Loosing weight with Hypothyroidism

Had the weight management class today. Of course we weigh in once a week, and todays weigh in I have lost another 1.5 lbs. I know its not alot but i am loosing the 1-2 lbs/week that you are supposed to lose!! This makes me happy, this means I am finally doing something right!!

Okay well I just finished week one of the Curves 6 week challenge!! I lost 2 pounds!! I am so happy!! I know its such a small amount but its amazing for me to actually loose!! I have done nothing but gain!

Okay weight management class: I am on a low carb, Hi protein, Low calorie diet. It has been sooo hard, so day one was Saturday and I cheeted SOOO bad! Day to sunday I didnt even keep track Iwas at my moms, but didnt eat much at all which is just as bad. Monday I was great I followed it to a tee!! Really every week day so far I have been folowing it, at first I was soooo hungry but im on day 6 and the meals are starting to fill me up so I am feeling very confident about continuing.

Today I had to weigh in at Curves and woe is me I gained 2.5 LBS :( It seems the harder I try the more I gain. Its very frustrating. On the bright side I did lose 2.5 inches total!! I guess I should be happy about that!! I am doing the weight management class and the program is awesome but I dont have the grocery budget for this I dont know what I am going to do!! I will just have to choose the low budget stuff and hope it works. Loosing weight is SOOO expensive.......after this ordeal you better belive I will never gain again! Ill go broke just dieting.

Okay I have been with them for almost a year! I am starting the Weight management class on the 16th, I won a cool bag of prizes yesterday! I love the workout and every one is so friendly! I just learned that one of the ladies who works at the curves I go to also has a disfunctioning Thyroid she told me Coconut oil helps and to use the homeopathic pig thyroid pills they have both worked for her. Unfortunately I am allergic to coconut so I am in search of another weight loss oil. Another lady there has suggested one for me that I just may order from her! If anyone else knows any miricle oils or thyroid pills I am open for suggestion!
Thanks for reading
Becki

I find it frustrating that I cant loose a single pound. In fact I think I may have gained a pound or two. I work out every day for 30 Minutes a day at curves every week day. I have been doing their power workout where I work very hard on the machines to maximize my workout. But thus farIi feel I am gaining, my pants seem to be tighter and I just feel more aware of my weight. The other day I went to a local mexican restaurant, i had just come from the gym and was with my workout pals durring work lunch break, and as we came in this very rude person shouted to us "Its all fat free today ladies!"..........I had honestly never been insulted about my weight before. It really has affected me and honestly I am working hard every day to get my weight under control. I felt so incredibly angry that someone could say something like that to a complete stranger. I guess I am quite naieve to think that wouldnt happen.

I have been overweight for about 4 years. I never used to have a weight problem, I was always thin. Even when we became pregnant 4 years ago I was loosing weight. My doctor of course put me on a high fat diet to gain weight durring pregnancy. It was a hard pregnancy I was in and out of the hospital the whole time. Well coming out of pregnancy I was about 175......I worked and worked to loose the weight with no success. I never really thought of it because pregnancy changes everything about your body so I have been dieting strugling eating healthy working out every day for 4 years. All it ever got me was extream exaution, nausia, headaches, dizzy spells, and a number of other things that have just magnified year after year, and every year i gained more and more weight. So four years later for all the work I have done all I have to show for it is 30 more pounds.

Well just Two weeks ago I finally went to the doctor and said I need tests done. I have family history of diabetes and heart problems and I need to know whats causing all this. So two mondays ago the test comes back nothing that I had mentioned before good news.....no not really......The diagnosis is Hypo-Thyroid......a condition causing the thyroid to under produce the hormone controlling metabolism, and controlls other functions in the body. So this explained it.....all of it, everything I had been feeling, the unexplained inability to loose weight, and a number of other things.

I have had a hard time dealing with it, I have spent 4 years telling my self that its my fault I am gaining, those times I cheated caused it, I am doing the wrong excersizes, I need to work harder. I have been beating myself up for being unable to loose this weight and the whole time it was out of my controll. My husband and I have been trying for a second baby for three years now, and seeing as how I wasnt supposed to concieve our first I have been beating myself up about that too! Hypo-thyroid causes infertility too! I am just trying so hard to come to grips with the idea that all these years its not my fault, I have to completely reprogram myself.

So i started taking Levoxill .25 micro grams once daily. The first day I felt awesome I felt normal! Each day is different it varys on how well I feel. I will have to go back every six weeks for more blood tests till we get the right dosage. I hate needles, .....sigh..... My husband is soo supportive of me asks me every day how I am feeling, makes sure i am taking my medicine and my vitamins every day. I have been a member of Curves for about a year now and they are so supportive too! I will be joining the Weight Management Class in September! I hope to finally get to a manageable weight!! And feel normal again!