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Hi, Hose1975! I looked at your diary. If you are not feeling well and the doctor's appointment is far away, try to do this at least for a week, or if you can, longer: remove all gluten, dairy (no cheese, no skim milk in your coffee), pre-packaged food, alcohol and see if you will feel better. I see that everyday you have…

Hi, I was hyper, and now it is normal (it's been normal for a year, I am off medication since last December thought). Yes, normally they medicate you until you become hypo and then put you on other medication, most of the time for the rest of your life. But there are other ways to keep your thyroids under control, eating…

I had Graves before. Was on carbimazol for a year, blood test were fully normal after six month. I am off medication since last December, blood tests still normal. This is what worked for me (not saying it will help to everyone): I stopped excessive exercises. I used to run 10km regularly once a week, and shorter runs 6km…

Totally agree! Listen to your body. I also did a quick pick at your diary. Try to remove processed food, since it doesn't give your body a lot of nutrition. I would change 0% fat yogurt to a regular yogurt. No margarine whatsoever! Check the bread that you eat. You listed it as a whole wheat, but is it a whole grain? The…

I am Christian and I do follow Orthodox lent (another is coming next Monday). I count it the same way as any other day, don't see any problem. You can log in your Iftars as dinners and Suhoor as breakfast, skipping lunch and snacks.

I back up magnesium supplements. I used to have terrible chocolate cravings a week before periods. Now I am taking calcium+magnesium pill starting week before the day and no cravings at all! For the rest of the month I am just taking regular calcium, iron, vit C supplements. If you have a feeling that you keep eating but…

Great ideas! Thanks everyone!

Would the homemade then be a better option? We (well, my made) makes homemade cottage cheese from the organic yogurt once a week, and it is my understanding that the liquid that drained out is a whey protein. Is that right? Would it be better to drink that one?

Thanks everyone for the suggestions. I've been looking to add some protein in my diet to. However, still concerned about the side effects of the protein powders. How do you offset it? Are you all heavy lifters? If I don't lift heavy (I do some strength exercises, but with light weight), should I even consider the protein…

No, I didn't. It was MY conclusion, based on MY experience and research. I never claimed it to be scientific. The same as this one was yours: "There's a lot of talk right now about everyone cutting sugar to lose weight. Do what you want, BUT YOURE NUTS! Sugary yummies are so good. And, they will not stop you from reaching…

I never claimed it to be a science. You told your story, I told you mine. If you are carefully log in all food that you eat, you will notice that everything has sugar (potatoes, milk, tomatoes, etc.). So by the end of the day, even without any sugar in my coffee and tea, without any baked goods, I am still often over my…

Hi, feel free to add me as a friend. I had being diagnosed with hyperthyroid a more than a year ago. It will be a slow progress (if any) until you see the changes. It is a little bit frustrating especially when you are exercising, eating at the deficit and the scale doesn't move at all! Cutting sugar from your diet helps a…

Nope. I always exercised moderately. The only thing that changed with my exercise, I stopped running long distances, and now doing no more that 5-6 km runs, very rear 10K.

I ate tons of sugars and sweets all my life, always was 115-120 lb (even after two kids) and very healthy (never in my life any meds except when I got sick with bad cold few times). All my blood work were perfect. Until at the age of 37 I was diagnosed with thyroid decease that was also pre-cancerous. I was in total shock!…

Beautiful family! And they have such a strong-will mom! Congratulations! Your story is very inspiring.

It is good to know. How did you find this information? I cut off regular milk from my diet more than a year ago and almond milk was a reasonable substitute (I don't drink it a lot, may be one or twice a week). But I did noticed that almonds make my throat swelling a little bit.

Good to know about annatto. The good thing that there are tons of good cheeses that are natural white/off white color.

I don't know what do you mean under winter running tights -- what is the different with regular running tights? Personally, I can't exercise in thongs and I really don't care that someone can see my panty line while I am running (I just don't thing it gross, it's just natural :). I saw exercise panties in store, but never…

You doing great and don't give up! Agree with previous suggestions. First of all, get the help from the partner, parents or friends. You need an adequate sleep. If you can't get it at night -- take a nap when your toddler napping during a day, even if it is only 30 min. Schedule an appointment with doctor. When your…

I've never seen this in any country around the world -- yellow coloring added to the cheese. It looks gross! France, Italy, Spain, Holland, Australia (you name it!) produces tons of the cheese of different variety for centuries, and none of them came with the idea to add ugly yellow chemical to the cheese. I never can…

. If you gave up milk because of GI issues, try using fermented milk products (plain yogurt, kefir, labnan, etc.) They works totally different for GI than milk and actually can be beneficial for G (unless you can't tolerate lactose). If it is not lactose intolerance, try goat cheese. Goat milk has different protein…

Stretch marks on my tummy after pregnancy get definitely less noticeable with toned abs. I am still have several pounds to go, but on the days when I eat clean and my stomach flat, it is very hard to see them. But when my tummy getting flabby from bad carbs that I ate the night before, they pop up immediately. Just keep…

I try to keep it around 400 calories and no carbs. I don't like heavy meals before bedtime and we usually having dinner around 6-7 pm. I would rather go hungry to bed then overstuffed.

Saving this for later, when I will get to the maintenance.

The gym that I like (large, clean with the good variety of equipment) is usually out of my budget. Going to something small and stinking doesn't give me the same good feeling about the workout. I don't like membership ideas either. I feel once I paid for the membership, I am obligated to go there. I have a small gym at…

I love all this ideas! Thanks guys!

Interesting topic, bump for later reading.

I just put olive oil and cook garlic in it for few secs, discard garlic, add chopped cale, cover with the lead and cook until it is softened. Add a little bit of vinegar in the end (I tried with all types of vinegar), salt, and pepper. If you would like more flavor, add cooked bacon, ham or mushrooms. I love cale a lot!

Thanks a lot, I guess I never thought that way. I'll try to stick to it for the next 6 month.

[/quote] Who is this fictional person with a TDEE of 1400? [/quote] I never said that 1400 is TDEE. My TDEE is 1652, minus 25% would put me into the 1239 calories, my BMR is 1201. I am trying to stick to it since May and not loosing much at all. I do have slow metabolism due to my thyroid, and saw the information that with…