Stupid effing thyroid disease

[GappyValley]

I'm just so so fed up with what my stupid thyroid and stupid hashimotos are doing to be my life, I could sob. Which ironically, is probably another side effect of the fucking thing.

My weight has been creeping up, so I treated myself to one of those meal delivery services that sends you everything daily, strictly calorie controlled.

On top of that, I've been running 12-15 miles per week, and doing strength work.

I've been eating 1400 calories a day for 2 months. It's been a struggle, I've been hungry to the point of it being painful on some days, but I convinced myself it would be worth it to shift the pounds.

Other than ONE glass of wine in 2 months, nothing has passed my lips that wasn't sent by this company.

So I've weighed myself today, and I've lost TWO POUNDS. DH can lose that with a good poo.

I could cry.

I've just had a long chat with a GP mate who has a specialism in endocrinology and she says that my metabolism has probably slowed to the extent of only burning around 1200-1400 calories a day, so if I want to lose weight, I need to be on around 1000 a day and to maintain, not more than 1200-1400. She said it will probably also get worse as I go through menopause.

I can't imagine living the rest of my life on the sort of food portions that get called 'a crash diet' by people with normal metabolisms.

I can't exercise much more than I do, I don't want to put on weight, it is an absolute battle to keep my BMI within normal range.

I am fed up of my hair being so thin. I'm fed up of being so cold that I can't play in the park with DC without taking the rest of the day to warm back up. I'm fed up of the brain fog. I'm fed up of having to spend £000s on private doctors because my GP fobs me off with a twice a year TSH test and a regular levo prescription. I'm fed up of feeling exhausted All. The. Time.

I just need to rant about this stupid condition and the stupid damage it has done to my body

I also have hashimotos and under active. Had it 18 years or so now pre kids and successfully managed through two pregnancies.

Take 200 a day and my life is entirely normal apart from an occasional blip. No supplements. Eat and exercise normally. Only feel the cold when it is cold. Hair and nails normal.

So it is possible-you just need a supportive gp and the right medication levels.

It isn't necessary to suffer like this.

How much do you weigh op? Do you really need to lose weight, are you just a bit chunky? Or are you morbidly obese? If the former I wouldn't bother dieting. If the latter I'd consider bariatric surgery.

@minipie

Sorry I always get the name wrong! They’re called Thyro Complex, link here

I have their T convert too but haven’t tried it yet.

Thanks s much for this

@MrsPworkingmummy - immediately after the op I could only whisper and even that disappeared by the end of the day however I must stress that complications are very very rare and I was unlucky. Within a year I was back to normal, apart from not being able to sing. Some would say I couldn't before the op!!

@Titsinknicks

How much do you weigh op? Do you really need to lose weight, are you just a bit chunky? Or are you morbidly obese? If the former I wouldn't bother dieting. If the latter I'd consider bariatric surgery.

I battle quite hard to keep myself around the 10-10.5 stone range I’m currently creeping up to 11 stone, which at 5’5” would put me into overweight BMI

I know I’m not obese, but I feel better at around 10 stone. Much above that and my back starts hurting, I get friction rash on my legs when I run etc

I don’t want a body like Giselle, I just want to be a healthy weight for my height and to be able to go about my life without lower back pains and to be able to wear skirts in summer!

The amount of exercise I eat and the amount I (don’t) eat should really give me a much better body than I have, by quite some margin

How strict are you on the gluten free? I was first diagnosed with hashimotos and also quite anaemic. It wasn't until I was also diagnosed as coeliac that the anaemia got sorted and the thyroid meds actually started to work

Very strict
Other than a bag for fusilli for DCs to have as a quick dinner, we don’t have anything with gluten in the house

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