Muscle loss, weight gain, and thyroid

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Merry Christmas everyone!

I´m in sunny Costa Rica and soaking up the Vitamin D .

The food here is great! Lots of fish, beef, eggs, veggies, simple

sauces of garlic and butter, and avocadoes. Unfortunately, I can´t

find a lemon! They only have limes and, man, are they sour!

As I´ve been putting on my bikini these last couple of days, I´ve

noticed just how " fat " I´ve become. I´ve lost so much muscle tone it

is kinda scary! Years ago, I did a low carb diet and had a very

similar reaction to my body shape. I´ve been really slacking on my

exercise as the fatigue in the beginning stages of diet was so

intense so that is part of it too.

Even here, I´m tired a lot... we´re hiking, kayaking, swimming,

walking, etc. and my body is doing OK but it is hard with this

fatigue. I hold onto other testimonials that it will pass.

I also reduced my thyroid meds so that might be making me fatter? I

am wanting to cut back on my fat intake because I just feel so fat!

It makes me mad as I´m not eating many carbs except veggies and

lemons.

I just retested my thyroid and my TSH is 0.6 and my T4 Free is 0.9

and they forgot to test T3 Free. Bee, just curious if your TSH is in

a normal range. My doc doesn´t like that it is so low so he´s

rearranging my dosage a bit so I¨m a little heavier on T4.

Any ways, would love any suggestions, perspectives.

Blessings,

Genevieve