https://greatawakening.win/p/17txaYKxvt/i-defeated-the-medicalindustrial/
I found this post on the board and then I tried to find comments about kelp supplements, but the search yielded no results.
I'm trying to avoid having to go to the clinical route, because 1 dose of levothyroxine messed me up, so i'm trying to do something else. I found out I had hypothyroidism during pregnancy. It has been two years, and I still have not been able to lose the weight. I gained 100 pounds during pregnancy. You read that correctly.
I cleaned up my diet, intentionally created a caloric deficit, and incorporated more exercise, but the weight is not coming off, so that is telling me that the thyroid is still an issue.
I am taking vitamin b12 and b complex, cut down on the bullshit food, now going on nightly walks.
Because I am overweight by a hundred pounds, running is hard on my joints at the moment.
I lost my gallbladder from pregnancy as well, so I have to be careful what I do. At the moment I am trying a Mediterranean type diet, and I feel better, but the weight is still there.
Any ideas?
Caveat: I am not qualified to give advice. I know that all solutions will depend upon your personal circumstances and medications, however, I can tell you what works for me. I am on Levothyroxine, by the way, but was severely overweight in spite of that.
What worked for me was ignoring calorie counting. The things you need to count are carbs. So, I headed off in the general direction of Keto diets without going all the way. Surplus carbs get converted into fat because your body does not know when it will be fed again and it does not want to waste anything. That fat can be converted back to energy and that is how you lose weight.
Basically, imagine you are living in the stone age or, even better, you are a wild animal! So, no snacks, probably not three meals a day, some days no food at all! Most food will be stuff you caught or picked so meat and berries will be popular.
Breakfast cereals have surprising amounts of carbohydrates. Adding sugar makes it even worse.
Carbs are basically sugar so beware if you are diabetic. More advice needed.
I prefer positive advice to negative so more protein is the way to go - while minimising carbs. Potatoes, rice, pasta and bread are all carbs to be minmised. Sad, but true! Do not eat too late in the evening.
There are a ton of videos on YouTube. Many contradict each other! So your best Q Analysis techniques will need to be deployed to find your way through.
I have lost 56 lbs so it is working out for me.
OP, I wrote a looooong (too long!) response to your question, but I decided to just turn it into a new thread here:
https://greatawakening.win/p/1ASt1HI882/
Maybe you got the wrong strength levothyroxine. Doc has me on 25 mcg.
I effectively cured my hypothyroidism (last lab test showed normal levels), so I no longer have a prescription for levothyroxine. It involved several steps:
Real food - single ingredients, home cooked (no processed food crap). It is basically the new inverted food pyramid. Meat, fish, eggs, whole dairy... plus fruit and nuts (peanuts, almonds) for snacks. Low carbs in general. This means most of the food in the grocery store is inedible. I only buy stuff from the outer ring (produce, butcher, dairy sections).
Supplements - a normal multi vitamin that maxes out at 100% RDA. Then extra D3 to get approx. 5000 IU per day. Finally, fish oil for DHA/Omega 3.
Iodine - I get it from supplements and iodized salt. I put a decent amount of iodized salt on my meat, etc. and the increased iodine really helps. The salt helps increase stomach acidity and stops reflux.
Strength training - circuit training 3 times a week provides strength training plus mild cardio workout. So many benefits... exercise is the best medicine.
These steps reduced chronic inflammation and restored normal thyroid function for me. Your mileage may vary...
The best way to supplement iodine is not traditional supplements or iodized salt. It is too easy to overdose with supplements unless you are having frequent blood tests to monitor your levels, and salt just doesn't give you much iodine at all unless you're burying your food in mounds of it. Overdosing on iodine can lead to a lot of very serious health problems and complications.
The best way to supplement iodine safely and effectively without constant blood testing is to get a small bottle of 2% iodine tincture from the pharmacy (DO NOT get the clear variety, you need to see the orange color) and put an amount on your skin equal to the size of a quarter, or maybe slightly larger. If your body needs iodine, it will absorb however much it needs transdermally, and if it doesn't need more then it will not absorb it. You will never absorb too much, so you cannot overdose using this method. You can visually monitor how much is being absorbed simply by watching the orange color over a 24 hour period. As the iodine is absorbed, the orange color will start to fade. If you absorb the entire amount in less than 24 hours, then you are probably iodine deficient.
I also recommend taking a selenium supplement. Both iodine and selenium are needed for normal thyroid function.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07PZ926V8?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title Or get these and stop counting drops. Everyone needs at least 25 mg a day 50 mg is better.
I avoid any kind of oral iodine supplementation, because oral supplementation should never be done without a doctor's monitoring via regular blood testing. If you take any kind of oral iodine, and you exceed the levels that your body needs, then your body will store the excess iodine and it will build up over time in your tissues. This can cause all kinds of health problems, from goiters, to cancer, to heart issues. Some of these have the potential to be fatal. Blood testing can tell you when to stop taking oral iodine supplements, but otherwise you're just taking them blindly and hoping you don't end up with iodine toxicity.
The beauty of transdermal iodine supplementation is that the body will only absorb the amount it needs, then it will stop. You cannot overdose, and so you don't need to spend all the time and money for constant blood testing. You also get a very general idea about whether you're deficient or not, and to what extent.
Yeah, have a fam member with. She has to raise and lower the strength every once in a while.. too low and it doesn't seem do anything, to much and she is worse off than not having it at all. She has been dealing with the issue for over ten years now so, it only takes one look at her to ask if she has been in to check her levels lately. She has other health issues but, she works everything around her meds for the thyroid. I do not know what she is taking currently, do remember she had to switch it up at one point early on. I hope you find something that works out for you! I like the comment above about, switching to a primitive diet.. though, cook your meats please :P "We all could learn from BigFoot" meat, herbs and berries, meat, herbs and berries.
A good aerobics exercise I do is rowing... low impact, engages every muscle group, and is easy on the bones and joints. I do this at my gym, start with a mile (1609 meters) and gradually work up to 2 miles. Then try to do those 2 miles in 20 minutes or less.
Good luck, anon.
My wife has been using a functional doctor for years and it’s been very helpful. She has a thyroid issue called Hashimoto’s. A standard thyroid test would not detect that. Typically, functional medicine gets to the root causes of things and not just symptoms.
For years I used a bovine thyroid prescription from a compounding pharmacy. That worked.
It got to be a hassle so I let my doc prescribe levothyroxine. Which seemed fine.
Then I had gall bladder problems. It was not gall stones, so it had to be the gall bladder sphincter and I learned from my OWN research the thyroid controls the gall bladder sphincter, so I got the doc to up the dosage for thyroid functioning. NOTE: the standard prescription may NOT be enough! It was not for me.
But you had problems with levo?? I never have. Without your gall bladder could the dose have been wrong?
I went up to 200 lbs for my pregnancies! Fortunately the weight came off naturally since I no longer had the compulsion to eat to prevent pregnancy nausea, went back to just my normal exercise routine, along with breastfeeding (which is what the pregnancy weight gain is FOR: breast feeding stores.)
I wish you well, but don't freak out about your weight. As long as you eat healthy and have a decent amount of exercise, focus on being healthy rather than what the scales say. Not being so worried about weight loss and letting the body function is better. If the body senses reduced calories to an extent it decides famine is coming, it will hold onto the body fat all the tighter.
I had my gallbladder at the time. I had pretty bad vertigo, nausea and vomiting on levo, so I stopped and that was during pregnancy.
I started being concerned about my weight when I couldn't (tmi) have sex without literally being winded, couldn't keep up with my now 2 year old, couldn't work without joint pain and it is not a super active job. I am prone to eczema and lost my gallbaldder after baby.
I stopped producing on my first day baxk to work, and I did all the natural breastfeeding remedies and tricks, but I could not keep the stress under control, so that was on me.
"couldn't keep up with my now 2 year old", so that is your prime motivation!
"I could not keep the stress under control, so that was on me." NO the STRESS and the effects on your nervous system are not your fault!
When you get down again, which you will, please re-read these threads from all your frens! You are loved, you are appreciated, you have reserves to draw upon at this time . . .
TBH sometimes you just HAVE TO pull every reserve out of yourself to take care of your kid! That is all that matters. The effects of the stress and your weight are real, but they don't matter at the moment . . . Take care of yourself, but push through!
Have you had your estrogen, progesterone and cortisol levels checked? Do you have symptoms of perimenopause? This can happen at a young age, even in your late 30s? If you’re doing everything else right, which it sounds like you are, you may have a hormonal issue that is causing the weight to not shift.
Look into Dr. Courtney Hunt. She is very active on Instagram, free ebook on her site. She healed her own Hashimotos and got off her meds. It’s about sleep, sunlight, proper nutrition which usually means less carbs and introducing fasting. Big changes that are simple but powerful. GL, Fren. I had a hard time losing baby weight with my second, now the fight is against perimenopause and increasing my physical activity in light of WFH lifestyle.
Try this:
https://thedrardisshow.com/episode-06-11-2025-thyroid-part-2-hyperthyroidism
Look into keto plan - basically no sugars and no carbs. Only proteins, vegetables and fats. If you can do one meal a day OMAD, it will come off faster. Working wonders for me at 59. I am now my high school weight after 6 mos.
Carnivore for the win.
I really want to but trying Mediterranean to get a noninflammatory balanced diet in first.
How does carnivore work for you guys? Seems expensive
Not a doctor, but look into adaptogens and thyroid issues: ashwagandha, rhodiola, holy basil, etc. (They seem to work for me.)
Ivermectin is showing promise with treating Alzheimer's.
I don't think anyone understands how Ivermectin helps with some Alzheimer's patients, it certainly doesn't help with all of them. I'm sorry that it didn't help with your family members, but it sounds like it may have been more a case of vaccine injury than normal Alzheimer's.
I'm sorry for your losses.
Curious; did you try giving lots of saturated fat? That's supposed to help with dementia.
Sounds like you did all you could. A wholistic doctor told me that dementia and Alzheimer's respond very well to saturated fats. I suppose mct would count towards that, but he said that to make any headway towards recovering function you'd need at least 2-3 tablespoons per day of coconut oil minimum. The amount surprised me. Just something to keep in mind for future reference I suppose. Thanks.
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Well you certainly are getting a lot of information to process here! I’ll share this as it specifically addresses postpartum hypothyroidism. https://deliciouslyorganic.net/how-to-reverse-hypothyroid-postpartum-naturally/
I’m 25 years post total thyroidectomy due to cancer and can sympathize with the struggle of finding the correct levothyoxine dosage. Doing that while having a little one to care for, may God bless you with strength and healing.
Not all endocrinologists are great at their job. I did not learn until researching my own health struggles in the last few years that Biotin can interfere with your thyroid blood test results. No doctor ever mentioned that. You are smart to research on your own and take that knowledge to your doctor.
Good luck to you.
Try brand prescription Cytomel. You might not be converting T3 into T4. Also kick up levothyroxine to 100mcg. Try brand name Tirosint for T4. You will need to work consistently with your medical PC AND insurance to get BRAND products. In my 40 years of fighting the "system" I have found that BRAND products are the only thing that keeps my hypothyroid in check. Good luck‼️
Find a doctor of the "healing arts" that can get you glandular nutrition. This will most likely be a chiropractor.
The glandular nutrition is most likely going to be derived from a bovine source.
Through applied kinesiology they can test your body and ask its innate wisdom if it's right for you and how much is the appropriate dose for YOUR body specifically.
The thyroid is "a master gland" important for many functions. A blood test can tell you if you're having a T3 or T4 hormone deficiency and what your body really needs as a 2nd source of diagnosis. But a good practitioner can tell you without one.
Try to avoid pharma thyroxine/Synthroid etc - because once you're on it, you're on it forever. The natural glandular (not some random kelp nonsense) will actually help your body HEAL your thyroid - and then you'll only need to take it as a maintenance dose.
CRA (Contact Reflex Analysis) is one option of many - Here's a directory: https://crawellness.com/pages/cra-practitioner-directory
I'm only sharing my own personal experience & path - been taking glandular thyroid for 35 years now...
This fellow says he has helped numerous people to eliminate thyroid drugs and become healthy. Here are a few of his posts specifically about the thyroid. https://darkovelcek.wordpress.com/?s=Thyroid He's rather glib, and English is not his first language so he has some silly typos, but his info is good.
I've been following his protocol for almost two years, not for thyroid, but it's helped me tremendously. Quickly eliminated my eczema, brought my body weight down to where I had been as a healthy high schooler (I'm in my 50s now), and improved energy levels.
It's very close to what mag720768 wrote in his separate post, but a few differences like emphasizing hydration. I hope it helps. Feel free to ask me any questions about his protocol if you're interested.