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2005/12/21, 08:13 AM
I have a under atcive thyriod and im taking medication. I have it checked reguly but not for the past 6 months
I have been on the calorie/fat intake of 1,350 calories, and 27 grams of fat a day.
Sometimes i go over it by the odd 30 calories or 7 grams of fat, though - If i have been good that week!
I exercise, i have a cross trainer, i walk, i dance, i do toning exercises too (Sit ups etc)at least 2 times a week.
My diet is very good, i eat greens all the time, fruit, limint fruit jucies and i eat meals tipicly with low GI or under 400 cals. MY 5 a day is almost always done.
I have been on my plateou for MONTHS and i want to get down to 8 stone 7, or even just 8 stone 11. Anything under 9 stone! even if this is not possible, i would at least want my mesurements down from 34c-27-34 to 32-25-32 or something.
PLEASE HELP ME!
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2005/12/21, 09:03 AM
I have no experience in your condition and I'm making some assumptions that you've researched or talked to someone about the treatment. If someone without a thyroid problem asked that same question, I'd take a look at your calorie intake and say you aren't taking in enough. After some quick research, I'm inclined to say the same thing.
A quick google search using -- diet for under active thyroid -- came up with a little over a million hits and the first two I looked at said basically what I said above.
http://www.theherbspecialist.com/save/thyroid.html
To perform its function properly, the thyroid needs sufficient quantities of trace minerals like zinc, copper, selenium, iron, and particularly iodine: as well as adequate amounts of vitamins such as A, C, E and the B vitamins. If the thyroid does not get the nutrition it needs an underactive thyroid can be the result. The habit of eating nutrient-poor fast and processed foods is the ultimate cause for some individuals. Many children have poor eating habits which will lead to problems with the thyroid gland later in life.
Dieting, especially starvation diets which severely restrict caloric intake, is another common cause of underactive thyroid. Starvation slows the body's metabolism as the thyroid gland learns to expend energy more efficiently to conserve calories for the next "famine." After a starvation diet we have a tendency to gain even more weight than we took off, and we may find it even harder to lose weight the next time we try. A low-calorie diet can suppress the thyroid function in less than 24 hours. After one to three months of such dieting, there is a danger of permanently inhibiting the thyroid function.
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Mike
in Pensacola Now.
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2005/12/21, 03:29 PM
ohh i see. So what should i be aming at? Would 1,500 cals be enough to stop my body thinking its staving?.. and how quickly should i rasie my intake of calories, do you think?
thank you for replying!
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2005/12/29, 04:33 PM
tvr_babe, if i was u id go see a doc and get some 1st class advice..i think u should do that..the thyroid gland is not something u'd wanna leave untreated.
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2005/12/29, 10:44 PM
I had thyroid cancer and no longer have a thyroid, so underactivity is a definate. What I have been told is that for what a "normal" person's calorie limit to lose weight would be, subtract another 200 calories. Be quite careful, though and I'd like to mention, also, that I had been following the calories given here on FT to lose weight as a base, I thought them very high, but was told that it is a beginning base, and that too little calories would cause problems such as the starvation mode and so on. I indeed followed this calorie base faithfully, taking away 100 or so every couple weeks when I found I was losing very slowly --even with consistent exercise and nutrition habits. Finally on one of my thyroid checks I mentioned my calories to my doctor (when she asked about my weight, lol), which at the time was about 1900 a day and she immediately brought me a calorie scale for my age and weight and my calorie limit to lose weight pointing furiously to it, I was nearly bowled me over, it said I could only take in no more than 1200 calories per day! Of course it went into the breakdowns of fat, carbs, protein, etc., and since, I gotta tell you, it has been very difficult to keep it at that, but I am going to do my best and see what happens from there. I know having a slow metabolism is one of the toughest ways to lose weight, but I have also learned not to use it as an excuse when it gets so darn exasperating and frustrating, I just have to realize I have to look at things different from those that don't have thyroid difficulties because it does have a major impact on me. Weight training three times a week combined with at least 30 minutes of cardio three times a week seem to work the best as the weight training can get you over plateaus and by increasing that muscle you are burning more, I would look at that, also, the cardio should be changed from time to time and HITT is very good for this also. Before you do anything, increase or decrease calories, I would suggest seeing a nutritionist and/or your doctor about the calories, as it is so easy to get off the track with thyroid difficulties. Good luck to you, it seems that most doctors don't have much to say to help, I spent ten years bouncing around trying to get one to help me learn how to deal with my weight issues since my surgery --I had three children and never had a problem with my weight until my thyroid was removed, but rarely have I been able to get some good answers on the subject without putting my foot down as they like to assume it is JUST your eating or exercise problems, but when you know you are doing all you can and just need some help figuring out what else you can do as our bodies change continually anyway, it is nice when one of them is willing to help, but be persistant, even seeing a nutritionist that has experience with thyroid conditions is a great help.
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Veda
MISERY IS OPTIONAL
***When you are up to your ears in trouble, try using the part that is not submerged.
***The difference between a dream and a goal is a plan.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
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2005/12/29, 10:48 PM
I forgot....there has been some positive results with thyroid difficulties (and works with many others, also) that if you stay on a certain amount of calories for a full week and then take a day where you increase your calories, basically fooling your body so it doesn't freak out and go into the starvation mode, then go back to your lowered calories again. These are often what I call my "cheat days", but that doesn't mean you eat 10 chocolate bars and three cheeseburgers, you can still eat good and increase calories, of course! :)
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Veda
MISERY IS OPTIONAL
***When you are up to your ears in trouble, try using the part that is not submerged.
***The difference between a dream and a goal is a plan.
HAVE A GREAT DAY!
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