Weight loss tips that have worked with a thyroid issue

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I am about two stone overweight. I have two young children. I carry all weight around my middle. I have a thyroid issue. I don't do loads of exercise as always with kids but try to get 10k steps in a day. I have done dumbbells at home but don't really know what to do with them.
im finding it impossible to lose weight.

can anyone recommend anything that's worked for them? I've heard keto isn't good for thyroid. Calorie counting I can never really keep up with.

I guess would appreciate any tips or diets or meal rotations or approaches that have worked for others xx

If the thyroid issue is sorted and you are where you should be in terms of the tsh and ft4, then find a simple weights routine from YouTube or a personal trainer. Do the weights consistently and increase weight heaviness. Weights are more important than endless cardio.

Increase protein and fibre to keep you full, decrease carbs, watch portion sizes. Don't drink calories in terms of fruit juice drinks or lattes etc.

Take it slow - don't go very low calorie. Try a small calorie deficit and keep moving. I'm aiming for 2kg per month. I had graves disease years ago and my thyroid is more like to go under active now. I put on weight due to greediness 😁 and slacking off on exercise but I'm back watching now.

I find 0% Greek or Icelandic yoghurt useful to increase protein intake. I've also just bought a book on filling meals - it's on Amazon (by Lindsay something or other). He lost a lot of weight by increasing fibre and protein which kept him fuller.

The ONLY thing that worked for me with Hashimotos Thyroid Disease and perimenopause to boot was Mounjaro. I lost 3 stone in a year and now easily maintaining.

Ignore advice from people who don’t have Thyroid disease as it just will not work for those of us who have it.

Im having good results with the Human Being Diet.... basically 3 meals a day of protein and vegetables, with a 5hour fast between meals. First 2 weeks were tought but I have lost almost half a stone after years of not being able to lose anything

I've had thyroid disease for 36 years. Initially graves and then due to treatment, hypo. I took 100mcg of levothyroxine for the first 26 years and this was increased to 112.5 ten years ago.

I maintained 9st 7lb until my secind child when it crept up to 10st 7lb, in my 40s 11st 7lb, 50s 12st 7lb. Partly due to middle age, but mostly due to overindulgence arising from a love of good food and wine.

It comes off with persistence and fewer calories in. The wine really makes a difference. In my 20s/30s Incoukd get 10lb off in 2 to 3 weeks. Now it's 4lb and I have to be strict to maintain 11stone.

A typical day is: yoghurt, bran, a few nits and berries; salad with protein and an apple and satauma; grilled fish/chicken/bean stew/turkey bol with minimal potato, rice, pasta, fruit for pudding. No alcohol.

I believe weight management is 70% of what goes in and 30% of energy out. When I had small children I found I didn't need to formally exercise because Insoent my time picking them uo, picking their stuff up and walking to the park/running around after them.

Carbs, fat, sugar, etc., loads it on.

I have Hashimotos and hypothyroidism for over 20 years. I lost 7 stone in a year eating 1k calories a day. Maintained that for years eating between 1500-1800. Lost another 5 stone in 6 months on 1800 calories with keto 5 years ago. Lost another 4 stone last year doing vlcd total meal replacement.

Excercise doesn't do a lot for weight loss. I was active and inactive during each stage of weight loss and, whilst activity is great for self esteem and muscle building, mood stability etc, weight loss comes from calorie restriction.

The closer you get to goal weight, the more aggressive you have to be. I lost last year on 800 calories than on 550 via total meal replacement recommended via NHS.

I had a lot of people, just in general, tell me weight loss was harder with thyroid disease. It's not harder. Weight loss is just hard for everyone. It can affect hormones, for men and women, thyroid disordered or not.

Wish this wasn't the case. I've put 2 stone on since last Autumn and back to the grind ie deficit tomorrow for 15 weeks.

@Hungry4What crikey 16 stone. That's awesome.

Another one with hypothyroidism here. The only thing that has worked for me is mounjaro. I’m now a healthy bmi and pleased I started it.

Thanks so much! It has taken me literally my whole life to get to normal BMI but I got there!

Same for me 100%. I tried every diet under the sun and mounjaro is the only thing that worked for me - I never went above a 3.75mg dose and at 47 am in the best shape I have been since my early 20s!

Every piece of research shows that weight loss is harder for people with Hypothyroidism and/or Hashimotos.

Ok, that's not the view of my doctors and not my personal experience.

I can't speak to the research and can only share my personal experience.

I can't alter it to align with research I didn't conduct. That would be disingenuous and false.

My experience doesn't dictate or alter the experience of others.

Do you mean untreated hypothyroud or hashimotos? I've been hypothyroud for 36 years. When I put on weight theur isva direct correlation with good food and wine. When I lose weight the correlation works in reverse.

Can you please link to the published ckinical/academic research?

I’ve stopped drinking alcohol, and stopped eating gluten.

Both were to make me feel better, but have also made me look better.

I definitely eat more protein because I don’t tend to have the gluten-y carbs to fill me up.

I don’t agree that exercise makes no difference either.

I walk, swim and cycle. I’m still two stone overweight, but I’m a lot more toned than when I couldn’t exercise, so it makes a difference to how I look and feel.