Have you checked out Focusonthyroid.com? I have found that to have a lot of information concerning thyroid. Andrea, have you seen a thyroidologist? I did not know such a person existed until I saw it surfing the web. One is not available where I live, but there is one in Savannah GA which is about 2 hrs from me. Before I got my medicine at a level that I needed, I gained and gained and gained. I have said before that I knew I ate wrong foods and too much at times, but there were those strange all of a sudden 10 lb gains that my doctor at the time did not attribute to thyroid. I looked up kelp allergy. know what? I could not find it. I found iodine pills made from kelp. Do you have other allergies, too? Can you tell that I am the mother hen type who wants to take care of her chicks? I do feel for you. Please post about tests when you hear.:^:

Synthroid?
 

I have had a low thyroid for several years.
I have been trying to lose weight, but no success. My doctor ran another test and found that my level had dropped even lower.
She raised my dosage of synthroid.
I started a walking program a month ago.
What else can I do?

really confused here..

everyone is telling me that I will lose weight with the meds...
you all are saying that you are having a hard time with it... this is very confusing.

judy, you are funny, but sweet. i went to an endo(a stupid one) and was lookin 4 a good when the need arose to see my dr. anyway&it somehow came up so i wanna see what she says(shes a new dr for me)&i will post:)

hb-the only other thing you can do is water, water, water&eat better.

oops, 4got the other persons name, sorry! anyway, ppl usually lose, but it takes time to find the right dose.

slimdown, my dosage for low thyroid was not strong enough. I have hopes that now that my synthoid is stronger I will see some weightloss now.

shes right sd. i gained a pound this week:(

What diet plans are you all following? Did you start your diet before or after finding out about your hypothyroid?

I am following weight watchers .. I am eating in the 24-29 range.

Dana
235/219/212 10% mini goal by 4th of July!

Slimdown - I also like WW. I find that it is easy to follow the program. However, I get lots of points because of my starting weight. I love the o points soup so that helps me. I also love salsa and ff tortilla chips so that is a good snack food. All I know is that I have thyroid problem for app 8 yrs, take med, and am now losing weight. When I first developed the problem and did not know why I was gaining weight, I was thoroughly disgusted with trying to lose weight. I gave up for years thinking that I could not lose. I had always wanted to try WW, and when I mentioned it to my daughter, she said she would do it with me. It works! I think I have my mind setting right this time, too. Stick with it. You can do it. Don't you just love this board?

:D

s4,

you read my mind! i kept giving up i was so disgusted(lost 65 p in 6 mo on the old ww b/f hypo-t)

im on a lower carb thing, but im going bk to ww esp since i think im about to score meds!!

hi all

going to dr on friday- just got copies of the endos results from b/f... very interesting. though still normal, my t4, thyroid antibodies& tsh all fall on the low side of the range.

Hmmmm! I will be interested to hear about Friday with the doctor. I am also glad to hear that you are going to join WW again. I love this points system. It has been very easy for me to adjust to this program. I rely heavily on the soup. Just made a pot today. I also love fruits and veggies so I adjusted well in that area. Since I have retired, I have not had as much time at home as I thought I would. This week has been fun so far. I have been at home doing the little things I wanted to do. Got a long way to go around the house, but if I am doing that, I am not eating! :D

Good luck with Friday's visit. Please post.
By the way, where is everybody!? Talk to you later. :wave:

thanks s4, it should be interesting&yes i will post it. i gain 10 a tear from this& i am currently 11 1/2 away from my original ww
& I refuse to let my stupid thyroid give me the last 10!(i lost 65 p on the old ww plan b/f thyroid)

glad ya are enjoying yrself:)

That's the spirit! Good to hear from you again, and please, call me BomBom.:D

ok:D

hello all

lost 1/p this week:mad: