Question:
help with a diet for losing weight and gain muscle for someone with hypothyroidism
i know my disease causes me to hold more fat and also makes it harder to lose weight but what is a good start on a proper eating plan for someone like me .... i mean i am so confused i heard eat three healthy meals a day i heard eat 6 meals a day the size of a closed fist can someone who has hypothyroidism point me in the right direction?
It doesn't matter weather you do 3 meal or 6 meals.. It really depends on what is most convient for you (some people work and cant get in 6 meals).. but my advice to you since you have hypothyroidsm is eat 6 small meals with complex carbs, lean proteins and healthy fats.. and dont forget plenty of water. I'm sure you will get more advice.
I have HypoThyroidism also and I pretty much done what the about post said, I eat 6 meals a day with complex carb, Protein and I take flax seed oil to add some good fats, Since I started this and also a good weight lifting routine I have dropped about 77 lbs to date. You just need to find what you calorie intake needs to be and you will start dropping pounds.
Good luck
thank you
but how do i figure out what my clarorie intake needs to b?
1st off, is you thryoid well regulated? That is probably the first thing to worry about. If it is, then even though you are still "hypothyroid", you are functionally euthyroid and should not have a very different response to diet and exercise.
You can go to your doctor and have them run a Complete Metabolic Panel, which will test your thyroid output, pituitary gland output, and all your blood lipid profiles.
i know my disease causes me to hold more fat and also makes it harder to lose weight but what is a good start on a proper eating plan for someone like me .... i mean i am so confused i heard eat three healthy meals a day i heard eat 6 meals a day the size of a closed fist can someone who has hypothyroidism point me in the right direction? First off...are you on synthroid? You should get on a replacement thyroid hormone.
thanks for the replies
yes i am on snythroid and have been for 6 years my thyroid is very regulated and is right dead on track from where my specialist wants it ....like i said my biggest problem is trying to figure out what would be the best diet with my condition.....i asked my doc and he told me to go to a dietition and i really do not have the money for that
How much has the synthroid helped? Did you lose any weight when first taking it?
yes i am on snythroid and have been for 6 years my thyroid is very regulated and is right dead on track from where my specialist wants it ....like i said my biggest problem is trying to figure out what would be the best diet with my condition.....i asked my doc and he told me to go to a dietition and i really do not have the money for that Dietitian probably won't help - my experience is that they have 'cookie cutter' programs.
As Mr Horse said though, it your Thyroid is stable, then you should have no 'special' considerations. There probably is no 'best' diet, you have to start with something reasonable that you can live with and go from there.
My wife has Hashimoto's, and that's a different issue because she can go from hypo to hyper in a week. Interestingly, when she is hyper, she doesn't gain weight that rapidly (perhaps she feels the weight gain and starts eating a bit less? not really sure), but when she goes hypo, I've seen her drop 10lb or more in a couple of weeks. Since she is 5'4'' ~120lb, I can easily tell it is not water weight! Quite scary at one point.
Dietitian probably won't help - my experience is that they have 'cookie cutter' programs.
As Mr Horse said though, it your Thyroid is stable, then you should have no 'special' considerations. There probably is no 'best' diet, you have to start with something reasonable that you can live with and go from there.
My wife has Hashimoto's, and that's a different issue because she can go from hypo to hyper in a week. Interestingly, when she is hyper, she doesn't gain weight that rapidly (perhaps she feels the weight gain and starts eating a bit less? not really sure), but when she goes hypo, I've seen her drop 10lb or more in a couple of weeks. Since she is 5'4'' ~120lb, I can easily tell it is not water weight! Quite scary at one point. Do you mean that she loses weight when she's hyper, not hypo? Cause what you said doesnt make sense. I have a feeling I may have Hashi's since my TSH is bouncing all over the place on different blood tests in the last month and a half. Just wondering if your wife has it under control with meds or not, because that does not sound like a good thing to be going through for the rest of my life and I hope it can be controlled.
Do you mean that she loses weight when she's hyper, not hypo? Cause what you said doesnt make sense. I have a feeling I may have Hashi's since my TSH is bouncing all over the place on different blood tests in the last month and a half. Just wondering if your wife has it under control with meds or not, because that does not sound like a good thing to be going through for the rest of my life and I hope it can be controlled. Yes, got those round the wrong way! Duh!
Well, having a baby and breastfeeding doesn't help. It seems like it has gotten better as her hormones have stabilized since cutting down on the breastfeeding (7 months and nearly done). But she still had days she can feel her thyroid working overtime and others where it seems fine. And it can be just a 1-2 day thing. The real problems occur when it lasts for more than a few days.
Her TSH has bounced around from way less than 0.5 to over 8 with the same Synthroid dose over the course of a few months, and from 0.5 to 4 or so over just several weeks - again with the same Synthroid dose.
But, we will have to wait and see. She has been on Synthroid for 18 months - but like i said, the pregnancy can mess with the thyroid anyway, so that was expected. Sometimes if it doesn't stabilize the best solution is to kill off the thyroid. I'm afraid I don't know that much about it, or how likely it is to stabilize, but she said she is going to try to give it another 12-18 months. I don't think that there are any other meds one can take to help stabilize the TSH levels, (her doc seems very good and hasn't suggested anything) but I could be wrong.
She definitely feels better when she is more hypo than hyper - but of course there is quite a fine line and since she is not exactly obese, losing a lot of weight quickly is not that great!
It may be that with a sufficient dose of Synthroid, you could live with some variability. I suspect it's going to be very person specific though.
i know my disease causes me to hold more fat and also makes it harder to lose weight but what is a good start on a proper eating plan for someone like me .... i mean i am so confused i heard eat three healthy meals a day i heard eat 6 meals a day the size of a closed fist can someone who has hypothyroidism point me in the right direction?
Answer:
It doesn't matter weather you do 3 meal or 6 meals.. It really depends on what is most convient for you (some people work and cant get in 6 meals).. but my advice to you since you have hypothyroidsm is eat 6 small meals with complex carbs, lean proteins and healthy fats.. and dont forget plenty of water. I'm sure you will get more advice.
Answer:
I have HypoThyroidism also and I pretty much done what the about post said, I eat 6 meals a day with complex carb, Protein and I take flax seed oil to add some good fats, Since I started this and also a good weight lifting routine I have dropped about 77 lbs to date. You just need to find what you calorie intake needs to be and you will start dropping pounds.
Good luck
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thank you
but how do i figure out what my clarorie intake needs to b?
Answer:
1st off, is you thryoid well regulated? That is probably the first thing to worry about. If it is, then even though you are still "hypothyroid", you are functionally euthyroid and should not have a very different response to diet and exercise.
Answer:
You can go to your doctor and have them run a Complete Metabolic Panel, which will test your thyroid output, pituitary gland output, and all your blood lipid profiles.
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i know my disease causes me to hold more fat and also makes it harder to lose weight but what is a good start on a proper eating plan for someone like me .... i mean i am so confused i heard eat three healthy meals a day i heard eat 6 meals a day the size of a closed fist can someone who has hypothyroidism point me in the right direction? First off...are you on synthroid? You should get on a replacement thyroid hormone.
Answer:
thanks for the replies
yes i am on snythroid and have been for 6 years my thyroid is very regulated and is right dead on track from where my specialist wants it ....like i said my biggest problem is trying to figure out what would be the best diet with my condition.....i asked my doc and he told me to go to a dietition and i really do not have the money for that
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How much has the synthroid helped? Did you lose any weight when first taking it?
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yes i am on snythroid and have been for 6 years my thyroid is very regulated and is right dead on track from where my specialist wants it ....like i said my biggest problem is trying to figure out what would be the best diet with my condition.....i asked my doc and he told me to go to a dietition and i really do not have the money for that Dietitian probably won't help - my experience is that they have 'cookie cutter' programs.
As Mr Horse said though, it your Thyroid is stable, then you should have no 'special' considerations. There probably is no 'best' diet, you have to start with something reasonable that you can live with and go from there.
My wife has Hashimoto's, and that's a different issue because she can go from hypo to hyper in a week. Interestingly, when she is hyper, she doesn't gain weight that rapidly (perhaps she feels the weight gain and starts eating a bit less? not really sure), but when she goes hypo, I've seen her drop 10lb or more in a couple of weeks. Since she is 5'4'' ~120lb, I can easily tell it is not water weight! Quite scary at one point.
Answer:
Dietitian probably won't help - my experience is that they have 'cookie cutter' programs.
As Mr Horse said though, it your Thyroid is stable, then you should have no 'special' considerations. There probably is no 'best' diet, you have to start with something reasonable that you can live with and go from there.
My wife has Hashimoto's, and that's a different issue because she can go from hypo to hyper in a week. Interestingly, when she is hyper, she doesn't gain weight that rapidly (perhaps she feels the weight gain and starts eating a bit less? not really sure), but when she goes hypo, I've seen her drop 10lb or more in a couple of weeks. Since she is 5'4'' ~120lb, I can easily tell it is not water weight! Quite scary at one point. Do you mean that she loses weight when she's hyper, not hypo? Cause what you said doesnt make sense. I have a feeling I may have Hashi's since my TSH is bouncing all over the place on different blood tests in the last month and a half. Just wondering if your wife has it under control with meds or not, because that does not sound like a good thing to be going through for the rest of my life and I hope it can be controlled.
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Do you mean that she loses weight when she's hyper, not hypo? Cause what you said doesnt make sense. I have a feeling I may have Hashi's since my TSH is bouncing all over the place on different blood tests in the last month and a half. Just wondering if your wife has it under control with meds or not, because that does not sound like a good thing to be going through for the rest of my life and I hope it can be controlled. Yes, got those round the wrong way! Duh!
Well, having a baby and breastfeeding doesn't help. It seems like it has gotten better as her hormones have stabilized since cutting down on the breastfeeding (7 months and nearly done). But she still had days she can feel her thyroid working overtime and others where it seems fine. And it can be just a 1-2 day thing. The real problems occur when it lasts for more than a few days.
Her TSH has bounced around from way less than 0.5 to over 8 with the same Synthroid dose over the course of a few months, and from 0.5 to 4 or so over just several weeks - again with the same Synthroid dose.
But, we will have to wait and see. She has been on Synthroid for 18 months - but like i said, the pregnancy can mess with the thyroid anyway, so that was expected. Sometimes if it doesn't stabilize the best solution is to kill off the thyroid. I'm afraid I don't know that much about it, or how likely it is to stabilize, but she said she is going to try to give it another 12-18 months. I don't think that there are any other meds one can take to help stabilize the TSH levels, (her doc seems very good and hasn't suggested anything) but I could be wrong.
She definitely feels better when she is more hypo than hyper - but of course there is quite a fine line and since she is not exactly obese, losing a lot of weight quickly is not that great!
It may be that with a sufficient dose of Synthroid, you could live with some variability. I suspect it's going to be very person specific though.