Here's my input:
One- I have thyroid disease and it went undiagnosed for 9 years because my primary care physician was using outdated TSH lab ranges (anything over 2.5 is hypo, he was using 5.0 as his, some go as high as 6.0!) and he also was relying solely on the labs and not paying any attention to my symptoms. I had an "unrelated" issue that he sent me to a specialist for who immediately suspected thyroid and sent me for tests, I came back as hypo and my primary care doc wanted me to rush down to get put on Synthroid. Um, no. If he can't diagnose me, how can I trust him to treat me? I changed docs, and got one who uses labs as a reference but asks me how I feel and that makes all the difference- she dialed in my meds (I take NDT rather than Synthroid) and it helped a lot.
Two- you don't actually need to exercise to lose weight. You lose weight with diet, you get fit with exercise. Exercise can help by creating a greater caloric deficit, and of course it's healthy to get exercise, but it's not a requirement to lose weight. I got really sick last year and between May and December 2016 I lost 40 lbs without exercising. I added exercise in January and only lost another 20 lbs.
I agree with your decision to cut alcohol entirely. Personally if I drink alcohol or eat wheat products I cannot lose and usually gain weight. I have to cut both out of my diet in order to lose no matter what I'm doing calorie-wise.
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