hendrijm Member

Thanks for all the help! I will try 1550 for a while and see if that helps. I haven't been good at keeping a journal updated here. I know I'll feel better at the higher calorie level.

I won't do a bunch of carbs, I'll stick to whole instead of processed sources.

I cut calories down to 1200. I'm 5'0 and 203. I only lose 1, 2, or 3 pounds a week. I'm not cutting food groups, if I bring the calories up to 1600, I stop losing weight, but I feel a lot better. I'm not sedentary, I teach and I'm on my feel all day and I usually take 12,000 steps a day.

My RMR was measured with one of the breathing devices at the local hospital to be 1880 cals/day. It's higher than the calculators. The calculators guess it to be around 1600. Neither seem correct because I eat <1600 per day and somehow manage to lose only 0.4 pounds a week with 6+ hours of exercise. I do have thyroid…

I have Hashimotos too. I also limit the soy, I don't recall if I stumbled on this on my own or if an MD told me. The reason you limit it is because soy has phytoestrogens in it and estrogen binds with thryroid hormones rendering them useless. This is also an issue with birth control. If you switch to a different form that…

I am a full time grad student with two jobs and research on top of classes. I'd like to see what advice is out there for this topic. I do better as the semesters go by, but it never seems to be enough.

I'm in that boat with you. I'm transitioning off of it and on to something else have gained nine pounds!! If you have the option to not be on hormones I would try that route. I unfortuantely cannot go off hormones.

Core strength! I have had it for years, I was young when it was first diagnosed and had pain. I did belly dance, martial arts, and aerial and it doesn't bother me at all anymore. I can even do backbends again with no problem (I don't recommend this, I have been stable for over a decade and don't do that often.) Exercises I…

I have Hashimotos. I was diagnosed years ago, shortly after high school. I weight 120 from the time I was 12 until I was 19 and then my weight increased to about 140 and I could not lose it no matter what I did and exercise made me feel much worse. I had thinning hair, dry skin, depression, and brain fog like you say you…

I haven't had a hysterectomy, but I can relate to the hormone issues. I have endometriosis and thyroid disease. My doc put me on depo lupron (mimics menopause) and I gained 40 lbs in two months! I was suposed to be on it for six months, but I didn't continue due to side effects. The problem is, I can't lose that weight and…

^^ this!

I have not noticed people treating me differently becuase I have curly hair and I don't bother straightening it. I have straightened it and so have family members and we get the opposite reaction. My grandpa especially doesn't like it when we straighten our hair. I don't feel like myself with straight hair and I have…

Also have antibody levels checked. They do not test for that often as well. I had a lot of the symptoms listed, but I also had foggy brain, memory trouble, and was moody.

I am working on my Master's in Physics, but I'll go somewhere else for the PhD. I have a little ways to go. I wish I had more time to plan meals, eat the meals, and actually exercise. Anyone have any good tips on how to get at least two of those in?

I have endo and there is no way I could work out during that time. It is only 3-4 days, just getting through them is tough enough. I'm starting a new treatment, all these hormones have made me gain so much weight, I'm going to eat much less sugar and increase the omega 3 fats in my diet. I have heard that helps quite a bit…

It can vary depending on what you do. Pole is cardio, strength training and flexibility training. Some days I do deep stretching for half an hour and maybe some strength conditioning. Other days I work on flow and just dance and I'm not on the pole too much, but dancing through a song is great cardio. Sometimes I am…

I love pole dancing. I would recommend working with someone else before getting your own pole if classes are available. Pole works everything out pretty well. I was a belly dancer before finding pole and pole works my abs out way more than belly dancing ever did. I have never had stronger abs than with pole dancing. I am…

I was also not informed about compounded interest and the interest rates on my student loans are higher than the ones on my credit cards! (Note-I use my credit cards responsibly and don't carry a balance.) They also don't tell you they capitalize the interest, so my 14,000 sallie mae loan is actually going to be 22,000.

I have massive student loans that I will be paying for a long time, this is with the meager scholarships I was able to get. I do not plan on moving out of my parent's house because I cannot afford to pay rent/mortgage and student loans. I will afford gas and food and not much else. I am still in school working two jobs and…

Everyone looks so great! I can't wait to have before and after pictures!

One of the worst things I remember was working with my grandpa at his shop. I had started gaining weight due to a thyroid condition that no amount of dieting seemed to help. I was a size 4 at the time, my grandpa bought a work shirt for me a size too small and commented on how nice it looked if I would lose the weight I…

You look great! I also would like to get down to 120 and can relate to being a homebody and not wanting to go out anywhere.

I'm new on here too. I am 180 and would like to get down to 130-120. A friend at work has asked me to join. I like exercise and my diet doesn't do too bad as long as I'm keeping track and am held accountable.