If you can't lose weight (...and you think you should be because of the things you tried to do to lose weight) you may be suffering from hypothyroidism.
Hypothyroidism is a condition where you have a slow metabolism due to an under active thyroid gland. Your thyroid gland controls your metabolism and one of the symptoms of hypothyroidism is the inability to lose weight.
"Not being able to lose weight" is not the only sign you may have hypothyroidism... but other symptoms to look for before you say have hypothyroidism are...
You
can take natural supplements like
Thyromine to improve your thyroid function so you'll lose weight
again and while you're taking
Thyromine...
You can eat foods that'll help your thyroid like seaweed, kelp, dulse, garlic, radishes, seafood, watercress, egg yolks, mushrooms and Brewers Yeast and you want to avoid foods like...
Cabbage, peanuts, pine nuts, turnips, mustard, cassava root and millet. Cooked versions of these are usually alright.
Your doctor takes a blood test to see if you suffer from hypothyroidism. If you do have an under active thyroid, you'll be treated with a synthetic thyroid supplement, which you'll need to take for the rest of your life.
Michelle,
Unfortunately, I'm not able to answer your questions because I'm not a doctor and I had little-to-NO experience helping people with your condition but...
Please ask your doctor these same questions so maybe he can devise a plan for you to lose weight
Jessica,
How much do you weigh, how long have you been on this diet, what other diets have you tried (if any) and how long have you been on those and most importantly...
How many calories are you eating a day and how much exercise are you doing daily?
She is a great doc, but isn't as concerned about my weight as I am.
Thanks for the input. I really appreciate it...great site here by the way!!
Paige |
05.08.08 - 9:09 am
Paige,
I can't help you due to the fact I'm not a doctor - What has your doctor said about you losing weigh?
Lori,
Since I'm not a doctor - the amount of assitance Ican give you is limited so what "I think" may help you is this...
1. read how to increase your metabolism and...
2. You said "I have been working out since april 07 -april 08 everyday doing 4 miles a day" well... You need to change up your routine every 4 weeks to keep seeing weight loss results or your body wil just get used to the workout you're doing (see how to break out of weight loss plateaus)and...
3. you may already know this but... Hypothyroidism lowers your metabolism so it'll be counterproductive for you to go on a calorie-restriction diet that lowers your metabolsim even more so...
4. You need to eat a normal amount of calories to maintain your weight but this will still keep your metabolism from not shutting off so you can lose weight and...
Your weight loss has to be mostly depndent on exercise and eating foods that burn fat like eating more protein and fiber.
Remember - I'm not a doctor and my experience helping people with hypothryroid is very limited
pletts,
How much do you weigh? It could be that you're not eating enough and slowing down your metabolism.
Have you tried changing your workout routine?
Read how to start losing weight again for more tips
rebecca,
since I'm not a doctor the best thing I can do is recommened you have your hypothyroidism checked and as far as weight loss help goes...
Simple ways you may be able to increase your metabolism include:
1. exercising more
2. Exercising once in the morning & then again in the evening to keep your metabolism jacked up so you'll burn fat while sleeping
3. Eating more at least 5 smaller meals - 7 meals is even better and ... the reason why eating more works well is because
Your body has to burn calories each time you eat to digest food and your metabolism will really fire itself up if you eat protein and fiber at each meal because your body has to burn a lot of calories to digest-process the fiber & protein you eat
Quick tip for U ... After each meal walk around for 10 minutes - this will also help U burn more calories during digestion
3 big meals shuts down your metabolism while 5 small meals keeps it going
1. Build muscle - 1 pound of muscle burns 10-25 calories a day while fat burns 0 calories a day - If my math is right i think 5 pounds of extra muscle will burn about 5 pounds of fat over a year
iam a 46 year old women i am taking thyroid med for a form of hypothyroidism have been on for a year have changemy doses 3 times because my levele are bad when they do blood test i can not lose weight so i started to take green tea fat burner pills to see if it will help but i see no results can you help
rebecca |01.30.08 - 8:32 pm
Stick with what you're trying to do to lose weight and don't
give up.
go here:http://www.nowloss.com/ lose_weight_eat_more.htm
This article provides tips on how to increase your metabolsim
and if you need a solid weight loss plan and more tips go to:
http://www.nowloss.com/
and since I'm not a doctor - print the plans and tips I've given
you and show them to your doctor to see if they are okay and I bet
you this...
He will probably recommend you do them to help your condition
adrian bryant
I've had the problem with a low thyroid level for a year now.
The doctor put me on Synthroid and finally got the level back to
where it's supposed to be. Shouldn't I be able to lose weight with
that med? I've lost 45 lbs. 4 years ago, (before throid problems)
just by taking a walk every night for 2 hours. It took about 6-8
months to get all the weight off. I take meds for epilepsy, anxiety
attacks, depression, and now Synthroid, so I just lose weight on
my own..without pills. I don't need anymore meds to mess my body
up. (That's how I feel) I have gained back about 25 lbs. so I am
trying to lose weight again, but seems that it's just not as easy
as before. Could it be because of the low thyroid level I had??
I did get it straightened out..I hope. I didn't know if the Synthroid
messes with the weight loss now. If you have any answers or suggestions,
it will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Renee