Re: New girl on the block!

October 23, 2006

Hi Yvette,

I feel the same as you however, I have no problem with my thyroid.

it just that life gets in the way of my motivation to exercise. I

too started BFL a long time ago and lost 20lbs but experienced more

of a body composition change than weight loss. I lost of 10% of fat

and now I am curently at my heaviest. I feel like a new girl on the

block as well and need to get back on the wagon right away. I am

proud of myself that I have maintained my weight in that I have not

gone over 250lds, may be by one or two pounds but I always hover

around 250. I am currently doing my master and made the decision to

double up my course load. This has affected my dietand my work out

schedule. I have decided to officially start the program on

November 20 and hope to pick up many tips by that date.

I wish you all the best in you renewed effort.

Alecia

>

> Hey all,

> Wow, where to start...get ready, this will be a long one

(I'll

> try to keep the whining down). Well, I've always been a heavier

kid

> with parents that have ALWAYS worried about my weight more than

> their own. I got very interested in fitness and nutrition and

even

> got a university degree with minors in fitness and nutrition, then

> my thyroid decided that it hated me and I gained 35 pounds in a

October 24, 2006

Welcome, Yvette.

You have found a great support system with this Yahoo! group.

Be sure to dive into the Files and Database. They are full of

wonderful resources.

I'm sure you will reach your goals.

I also wanted to let people know how happy I am using the site option,

" no mail " . I have joined many of the active support lists for BFL and

learn SO MUCH from each one. It is great not to fill my inbox...I

just go to Yahoo!Groups and check in as often as I like all throught

the day or week. Anyway, it works for me and I wanted to share it

incase some didn't know.

I hadn't heard of your type of hypothyroidism, but it sounds so

frustrating. I am curious what your body temp. is first thing in the

morning and in the afternoon. Would you say the farther away from

98.6 you are...the worse your hypo. is? I am trying to track this for

myself and am having a hard time getting my temp. to come up into the

98.6 range.

I love BFL and all the positive, goal oriented folks that post.

Be strong,

M.

October 24, 2006

Hi and thanks for the welcome! I have been scouring the files and

database. There is a lot of great information there!

Yes, I was told that it is a rare type of hypothyroidism, but at

least I can stay off the medicine and I actually feel a lot better

for it. I've tried a bit of homeopathy, but not enough to say yea

or nay. My body temperature is a nightmare! I tracked it for a few

months for 's syndrome and other thyroid issues and found that

I stay right around 95 degrees. For a while I was always 93.7 in

the morning. I haven't taken it for a few months, but should really

check it again. It didn't really seem to make a difference whether

is was really low or not as to how I felt. In fact, those 2 weeks

that I was 93.7 I felt the best! I think my body is just crazy.

What are you doing to bring up your body temp? I'm curious, I

didn't find anything that worked well, but someone told me cayenne

pills actually help.

Thanks again,

Yvette

>

> Welcome, Yvette.

> You have found a great support system with this Yahoo! group.

> Be sure to dive into the Files and Database. They are full of

> wonderful resources.

> I'm sure you will reach your goals.

> I also wanted to let people know how happy I am using the site

option,

> " no mail " . I have joined many of the active support lists for BFL

and

> learn SO MUCH from each one. It is great not to fill my inbox...I

> just go to Yahoo!Groups and check in as often as I like all

throught

> the day or week. Anyway, it works for me and I wanted to share it

> incase some didn't know.

> I hadn't heard of your type of hypothyroidism, but it sounds so

> frustrating. I am curious what your body temp. is first thing in

the

> morning and in the afternoon. Would you say the farther away from

> 98.6 you are...the worse your hypo. is? I am trying to track this

for

> myself and am having a hard time getting my temp. to come up into

the

> 98.6 range.

> I love BFL and all the positive, goal oriented folks that post.

> Be strong,

> M.

>

October 24, 2006

Hey Alecia,

Sounds like we are both in the same boat. Have you checked out

the files & databases? There is a lot of great info in there. I

truly believe that exericse is the key. The weight may be slow

going, but muscles can make the body look better faster. I love my

exercise videos, I can always find one to fit my mood, even when I

don't feel like working out. I have also found that if I make an

exercise plan it takes the guesswork out of what I will be doing for

a workout. That way I can just start working out and not put a lot

of thought into it beforehand...if I do, I'll talk myself out of it!

Good luck and I hope you do great!

Yvette

> >

> > Hey all,

> > Wow, where to start...get ready, this will be a long one

> (I'll

> > try to keep the whining down). Well, I've always been a heavier

> kid

> > with parents that have ALWAYS worried about my weight more than

> > their own. I got very interested in fitness and nutrition and

> even

> > got a university degree with minors in fitness and nutrition,

then

> > my thyroid decided that it hated me and I gained 35 pounds in a

>

October 25, 2006

Hey Yvette,

I missed your post on your type of hypothyroidism, but I have had my own saga

with my thyroid--it's always been slow, and my temp. has always been 97.3 or

lower. However, my tests were always " normal " or borderline. My doc is

progressive and because of my symptoms (achiness, exhaustion, menstrual cramps,

etc. ) she tried me on a little Armour Thyroid. I had researched it and wanted

to try that, since the synthroid made me feel weird. I'm now on 1 gram or some

such thing and it is a miraculous difference. I ran out of pills this weekend

and I felt HORRIBLE on Monday and Tuesday, and I was reminded how bad I used to

feel all of the time.

Have you tried the Armour? Or are you just avoiding drugs? One of the things

that helped me think about it was something I read describing early human's

diet--we used to eat offal, innards, and would naturally get thyroid

supplementation from eating it. Armour is a natural product (Armour pig

processing) so I don't feel like I'm doing something unnatural to my body. And

I don't know if I'd be doing this program, honestly, I would have been too sore

without the meds.

Anyway, FWIW. Welcome--I'm in week 8 (yay!) of my first challenge, and while

I've only lost 11 pounds, as of this AM I have lost EIGHT INCHES OFF MY WAIST.

Sorry, I just had to shout it! It's the only thing that has worked for me, and

it's so fast. I love it.

Best Regards,

beth