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Strongly advise the use of the "Stop the thyroid madness" Book and the "Root causes" book by Izabeela Wentz. Also, it could be that your in the middle of the "normal" range, but its not the "Optimal range" for you. I feel best when I am on compounded T3 & T4 as I am allergic to the fillers in the synthroid and levo, and…

Educate yourself. Read group, ask questions. Ask for help to explain things, read the thyroid patient advocate websites, listen to pod casts and books. Also, Facebook Thyroid awareness groups are a great place to learn. I highly recommend the book "Stop the thyroid madness" revised by Janie A. Bowthorpe. It takes you step…

Just go and read labels. There is some things there that can work for you and your set of allergies. Always check your labels, every time as the food manufacturers can change things on you with no warning. But I have found a little bit of everything in Trader joe's that work for my intolerance/allergy. As each person is…

I am another with a recently discovered Corn allergy. Corn sucks as its in everything and can be labled as over 40 different names and what it isn't in, can be in it but not labeled as its part of "processing". Its just plain scary. My Story: For some reason, after I lost 50lbs, my body went all wonky and went into…

You will need to educate yourself so that you know more about Hashimoto's than your doctors so you can get fully treated. Find another doctor that listens to you and will work with you to make your life better. In my experience, the different Endo's that I have seen have had zero knowledge on what is going on currently…

I have been using the nike compression bras mostly now But in the past I have used a combination of a reg bra under a sports bra when I was a little bit bigger and coudn't find the plus sized ones easily. But I am saving up money to get a Enell Bra as I got the oppertunity to try one and sure, it locks you in tight, but…

Only thing that has worked for me so far is to go three weeks without ANY sweets. And don't cheat with having diet foods,sweetners or diet soda which are like so many times sweeter than regular foods. This resets your taste buds and makes it so you can enjoy the sweetness in fruits and veggies again. ( and the sugar…

I went thru a few myself locally but after one that went "error" when my dog was standing on it on a 20 lb box, I gave up and spent a few extra dollars. Went to amazon and found one that went higher than I needed. I feel your pain as when I started my drs office scale didn't go the last 10 pounds. It did kick start my rear…

first thing - Open your diary so people can see what your eating and give you options, swaps and other alternatives. Next, make sure your drinking lots and lots of water, and try to get as most non-processed food as possible into your diet. Plan ahead your meals, it works. As someone that at 200lbs to lose, about the same…

I'm going to do what I did a month after starting on my new lifestyle. Fill up on the veggie plate, eat a large portion of the turkey breast and plain veggies, a small spoonful of every other dish so I have a "taste" and drink a ton of water. This way there is a smear of color on the place. from pushing the little bits…

Your moving more, that's the important thing right there. If you have to, make up your own moves that don't stress your back/belly. (fyi, try wearing tight clothing and see if that helps with the moving back and belly as it will keep it kinda tucked in a little bit. My Personal trainer had to break me of the habit of…

Congrats! This means that next year will be even better. It sounds like you had a good time and learned a lot. (I volunteered myself at my local 5k Fun Run and Family & kids run today. I was one of those people that stood on the halfway mark and cheered everyone as they went running past. Next year I will be doing it…

Same here. Loving with a vegaphobe who's addicted to processed food. Just gotta pull up your pants and do it for yourself and try very hard to ignore the crap food in the house and do it for yourself and prove them wrong. You can do it.

Welcome! This place is the greatest!. It will give you help on this long journey we all are on. It will have its up and downs, but thats life. Remember whats important, and with friends and support, we will all succeed. Learn as much as you can, eat small meals and plan out snacks, and make small changes until your…

Maybe you should ask if they can help you learn how to cook for yourself. Your old enough that you will need these cooking skills for later so ask for them an experiment. Gotta be polite but tell them that your trying to make new habits that you want to have last the rest of your life. Maybe make some points by showing…

Its a great workout. There several ways to make it more intense if your getting used to it. Move to deeper or shallower water. Raise your hands above the waterline, do the moves without touching the bottom. (Makes you focus on your CORE a whole lot more as you struggle to stay in place) Always talk to the person leading…

Another formerly 400 here as well. I've only started my journey myself, but have found that everyone here is great. For me, having the open journal to friends makes me feel more accountable even if no one looks at it. Just find what is working for you and don't beat yourself up if your not perfect on each thing every day.…

Oh I love it myself. Once you lose the taste for overboard sweetness it helps a lot. Add frozen blueberries and a small drizzle - about a half tbsp of agave nectar and smoosh it all together. Pure Yummyness. Or once in a great while, its good to add it to brownie mix with equil amounts of applesauce to make easy lowfat…

Another Hypo here. Started at 25 dose with the endo who just couldn't even remember my name or that I didn't want kids. She didn't want to see me more than once every 6 months, and I was wondering why I was just barely get out of bed most days. She told me that by the numbers I didn't qualify because my numbers were just…

My husband is being 100% unhelpful towards me losing weight. He's anti veggie, anti-fruit and eats only processed food and will throw out whole passionate dramatic monologues about how processing of food is a good thing even tho he has not a clue about what he's talking about or nutrition at all. Needless to say, his…

*raises hand* there should be a few threads about hypo and thyroid issues on the message boards. I found that taking it helped me not space, concentrate and get moving again. I started going to the gym the last time my dose was increased as I just wanted to get serious so finally I am losing after kicking that silly…

Looking for my twin as well. Age: 37 SW: 410 CW: 398 GW: 199? Height: 6'

And here I thought it was pulling your fingers out of your ears from going around singing "Nanananana" when trying to ignore that there is a problem. I guess I am the weird one out here ;)

As someone that just has reached the end of the rope with diet months ago, I will tell you that the best thing that I did after getting a diagnoses of being hypothryoid and "weight loss resistant" by the dr was to get myself to a nutritionist. Yes, one of those. I didn't even care if the insurance covered it or not, I…