Re: Anyone with weight gain problems?

December 21, 2002

" " wrote:

>

> My endo took me off 5mg of methimazole on Dec. 6

> because of my weight gain. I had previously 2 " normal " blood

> readings. Now, some hyperT symptoms are returning. I did let the

> doctor know.

Have you started methimazole again yet?

> Anyone else having or had what I consider rapid weight gain? I was a

> size 14, now I'm pushing into a 18!! I'll be honest and tell you I

> really haven't been exercising on a regular basis all year long.

I tend to agree with Jody, it shouldn't be a big issue, unless

it is on the way to being unhealthy.

My low sugar diet really helped. I got up to 245 pounds, and

have since shed 25 pounds, and despite not being so rigorous

with the diet it has stayed off. The diet involved not buying

all the things we know are bad, so I wouldn't be tempted,

especially ice cream, biscuits, crisps, soda drinks, and

abandoning desert courses (alcohol was gone anyway).

I lost weight through the diet despite minimal exercise (I just

didn't feel up to it). Unsweetened popcorn (home popped) settled

the odd carbohydrate cravings, that or no salt and sugar

muesili.

I can't make sense of the diet changes that worked, and what is

suppose to happen in hyper/hypo thyroidism, but there are issues

surrounding sugar, carbohydrate, and cholesterol. Quite a lot of

hypothyroid patients swear by low carbohydrate diets, and quite

a lot has been written on the topics. Shomon of

www.thyroid.about.com has a lot to say on the issue of thyroids

and weight.

Do you have cravings? Have you lost the hyperthyroid eat any and

every thing mode ? (that tooks me years to shift, not least as

my family all expected me to eat like I did when I was

hyperthyroid and look disappointed if I don't finish all the

left overs off at family events.)

First thing of course is realistic target weight, all our GPs

nurses have a weight height chart, and these tend to allow quite

a generous margin for healthy. I think staying in that range is

achievement enough for the hormonally challenged.

Simon

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