I forgot to mention, I bought a road bike and have been riding for a couple of weeks now and it is soo great to be out in the open riding. By the way, my diet still sucks! hahaha
I bought a bike in May and I LOVE being out on the trails. It's just as fun as it was when I was a kid. Wish I had gotten a road bike, but I have some sort of hybrid (trail?)bike that is heavier and slower. I am thinking about trading it for a road bike as our nearby trail is 45 miles long and paved the whole way.
I'm glad the soy is not interfering with your med absorption.
Enjoy riding. :-D
My experience with SOY was different. One day when I ran out of milk for my cereal, I used the Soy Skim Milk my family is using, more than an hour after I took my Levothyroxine. That afternoon I felt really terible, like I did not take my medication at all. I was fatigue and can't concentrate due to brain fog. I did not fell better until a couple days later. Since then I made sure to take out SOY from my diet and I felt good. I grew up with an Okinawan mother, so most of my diet have Soy in it but some how it interferes with the absorption of my Hypothyroid medication.
I was diagnosed with hypothyroid last June 8, 2007 and taking 25 mcg of Levothyroxine with TSH of 6.22. Right now I know this dose is not enough because I ran out of energy after three days of work. Tomorrow, I'll be seeing my GP to check the result of my blood test taken last week.
Rick
You are supposed to avoid soy milk for 3-4 hours after taking your med.
My endo told me if my body is used to getting the soy then my body will adjust accordingly. I still drink my soy milk just not in overload as I was before surgery. Just do what you're doing- if it's working for you.
Happy to hear you're doing so well!
teresa