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I've had a total thyroidectomy for a thyroid tumour. I'm currently on 125mcg levothyroxine (T4) but I've been quite ill recently and my TSH has climbed a lot. With a TSH of 8 I'm clinically hypothyroid so I'm in the process of having my dose adjusted upwards. While I would love to lay the blame for my weight on my (lack…

Hi everyone, hoping its ok just to jump in here :). I live in the UK, I'm 55 and I have around 50 to lose. I initially joined MFP in September last year and did great till Xmas, losing 19 lbs. Then both my 16 year old DD and I both needed major surgery within about 3 weeks of each other. Her's was planned, mine was a…

I'm 55, and have just posted elsewhere about restarting. I lost 19lbs between September and Xmas, then needed a big operation, and have felt so unwell and sorry for myself tat Ive put 8 back on. So just restarting today. I also have no thyroid, and my thyroxine levels have been all over the place recently. I've about 42…

I love my salmon with broccoli with chilli flakes, and soy sauce.

I've never really been called names as such, but I was devastated about a year ago. I was trying a jacket on in a store, and it was the biggest size they had (a UK 20). I had already decided it didn't suit me, when this other customer came over, and said to me 'I hope you don't mind me saying, dear, but you really need to…

My previously very troublesome heartburn has certainly almost gone, and I've only lost 12 lbs out of 60 so far. I was putting it down to less upwards pressure rather than a specific food stuff, but will pay more attention. But yes, very pleasant side effect :-)

That's fantastic, well done. My long term aim is to be able to pinch some of my 16 year old's clothes ;). (she would be horrified and immediately stop wearing them,)

Well done Kelly! Will be so chuffed to say hello to 13 stone again!

Me :( I started at 220, 10lbs down, and the only thing I've noticed so far is that my shoes are now all too big!!

That's what was worrying me really, as I know it will slow right down, but my friend was implying that it would stop completely if I ate more than 1000 calories. Need to get my head round this net calorie biz :). Thanks.

That's a relief then that I can/should be eating more than 1200. I had visions of a very miserable 6 months ahead trying to get by on eating 1000 cals a day.

I set it to lose 1.5 a week. I'm used to a fairly high level of exercise - it's just that I (used to have!) an even higher level of intake! I know that the loss will slow down after the first couple of weeks are past, I don't plan on losing at that level forever.

I looked at diet chef last week, decided I wasn't going to pay someone vast amounts of money to send me sachets of food, and found MFP the same day :-) I did decide to do M&S Count on Us for the first two weeks, mainly to give me a real sense of what a portion looks like. My diet was already pretty healthy, just WAY too…