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Hi All,

Thanks for havin me on board this group!

My name is , I live in North Wales UK. I am 32, happily married with two kids (8 & 14), a saint bernard called Cujo, a cat called Jet and a goldfish called Charlie.

For about 1 and a half to 2 years I was suffering with lethargy, weight gain, lots of pain in joints and muscles, headaches, Raynauds, rosacea etc the list goes on! My doctor wasn't helpful and tried to treat everything that is/was wrong with me as a seperate thing instead of combining them together. I had Shingles in left eye in 2004 along with Iritis and they checked me out for Lupus as I had many of the symptoms. I also have a back problem which is being dealt with by the pain clinic and on top of all that I have asthma.

In September last year I finally got to change doctors and had a full health check and I had an underactive thyroid! My cholesteral level was fine at 3.4. My doctor started me on 50mcg of Levothyroxine.

I felt ok for about two weeks after taking it, but the tiredness returned and I cannot shift any weight, no matter what I do!! I go on my air strider for half an hour a day, walk my daughter to school, and I have stopped eating alot of foods.

Unfortunately even though I have changed doctors to find out what is wrong with me, I have been to him recently and he says I am not losing weight because I musn't be doing enough exercise and I must be eating the wrong foods. I was rather upset at this but agreed to do an exercise by invitation in our local leisure center. I was checked out and my BP was 130/84 and pulse 108. They are hoping through exercise my pulse will come down, but no matter how much I have weighed in the past my pulse is always fast. My resting heart rate is normaly around 90!

I would like to know if anyone else has had problems trying to lose the excess weight and how I can improve my metabolism!

Thanks for listening to me moan!