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One of the things about hypothyroidism is that being under can make you stupid. It slows down everything, including your thought processes. I am a professor, so nothing wrong with my brain, but when I first got these problems, before I was medicated, I was suddenly unable to do simple maths in my head. It is terrifying!…
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Easy. Doesn't take much avocado and nuts to get way out of my range for what I can eat. No need to add a single drop of olive oil, even if I may want to add some bananas for dessert.
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No, sadly, no. Building muscle mass is helpful, but only if your supplements are already well balanced. Also, since the underactive or non-functional thyroid isn't adjusting to natural changes in the body, working out more will not provoke increased metabolism, the way it does with healthy people. People with underactive…
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Ummm - it really depends on the biscuits. I have a stash of bisquits at 60 calories each, and four of those are easy to fit into my daily goals. But I guess, if I stand up between each bisquit, that makes four sittings! Then I don't overeat, do I? :tongue: - OK, I fell in the cultural difference gap. I guess my stash is…
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On the one hand a calorie is a calorie, no matter what you eat. So if you want to eat your calories by having bread or meat or toffees, it doesn't really matter. On the other hand, we are not all made equal. Some of us are more sensitive to blood-sugar spikes - highs and lows. When we eat white bread, white rice, pasta,…
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You are approximately where I was half a year ago ;-) Don't panic, getting this right can take quite some time! Look at the quality of what you are eating, and schedule days to rest. Try out some of the "eat to lose" advice (I can't do that, we are not all made equal), and keep exercizing, too. Also, make sure to use a…
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We lack a lot of information, such as how much do you weigh already, how tall are you, and what are you eating (quality, not quantity.) However, here's something I have noticed. I don't lose much when I have been physically a lot more active than normal. Several days in a row of working out, very long work-outs, or…
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As I was considering this important question, I realised how much I have changed over the last few years. I would, surprisingly, give up chocolate! That would not have happened only two years ago. However, I'd start eating it again the moment somebody picked up a gun and aimed it at somebody else! So, humans being what…
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Sometimes women have additional problems with weight loss - we don't all convert calories to energy by the same formula, and particularly not when compared to men. If you keep eating healthy, low and working out, and nothing happens, you should go see a doctor. Your lack of sucess may be due to intolerance or illness, or…
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Have you seen a doctor, and discussed your diet, activity and weight-loss with them? It may be that you have an extremely low metabolism. If so, you will not burn the same amount of calories as other people, no matter how physically active you are. There are several reasons for this, PCOS and hypothyroidism are among the…
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Some tricks to feel full: Eat whole grain. Avoid all white bread and all baked goods made without whole grain. The fibers makes you feel more satisfied, and it slows down the release of carbohydrates. This helps you avoid high blood sugar with the following blood sugar drop - which will make you hungry very quickly. Eat…
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This is the way it should be, so don't worry. Just make sure to fill up on healthy and satisfying foods: Slow carbs, protein and healthy fat. You need all of it to gain back the vital resources you have spent, and to help your muscles heal after the strain. If you tend to overdo it with unhealthy versions, try to put that…
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Hello and welcome! You have done an awesome job so far, really impressive! You also know your problem, and you are actively trying to adjust your lifestyle to fix it. That is good! This is a very good site for discussion, support and help, but like everywhere, you may meet people who hold strongly on to their own beliefs.…
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It depends on the butt! If you are skinny with no muscles, working out will add bulk. If you are fat, you may still detect the growth of your muscle, but that muscle will make it easier for you to lose weight in general, so any added butt size from muscle will disappear once you have lost enough. Also, muscle takes less…
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I was overweight, but never obese, so it's not really a dramatic story, just long and - it felt - pretty hopeless. I became hypothyroid as a reaction to my first pregnancy. This made it extremely hard to lose the pregnancy weight. After the second pregnancy I had gained more. Then I just kept gaining slowly, a little each…
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Let's assume I could suddenly have all the sugar and gluten I like, and not worry. It would come in the shape of a lemon meringue pie. I seriously miss those.
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Inuits today rarely eat only high fat/blubber diets. They tend to consume a lot of alcohol, and also are on the low end of the socioeconomic scale, with little education and very limited access both to a gerally varied diet and to the traditional hunting grounds and hence traditional diets. This also makes them less…
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In Pilates breathing is very important, and I can feel the difference between getting it right and doing it wrong very clearly. You won't notice the difference until you start getting your technique right, though, because while you're struggling with all the other stuff, you won't know where things are going wrong.…
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"Eating clean" is about staying healthy while you lose weight. Modern food is so empty of nutrition, we can be obese and malnourished at the same time. If we then eat even less of a diet which already has us lacking minerals and vitamins, we may lose weight, but get less healthy. Processed, half-done and ready made meals…
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I have been fighting my weight for years, but the real start of this battle was more than ten years ago. I sat down and did the maths. I wasn't obese, and wasn't gaining fast, but I gained perhaps a kilo each year. I have a bad knee and bad pelvis/hips, so carrying all that weight around was not good for me. I sat down and…
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First: I agree that this is very offensive. One of my kids is queer, and this kind of prejudice wakes the mother lion in me. I don't let people get away with that. However: tonight a very dear young friend was in tears on my couch, because of the extremely nasty prejudice in the gay community, which makes men write in…
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Dry wines, check the sugar content. If you want them even slimmer and with less alcohol, add soda, if you want to spiff them up a little; do like the Italians and have sparkling white wine with a shot of aperol, an orange wedge and a splash of soda. Mixed drinks are often very sweet - when I travel in the US and don't see…
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I don't have a personal trainer, but I go to Pilates studio with brilliant trainers. I used to do Pilates on my own, from books and videos, but when I started there they picked my bad habits off, one by one. After more than two years they still keep correcting postures and stances, while monitoring my progress, finding…
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When I am really desperate and don't have a lot of calories to spend, I make cocoa from powder, with skim milk and splenda or stevia. Warm, comforting and delicious, if you start out with good cocoa powder.
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People walking in the bicycle lanes, or parking their car there. Would you walk in the car lane, or park on the sidewalk? No? Then what are you doing in the bike lane?! Get out, or don't whine about scrapes in the finish or rude bikers yelling at you. One of whom will be me, if you're not hopping up on that sidewalk right…
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I am having chocolate and red wine right now! I may not be the best model though, as I have to make an extraordinary effort to get above 1400 a day.
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In order to get pretty much the same vitamins and minerals as from fruit, I use berries. While 100 grams of apple has 10 grams of sugar, 100 grams of rasberries has 3,2 grams. I use the frozen ones, and mix them in smoothies and desserts. It's great! However: unless you have an insulin resistance or some other reason to…
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Vacuming. I'd rather wash all the floors than vacum. I hate the sound, the smell, the air in my face if I get too close to the vacum, and dragging that stupid machine around.
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Arms and shoulders. I just don't get muscles there. Yes, I know I am female, but I am just asking for a little more than the strings tensing under my now, since the loss, flapping skin.
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You can eat very unhealthy either way, if you for instance eat a very few things from the many choices you have. You can also eat very healthy either way. A lot of people scoff at fad diets, but one of the interesting things about fads is that it makes people think about what they eat, learn new recipes, and figure out…
