Re: *Re: Losing weight (was:Heart flutters returned!!!?Hyper T symptoms

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43 pound since August!!!!!

How on earth did you do that!!!!!!???????

Eating, not eating...it all makes not much difference. I DID lose a little

bit on a modifed Atkin's approach, but it was so expensive and I got SOOOOOO

sick on it, I figured there was no way it could be good for me. Thought if I

kept it up it would kill me.

Desperate to lose 100 lbs,

~Inga

on 12/7/04 5:42 PM, Sammie Baker at jigscam@... wrote:

>

> Well, unfortunately I have Grave's, so I have to stay

> on ATDs to lower my antibodies to get into remission.

> However, as far as I'm concerned I'm HypoT.

>

> Right now I'm on 100mcg of Synthroid and 3.75mgs of

> methimazole. ly I'd rather be on no Methimazole

> and more Synthroid. Armour really made my TED worse,

> other wise I would go on it.

>

> Maybe I will try adding Cytomel after my next doctor

> visit. But how do you know if you need T3?

>

> How much is 3 grains of Armour? Does that equal

> 300mcgs of Synthroid?

>

> SAMMIE

>

> --- Benoit wrote:

>

>> I didn't start losing weight until I got to around 3

>> grains of Armour. And the only way I could do it

>> was

>> cut the carbs. I can gain 8 pounds in three days,

>> like I did at Thanksgiving (leftovers!) and while on

>> vacation. It takes me at least 10 to get it off.

>> But, before Armour, no matter what I did the weight

>> wouldn't come off. I just kept gaining while not

>> even

>> eating that much. Cutting carbs didn't help either

>> --

>> then. But, I've lost 43 pounds since August and I'm

>> kind of at a stand-still. I'll be happy to maintain

>> that weight loss through Christmas and New Years and

>> then continue to lose another 15 or 20 pounds. I'm

>> not starving and I do break over occasionally, like

>> tonight. Stopped at 's for hamburger, fries

>> and

>> a frosty! But, I'll get back on track tomorrow and

>> won't suffer too much for my lack of will power

>> tonight!

>>

>> It seems for me, that once I got close to an optimal

>> dose, my metabolism did get better -- haven't been

>> able to lose for many years and now I can. So, hang

>> in there and hopefully it will happen for you, too.

>> I

>> had almost given up being not fat. I didn't even

>> care

>> if I was thin. But now I think I can get there.

>>

>> People are treating me different at work, too. They

>> were always nice to me, but some folks are talking

>> to

>> me and more friendly now that I'm thinner. I agree

>> with Sammie that there is definitely a stigma when

>> you

>> aren't thin. And I ate less than most of the skinny

>> people at work.

>>

>> You may have to experiment and find out if you have

>> any food sensitivities. There were some foods I had

>> to give up, but I don't miss them, and I do have

>> them

>> occasionally. But, it helps me lose weight if I

>> don't

>> eat those foods.

>>

>> B.

>>

>> --- Sammie Baker wrote:

>>

>>> Ingrid,

>>>

>>> The worse thing is that I think starving even

>>> further

>>> lowers our metabolism. I dont know what else to

>> do

>>> though. There is such a stigma if you aren't

>> slim.

>>> People assume you are lazy or a binge eater. They

>>> have no idea what it's like.

>>>

>>>

>>> SAMMIE

>>>

>>>

>>>>

>>>>> My doc says I have surrouding thyroid

>>> resistance.

>>>>> Which is code for " It's impossible for you to

>>> lose

>>>>> weight unless you starve. "

>>>>>

>>>>> Good times.

>>>>

>>>> The only time in my life I was ever thin was

>> when

>>> I

>>>> starved myself...Imean I

>>>> was near anorexic just to stay slim (normal)

>>>>

>>>> ~Inga

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

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