Being synful and pushing 40.

[spindrift]

So this year I turn forty, which meant that at new year I made a cliched resolution to try to get fit and lose weight. Well I told myself I wanted to get my health sorted this year which includes weight and thyroidy issues. I want to be fit and forty not fat and forty. Of course I made the same promise before I turned thirty and did sort myself out a bit, but in the ten years since of getting a husband and having two kids things went a bit haywire again thyroid included.

So far I have managed to find a GP at my practice that will at least listen to my thyroid ramblings and try to do something with my concerns instead of patronisingly brushing them off whilst proclaiming my tsh is fine. I also joined Slimming World Online and have so far lost 12 lbs in six weeks. I am rather proud of that and you know what? The weight loss has actually been pretty easy, which is a shock because normally it is an utter nightmare for us thyroidy folk. I have counted my syns and eaten what I liked, even went on a works night out where I did indulge a bit but so far so good. I can't wait to meet the fit forty year old I hope to become by November. Still early days though so will keep you all updated with how my quest is going. Thanks for reading.

[shaws Administrator]

That's great news and it does give you confidence. Well done and we look forward to your progress.

By the way do you still have clinical symptoms of hypo or have they eased?

[spindrift]

Thanks for asking, overall my symptoms have eased and losing the weight I have so far has certainly helped especially as this eating plan naturally lowers my gluten/wheat intake which is where I have noticed the biggest change in my hashi's symptoms.

My GP is happy for me to self regulate my thyroxine to how I feel as long as I get bloods done after any dose change. I suffered badly just over a year ago with teva thyroxine before the recall and it has taken me a long time to recover from that, but that has just empowered me to take charge of my health. For the most part I am symptom free now but I still get tired quicker than non hypothyroid folk and I am still being investigated for my aches and pains (which actually reduced significantly since reduction in my wheat/gluten intake) and I am markedly less bloated too.

Overall I feel much better from a thyroid and point of view since I started the plan just six weeks ago.