Diet advice to shift fat around middle

[muirfoot107]

Can anyone advise best way to lose weight when Hashimotos?

I’m otherwise optimised on NDT and have my life back.

Am healthy and happy but have gone up 2+ sizes and still putting on weight, so last piece of the puzzle is to slowly lose the fat around my middle to be healthier

When I follow’normal’ dietary advice eg reduce fat and carbs and exercise more, I go in a real slump which lasts for days.

Any advice?

[Fruitandnutcase]

I eat low carb, high fat and although I eat carbs I get them from sources other than grains so that means no cakes,biscuits, bread, no carb root veg, only a couple of boiled baby new potatoes, basically veg that grows underground have more carbs than veg that grows above the ground.

Dietdoctor.com have loads of good information about the sort of veg and foods that don’t spike your blood sugar.

I also eat fat in that I would never eat low fat / no fat foods. I love real butter but because as I don’t often eat bread there isn’t much I can put it on.

That way if eating plus half an hour break walking every day totally shifts fat from round my middle.

I think you might just have to work at it until you get past the slump.

[SydneySider123]

Hi

I would say that reducing sugar and high GI foods is a big one. I think it's about reducing the fat deposited through insulin rushes/spikes.

Mind you - I've noticed that any healthy dietary changes I make are accompanied by days of detox type symptoms (headache, digestion changes, energy slump, generally feeling miserable :)....but then after about 3-4 days there's an upswing and I feel better than before.

[serenfach]

It is sugar that is the culprit. Our bodies were designed to eat fat, but not sugar, especially refined sugar. Try and cut down on anything that has a lot of sugar. (typing this while waiting for my apple and blackberry crumble to cook - lol!)

[Miffie]

LCHF is the way to go. This gets rid of carbs from grains and refined sugars. These along with processed foods are what do the most damage to our bodies. Avoid all ‘low fat’ and ‘low cal’ pre made meals in supermarkets, they contain more additives and low fat usually means high sugar. Good luck getting a healthy lifestyle. x

[muirfoot107]

Thanks everyone x