NEVER ENDING BATTLE - OUR WEIGHT!!!!!

[stella5349]

I don't even have to go into a long drawn out story about this.

WE THYROIDANS WANT TO LOOSE WEIGHT .................RIGHT?

I found a very basic and simple plan that can definately help us combat this nasty problem.

Dr Barry Sears has two wonderful books out - one that I have is "A Week in the ZONE".

Hypo's have two major problems. Controlling insulin in blood sugar and burning carbs. We no longer have the metabolic rate within our bodies to naturally burn these two evils.

Hense we get fat and can develop diabetes. Here is a quick glance of a newsletter I get.

When you eat a carbohydrate, your pancreas secretes insulin to drive down blood sugar back to a normal level. If you eat too many carbohydrates, your pancreas releases so much insulin that it can drive down blood sugar to a level too low to allow your brain to function effectively. This condition of low blood sugar and high insulin can be considered a step away from diabetes.

According to the Zone theory, when you're creating this excess insulin, it also prevents your body from using its stored fat for energy. Hence, your insulin response to excess carbos causes you to gain weight, or you cannot lose weight.


If you are looking for a step by step plan to assist your goals - google seach Dr Barry Sears and read the research he offers for hypothyroid patients.

Since I am trying myself to conquer my 20 pounds of weight gain. I find it very helpful to have the book I am reading to keep referring back to.

If anyone is interested and wants more info - PM me and I will try to answer your questions.

[stella5349]

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and continue to keep this post alive and open for discussion -

do not feel you need to only personal message any info.

[jax190]

i have read something similar and that also states that hypo people should eat low carb diet i so want to try but its the bread what will i do without my lunch time sandwich and my toast and my potatoes and   !!!!!!!  (sounds like too many carbs to me!)

[patty1970]

Thanks so much for your information, i was thinking of buying the book, can you tell me if you are familiar with the book from mary j. shomon The thyroid diet?  I have gained about 50 lbs and staring to have back problems am only 5'3" and my anti thyroid weight was always betwen 130-136 and in the laps of a year and half i have put the extra 50lbs am on meds syntoid and been feling ok, but need help with the weight issue any info you can give me i thank you in advance,, have a great weekend! paty.

[kipland]

Thank you for sharing this, stella.  It makes complete sense.  Now I just need to work on my BRAIN and figure out why it's the carbs I crave?!?!?!

[stella5349]

Hypo's crave carbs  and it is a battle for us.

Mary Shomon's diet is a spin off of this. I feel Dr Sears' book is more user friendly than Shomon's view and he seems alot easier to follow.

[AngelaB713]

I have been hypo since I was 16 years old.  I am now 42 and the weight just keeps building.  My cousin (who is thin) said one day, "If you would just think before you eat, and stop your elbow action, you could lose weight."  If she only knew!  When I wake up in the morning, I think, "Well, I can't have bread and I can't have sweets, and I can't have coke."  All I think about is what I can't have.  It's something that I learned to do as a teen with thyroid problems and it has become a part of my daily life.  The problem now is that this is no longer working.  I have gained 20 pounds over the last year and have not changed anything.  I have started an exercise program (cardio to burn fat) but even with that I have gained weight.  Can you feel my pain?

You know you hear about the struggles of people who have diabetes and I am not demeaning the disease, but people with hypothyroidism also have many battles.  Most of these are not known to the general public.  I think we need more education on thyroid disease and how it affects the people who are "cursed" with it.

Angie

[Krissy_Tina]

I feel your pain.  I'm 26 and I have recently been diagnoised with hypothyroidism.  That's not to say it hasn't been a problem for a while now though.  I am still working on getting my levels of my medication right and to add to the frustration of the weight-gain, I also get really bad headaches for about 2 weeks every time my medication changes.  

Even still since taking the medication,  I have still gained weight.  It makes me want to quit trying because I'm a very active person (I do at least an hour of cardio at the gym 2-3 times a week, I play softball twice a week, I swim twice a week, I go for bike rides, and I take walks) and yet I still gain weight.  I'm embarrassed by it and I sit and watch my thin sister's drink ice cappachino's and eat whatever they please without a care and not gain a pound when every time I pick something up to eat, I think about how it will affect me.  I plan my meal times so that I never eat prior to going in public because it makes me feel bloated and fatter than ever.

So yes Angie, I do feel your pain and sometimes I just want to hide alone and cry.

[Rite760]

This is the bit about thyroid disease (together with anti-bodies) that always confuses me. And I really really don't want this to sound awful but I have always been a very thin person, too thin, I hated it. And since I started with this  thyroid stuff, instead of putting on weight like everyone else. I'm losing even more! What am I doing wrong? It's really worrying me. I eat normally and everything so I can't understand it.

[hypogirl80]

Thank you for the information, I found the book at Amazon.com.  There are 48 reviews, average 4.8 out of 5, which means almost every one like the book. some said they did lose weight, 10 pounds, 20 pounds, how nice, haven't heard that for a long time.... .  Sounds a very good news for us. But I do have one question, I did not see thyroid/Hypo was mentioned in those 48 reviews. The question is : is this Zone diet really work for us (people with thyroid problem) ?? Thanks again.  

[stella5349]