward, laymen terms. I guess I just disagree with your differentiation between "regulating the storage, release and creation of carbohydrates in order to keep your blood sugars in a healthy amount" but then saying it has nothing to do with the…

Okay, let's just cut to the chase then because this seems largely an argument about semantics. I believe I've given the shorthand answer and you've launched into a partial discussion of the longhand answer. If insulin is not necessary to shuttle glucose into cells, then why do we need? Why will people die without it?