I've suffered from hypothyroidism for over 14 years now. The best thing you can do is to eat clean and cut down on salt. I found that salt was causing me bloating. Also make sure you get your thyroid hormones tested regularly, at least once a year, if not every 6 months. This will ensure any changes are noticed quickly and nipped in the butt right away.
Do strength training exercises. The more muscle you have the more calories you are going to burn by just resting because muscle burns more calories than fat. Don't worry about bulking up, many people have to work incredibly hard to bulk up so you won't bulk up from doing strength training. Muscle will be lean and will make you look longer and leaner.
I found pilates helped me a lot. It worked and challenged my muscles and at the same time stretched me out. Walking also helped too because it was low impact, easy and I enjoyed it. A bonus is that it can be done indoors and with minimal time. Even devoting 20 min every other day will help with your goals.
Stop eating a lot of processed food. The additives and salt will only keep you from your goal. Eating healthy fruits and veggies are going to be a big help to you. Have whole wheat breads, and snack on veggies and fruit. These fill you up with less calories.
Most importantly of all, keep taking your medication! Try to take it the same time everyday and if you feel like something is wrong tell your doctor. Only you can be the advocate for your health. I have found that many doctors don't always understand this illness, and a lot of the symptoms can be miss-associated with other problems. If ever in doubt get it checked out!
I used to have the opposite problem, mine were too high so I super super skinny when I was a kid. But there are meds for that, I don't know much you would need to take but your doctor will calculate that and give you the right dosis so your thyroid will work normal or apear to work normal.
10 lbs in 3 months is not bad. Many people reach a plateau when losing weight, because your body gets used to not getting as many calories. I would recommend eating a bit more for a few weeks. Or at least have one big cheat day a week .
I really don't think dieting is the right way to long term weight loss. You need to change forever. I do something like this link it works great for me. For some healthy but delcious recipes, see here link
I've been doing a lot of reading about hypothyroidism and metabolism lately and it's turned me on to the work of Matt Stone, Dr. Brodda Barnes, Dr. Mark Starr and Dr. Ray Peat. Of these, Matt Stone and Dr Peat focus primarily on the diet and highly recommend checking out their websites (although Dr. Peat gets really technical).
I like Matt Stone's work the best because he's a researcher, not a doctor and he seems to see the bigger picture. He's also less technical and more fun to read. You might find it hard to wrap your head around it though as he turns the idea of what is commonly accepted as a "healthy diet" on its head.
This article is a good primer on his ideas:
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Needless to say, dietary approaches are only of any use if you have a working (but under-performing) thyroid gland. If you've got Hashimoto's or thyroid cancer you're going to need to supplement thyroid hormones.
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Isn't that what they have the medicine for? When my mom was diagnosed with hypothyroidism she had put on some weight, but her medicine made her metabolism more normal. She eats pretty healthy in general, and she tries to exercise regularly...Talk to your doctor if you are having problems.
see an endocrinologist and go from there. They specialize in hormones and the endocrine system. They can help you with that more than someone on gag. good luck and I wish you well. By the way I'm curious as to what your results were? I have a low one too but my doctor didn't seem too concerned
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