How do you control your weight?: - Thyroid UK
How do you control your weight?
Hi Louise
At the moment, I don't seem to have control! I've put on a stone since being underactive. It won't shift no matter what I do or don't eat. I think the biggest worry for me is that more will go on. I think I am still under-medicated though (blood test earlier today) so we will see what happens.
TY foreversummer. As it happens I read your thread earlier. I thought there were some sensible suggestions in there. I've also had a read of Marksdailyapple and learned a bit about primal blueprint.
I've had a fasting blood test today to check all sorts of thing including TFT. All the reading I've done suggests that a starvation level diet doesn't help anyone and trying to keep up those levels of aerobic activity can help the metabolic rate. There also suggestions that drinking loads of water and getting enough fibre can help.
My situation is slightly complicated by the fact that I am a stroke survivor with left sided weakness. I literally can't move fast enough to get any proper exercise. My thyroid was removed about 8 years ago because I had Graves Disease. I've been taking levothyroxine since then and my dose has gradually increased over the years to 175 micrograms which I take currently.
I did lose about 2 stone with weight watchers 7 years ago. But that was before the stroke. I'm currently counting calories with myfitnesspal which is helping a bit.
Frustratingly I gained 3 kilos but have recently lost 1kg so I'm persevering. I'm hoping that someone has a magic answer (unlikely I know). But if there os someone who has reached an ideal weight and is successfully maintaining it, I'd like to know how they did it.
I don't want to give up wheat completely and I want to continue eating all the things I enjoy in moderate amounts.
Hi Make sure you have had TSH, T4 and Free T3 tested, if FT3 not high in range, then some T3 with the Levo( T4), T3 helps all the symptoms but especially weight and high tSH. If T4 near top of range and FT3 low in range, that is the answer, quite common. For weight alone the Diabetes diet, endo says is best, look on Diabetes Uk and USA equivalent.
Best wishes,
Jackie
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TY Jackie, that sounds like very good advice. I am new to the group. I will phone phone for my blood test results today.The reading I've done suggests that TSH needs to be near the low end of the range. I will ask about free T3.
Goo, all bloods where ever, hospital ,GP etc, vital to have a print out with ranges, as virtually all vary for every thing., not just thyroid. You will get there in the end, just takes a while
Jackie
Low carb diet.
All that drivel for donkey's years about fat being the enemy! 
Had lifelong weight issues, but lost 51Kg with a Low Glycaemic Load diet, if only I had discovered it years ago I might not be in the state I am now.
See my previous posts.
TY picton. Low GI foods are often the healthy choice anyway and I like all those things. I am pleased you've found something that works for you. I'm currently including as much low GI food in my diet as possible.
It's the getting rid of carbs that's the key though, and that's the only bit that is hard.
You can eat as much low GI food as you want, but once the insulin release is triggered, that is what will result in fat being stored instead of it being used!
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