How to lose weight?

[sequin]

I have an underactive thyroid following pregnancy in 1999. I now take T4 -175 and T2 30 mcg. I eat a healthy diet and exercise a lot (most days either swimming, walking, running or yoga). I am putting on weight... Can anyone help? Would taking NDT help? Thanks in advance.

[sequin]

Oh sorry that should have been T3 30 mcg not T2!

[Marz]

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[sequin in reply to Marz]

Thank you Marz x

[Marz in reply to sequin]

.. ...you are welcome

[Clutter]

Sequin, do you have recent thyroid results you can post. Unless you are optimally medicated weight loss can be very difficult even with a healthy calorie controlled diet and exercise.

[sequin]

Hi there, here they are

Serum B12 - 405 ng 161-531

Serum folate 12.0 ug/l 2.9-16.9

Bone profile

alkaline Phosphatase 76 U/L 30-130

calcium 2.43 mno/l 2.15-2.6

corrected calcium 1.15 2.15-2.6

Phosphate 1.15 mmlo/L 35-50

Albumin 43 g/L 35-50

Ferritin 76 ug/L 22-332

Liver functions

Billrubin 20 umol/L 0-21

ALT 27U/L 0-60

Magnesium 0.71 mmol/L 0.7-1

Free FT4 and TSH

Free T3 7.5 pmnol/L 3.5-6.5

Free T4 27 pmol/L 11-23

TSH <0.03 mu/L 0.35-4.5

I do not feel overmedicated at all! Putting on weight, exhausted, brain fog, low mood etc.

[Hidden in reply to sequin]

Sequin, as you're no doubt aware the symptoms of hyper can be very similar to the symptoms of hypo. Hyper can also make you gain weight, oddly.

Your bloods look a little over to me and as you are not feeling well you might ask your doctor for a dose reduction?

I'm hoping someone else might chip in here. Your FT4 is over range. You might feel better if you reduce it slightly?

[sequin in reply to Hidden]

Thank you. I don't feel over medicated as I am cold all the time and have many other hypo sympthoms? It doesn't make sense!

[topaz1]

Try the Paleo way of eating. Worked for me

[sequin]

Thank you. I am veggie but have tried to increase my protein. Glad it worked well for you.

[Elven in reply to sequin]

I'm veggie too so Paleo is no good. Like you I work steadily to increase my protein intake. Lately I've started to add a scoop of unflavoured protein powder to scrambled eggs, vegetable chilli, porridge, soup etc. This strategy effortlessly doubles or even trebles my protein intake xx