I never, ever feel well, or not exhausted. What 1 thing would you suggest that has improved your wellbeing?

[Bemyclementine]

I'm in a vicious circle of feeling ill, run down and tired and as a result not looking after myself properly, exercising or eating well. Which can only make me feel worse.

I'm so fed up with constant tiredness and illness.

I do suffer with anaemia and hypothyroidism which doesn't help, along with high BP. I am overweight. Im 45. I have 2 small children who bring ALL the germs home.

I am determined to turn things around. I am upping my water intake, adding in a small fruit and veg smoothie, a multivitamin of some sort.

What else? I need an easy meal plan (happy to eat the same thing a lot!) Especially for breakfast and lunch.

If you've started doing, taking, eating, drinking something that you feel has been beneficial, please share!

Early nights!
How can you do anything if you are tired? A good night sleep also helps with weight loss I find.
Do you sleep well once asleep?
Meditation before bed to help with a deeper relaxing sleep.

Also There are loads of exercise videos/yoga you can do on YouTube.

Try going gluten free. Have a look at the Ceoliac website - apparently many people are sensitive to gluten and never know. So many symptoms explained

Unless you have enough vitD your thyroid cannot work properly even with thyroxine.

Just adding to my I'm
on threads so I can catch up
later!

@Bathroomlove

but not toooooo late!!

Small things that have made me feel better:

Taking vitamins. I take a multivitamin, an extra vitamin D as I was deficient in this in my last blood test, cod liver oil and a collagen supplement.

Walking outside when I can, even if just 20 mins on my lunch break.

Lifting weights, I agree with a PP that just getting a set of hand weights and doing a 15min YouTube video at home would make a difference.

I'm trying to lose weight too so am very boring and have the same breakfast and lunch most days (greek yoghurt with berries for breakfast, soup for lunch.) It takes the thought out of it, gets something of nutritional value into me and then I can just make a normal dinner and if I don't snack in the evening I'm usually well within my calorie limit. Weirdly, I feel so much better when I stick to this and when I snack/eat rubbish I really notice that I feel much worse.

Very strict sleep routine. Cup of herbal tea at 9pm, up to bed at 9.30pm, read every night before bed and lights out by 10.30pm at the latest. I wear an eye mask to sleep and that seems to help me get to sleep quicker, especially if I happen to wake in the night.

As an overweight person (so no judgement) I'd say losing weight is a good place to start. As I've been feeling how you've described only since being overweight. And the more overweight I get the less energy I have.
Easier said than done I know.

How about starting every morning with a soluable multi vitamin with B vits (Lidl berocca copies are good) in a pint of water ? Then even if the vitamins are a con, you're starting the day hydrated x

Hi, I just take ferrous sulphate like these:
https://www.medino.com/product/ferrous-sulfate-200mg-60-tablets?utmsource=google&utmmmedium=cpc&utmcampaign=p-shopping-uk-smart&gclid=Cj0KCQjwsIejBhDOARIsANYqkD08OFEhv1F8hvYf0ByqCkViWAkugtqbeCimTzNeEzm9tT3uD4CNgsgaApowEALwwwcB

They did make me feel queasy for the first few days but my system got used to it after a short while. I took two, three times a day for three months, then dropped to one x three times. I'm now at two tablets every other day.

Don’t have tea or coffee a few hours before and after taking your iron, and preferably take with high dose vit c. Taking every other day for optimal absorption. Also vitamin d to help keep virus away

10,000 steps a day - get a Fitbit or some kind of tracker and make sure you’re getting your steos (walking to the shop etc all counts!). It helps weight and your sleep.

Agree with those who said walking

Swimming. If you can, go to a pool with a sauna, helps mood and pain enormously.

Vit d, quit booze, magnesium which helps me sleep.Not a cold or bug all winter I don't have kids though.

Sleep, exercise and diet are the main things that can reduce or extend your life.

Start by getting enough sleep and everything else gets easier.

Mon-fri I have a nice routine of making a cup of camomile tea and going up to bed early to read a book, then going to sleep early.

It costs nothing but does make you feel so good and once you sleep well it’s way easier to eat healthy and have the energy to exercise.

Other good things are going outside as soon as you wake up (I literally just stand on the doorstep and drink my coffee).

Not eating too many carb heavy foods that make you feel sluggish.

Sunlight.

Going for a walk.

I do not sit down on the sofa until I am ready to do nothing else that day, as once I’m sat down I struggle to find the motivation to get anything else done.

Lifting HEAVY weights at the gym three times a week. Google Harriet harper fitness. Ignore her foul mouth and attire if that offends you, her programmes are great

Blood test to check you’re not deficient in anything. Most people in the U.K. are
deficient in Vit D. Also do you have fun things to look forward to? That’s really important!

Hypothyroidism is a bitch isn't it. I have it and always feel tired and struggle to lose weight. I am very overweight and get breathless. I take Vitamin D, Vitamin B12 and iron supplements. I think they help a bit.

OP, I have started taking Ozempic and lost 10kg in 7 weeks. That's 1 1/2 stone. I'm still losing weight.

Can you post your latest set of blood test results (you should be able to see them on the NHS app)

Many PP have found out that the GPs (or receptionists) pass on messages that your blood work is ‘fine’ when it isnt. You might be borderline, or at the far end of the spectrum which together with symptoms means you should be treated, or actually not fine and they missed one or misread.

Always best to deal in facts when you can

I cut out caffeine! Feels counter productive but the best thing i did for my mental and physical health. Don't miss it at all.

Lots of great advice already - but have you looked at perhaps taking a copper supplement to help your body use the iron? I believe it is essential to making red blood cells. I read somewhere - think it was in a Dave Asprey book - that lots of women are told to keep supplementing with iron, when it is in fact copper that they need.

@SeaToSki I can't see any test results at all, I think ineed to request access to them..

"I do suffer with anaemia and hypothyroidism"

Well that's probably why you are feeling unwell, tired and run down!

Get a copy of your latest thyroid results and post on the Thyroid U.K. forum on Health Unlocked and you'll get some good advice about ways of addressing the anaemia and also how to optimise your thyroid hormones.

I'm full of energy, not sure which of these things it could be but they all contribute I'm sure:

walk everywhere as much as I can, average about 16k steps a day.

Drink min 2l water a day on top of other drinks (teas and coffees)

Eat a high protein and low-ish carb diet. My carb intake comes mainly from fruit and dairy products and oats for breakfast.

Try to sleep min 8h a night. No screen time a few h before and a bath and/or some reading to calm myself ready to sleep.

Take iron, vitamin d. Eat chia seeds daily and other seeds a few times a week.