New Member Hypothyroid

[lindakeeling]

Hi, I have just been diagnosed with hypothyroid and I am going to try to lose weight with this diet.
I have a Protein power book and the 30 day solution, so I hope this will work for me as I have about 70 pound to lose, I would love to know if anyone else here has this illness and any advice would be lovely, :)

Linda x

[maxlharris]

Get your meds.
Make sure they are adjusted properly, regularly.
They make a huge difference.

[zip11777]

Yes, I have the hypothyroid condition as well. I never think of it as related to doing PP, or not. I will say that I have been taking synthroid since OCtober of 2006, and up until last week Iwas at the lowest dose .025 (I just went to .050 last week).

I noticed a big difference in energy levels, especially late in the day. Other then that, not a big deal.

In March of 2007 I started PP, and again noticed (after abour 4-6 weeks) that I had more energy. I attribute it to the weight loss (nearly 60 lbs) but also to the lack of filling up on carbs, and eating all of that red meat!

My Dr. reccomended PP due to my high triglycerides which were over 300....he never mentioned a connection to the thyroid issue though.

[crunchymonkey]

I too have recently been diagnosed with low thyroid activity (due to 50+ years of smoking).
I did not notice any difference in energy or weight loss with the meds. I have blood work done every 3 months to see if the dose is correct. So far, she has increased the dosage once.
PP is working quite nicely for me, I am finally losing some of the weight I gained when I quit smoking 2 years ago.
The other thing we found was that I was very low in Vit D so she told me to buy some over the counter pills.

[lindakeeling]

I did my first weigh in and have lost 4lbs! I am very pleased with this as I have been 'dieting' for years and gained and gained due to my thyroid not being diagnosed. I have more energy and feel far more positive now :D
Can't wait till next weigh in!:lol:

[gitfiddle]

Linda, that's such a great feeling to have!

I've been on thyroid meds since I was three and was always heavy. I still lost 90+ pounds on lc almost thirty years ago and this current session (after gaining it back) has been over sixty. It can be done.

[Karole]

Speaking of thyroid, I just had my latest blood test done and the t3 free( whatever that may be is at 2.4 --the references are 2.5 -3.9) So it isn't very low at all.

They say to wait 3 months and redo the test, but actually I had wondered about my thyroid before as I don't feel as energetic as I'd like and have to push myself to do my exercises and etc. plus my body temp is never up to 98.6 anymore. So I really wasn't surprised to find it a little low. In fact if some med would make me feel a little more like my old self , I wish it had showed a larger difference. I am tired of being tired.

[lindakeeling]

Thanks very much for your replies, I have lost 1.5 lbs this week, which I am pleased with, but overall, I don't feel very much difference with my energy levels.
I have noticed that in America, you folks seem to know all about these T3 and T4 thingys. I have not actually seen my doctor since I started the meds, I had a blood test with the nurse for my cholesterol, and had a phone call from the doctor a few days later telling me I was hypothyroid and to collect a prescription that day. I had a test last week and the nurse says the levels are now okay, so assume I just have to carry on atking the pills for life. If it was not for the internet I would know very little about this condition. :frown:

[Mitra]

Linda, I've just noticed that you're in England. I don't have any experience with thyroid, but I agree that treatment on the NHS is very different from what you read about in the US, which seems to allow for telling your doctor exactly which tests you want! From what I've read, it can take a few months to get the thyroid meds just right, so don't despair if you don't get the results you'd like straight away.

[maxlharris]

On the adjustment period that Mitra mentions, it is exactly true.
It takes a lot of fine tuning, and generally, you will up your dose over time, which requires annual tuning.

In the US, you might get both your T4 and your T3 tested, assuming your doc isn't a neanderthal or a know it all on the subject. In England, I imagine it's somewhat the same.

[Frank Hagan]

Dr. Davis at The Heart Scan Blog (http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/) often writes about thyroid issues and the lack of iodine in the diet now that people have reduced salt intake (and switched to "sea salt" instead of iodized salt). He's seeing a resurgence of goiter in the US, something we haven't seen in a long while.

Thyroid issues can be tricky ... I had hypothyroidism as a child but now test normal for it. The drugs they used then had to be adjusted several times to finally find the right level for me.

[isisrose]

I did my first weigh in and have lost 4lbs! I am very pleased with this as I have been 'dieting' for years and gained and gained due to my thyroid not being diagnosed. I have more energy and feel far more positive now :D
Can't wait till next weigh in!:lol:


You go girl!!!!! Keep it up :thumbsup:

[Mitra]

A site that I find useful is the NHS Clinical Knowledge Sheets. They're guidelines aimed at doctors & other medical professionals, and they give both information on the disease & treatment, and the framework your GP will be working to, so you know their position. The thyroid pages are here (http://www.cks.nhs.uk/hypothyroidism/making_a_diagnosis/diagnosing_hypothyroidism/investigations/which_thyroid_function_tests_to_do#-252869).

There's not a lot of mention of T3 - the guidance seems to suggest TSH and T4 are what they'll be looking at.

[maxlharris]

Yeah, looking at T3, I gather, is the more cutting edge thing, like doing a direct measurement of LDL and figuring the particle size. I am FAR FAR FAR from the expert on it, but I think, if you have a tricky thyroid, the T3 can be the key clue in getting it sorted.

[VoyageWalker]

I was diagnosed with Hpyperthyroidism over 15 years ago. Temp was down to 95.4. Then got on liquid kelp, no meds for me, and every check had showed a normal Thyroid.