Supplemental Journal entry for today, a rare thing for me, but necessary, I think.
A friend, Diane, remarked something about my thyroid after my offhanded remark about the fact that it sucks to have a slow metabolism.
Just for fun, I called my doctor to double check that my thyroid levels were, in fact, normal the last time I had blood work down in April. "We didn't check your thyroid in April," they replied. "The last time we checked your thyroid was 2012."
WHAT????????
That was a year and half before I started losing weight! I did some reading that severe and prolonged caloric restrictions can have an impact on your thyroid and pituitary gland. I asked if they can do a test in August (I was scheduled for September, but now I want it done ASAP). It would certainly explain several things:
1) It would explain why I lost 70 pounds over 7 months, then just STOPPED losing weight for no reason at all, changing nothing in my diet or exercise routine.
2) It would explain why going off my restricted diet for 3 days and eating 2000-3000 calories a day resulted in an immediate 13 pound weight gain and a net 6 pound weight gain several days later after the dust settled.
3) It would explain why, a week after getting back on the wagon and eating an average of 1100-1400 calories a day with daily gym visits and daily walks of 20-30 minutes, I'm still at 205.
I believe it's possible that 7-8 months of low calorie eating may have jacked up my system so badly that going off my diet and returning to a "normal" diet for just a couple of days caused my body to grasp onto every calorie and store it immediately as fat because it wasn't sure when it would get its next meal, like a starving little rodent in an alley.
So stand by while I have blood tests done next week, and get the results the following week. Part of me is really hoping that this is the answer. The prospect of there being nothing wrong with my thyroid or pituitary and having to deal with losing another 50 pounds with a metabolism that lives comfortably at 1100-1400 calories a day is, well, disheartening, to say the least.
And then I wonder how I became morbidly obese in the first place! Or rather, now I DON'T wonder! ROFL.
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Líp: 34,74g | Prot: 94,57g | Carbs : 160,06g.
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I have stuck to very low cal and lost very well at the beginning but nothing in 10 days. Not an ounce, absolutely nothing. I'ts very frustrating when it was going so well then BOOM I'm stuck. I have not even reached 1100 once, most are well below that. (I don't believe the "your body thinks it's starving" saying. If that were true then doctors would never put an obese person on extremely low cal diets. I am not starving, just staying below calories.
31 jul 14 por membro: beware5289
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That's a good catch. It will be interesting to hear what the results are. There are so many things to consider. Time to start reading up on how each macro nutrient may affect thyroid. The problem is, there's just so much to know. Everyone has their own path and has to figure out why they stall. It's tough going when everyone's just enough different to throw in a curve-ball. Rooting for you, Dom. You're certainly not stalled for lack of trying.
31 jul 14 por membro: northernmusician
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Though my labs came back normal, I still had many symptoms and still do to this day even being on medication. Also consider doing saliva testing. Depending on the doc, some will support the saliva over the blood or blood over saliva. Find a naturopath. Traditional western md's don't support anything, even if you feel as if you're dying if the labs come back normal. Ask for a T3, T4 and TSH.
31 jul 14 por membro: ClassicRocker
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Those tests will be very interesting. Looking forward to what they tell you.
31 jul 14 por membro: kattay
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Ditto ClassicRocker. Every flippin word. And if they concede that your labs may not be within normal range, the default script is Synthetic Thyroid.
01 ago 14 por membro: Vickie 5966
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When you get the tests done make sure to tell them to run all of the test. A lot of times they only do a small portion of them. That is what they did to me, until I asked them to do a complete thyroid test.
01 ago 14 por membro: SherrieC
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I have a friend with thyroid issues, she gained around 70 lbs unexpectedly a few years ago and then poof, dropped it all in a matter of 6 months...it was crazy, I felt so bad for her, she'd been up and down our whole childhood...however, now she's a yoga instructor and tiny....so hopefully you can get it balanced like she did!! Good luck!!!
01 ago 14 por membro: Socolova
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Definitely ask for the full profile. Hope for you it can help you find your balance as well.
01 ago 14 por membro: wholefoodnut
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Just read that a symptom of an under-active thyroid is constipation and low body temperature. My whole life,, my "normal" body temp has been 97.6 and I don't need to tell you all about my trouble with the C word!
01 ago 14 por membro: mrsmole
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Wow! You learn something every day. I did not know that.
01 ago 14 por membro: toppy24564
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Yep, I was thinking of your NPA issue last night and thyroid. There are a slew of symptoms. While I'm NOT hoping you're hypo, it would be grand if your tests indicate a correctable medical reason for some of what's going on.
01 ago 14 por membro: Vickie 5966
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Lower body temp would also mean slower metabolism, yes? Warmer body temp or a fever indicate an acceleation in metabolism. I hate to hope for it, but it could be why you've been so consistent yet struggling.
01 ago 14 por membro: northernmusician
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And if you get on meds, go natural... nothing synthetic. PM me for more info if interested.
01 ago 14 por membro: ClassicRocker
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