Hi All,
I tend to lose when I eat only one cm, and maintain when I eat two cm's. I have also read that you lose weight during the times when your body has used up all the ready calories from your latest meal, and when it has to dip into your reserve stash (ie, thighs, etc.
) Makes sense to me. I feel like the main fat-burning time is in the middle of the night to early morning, so skipping breakfast for me just extends this and makes a huge difference.
Sue - I originally had Graves' Disease, which is the hyper version of autoimmune thyroid disease. But I have both kind of antibodies, and when I started heaing myself the stimulating ones went away first, and then I was hypo for about 6 months. And yes, I think that it's possible to heal yourself. At least I hope I am doing it, and my doc and endo also confirm it, though they say I could develop it again at any time. I focused on healing my immune system, and I thought of the thyroid symptoms more as a side-effect. I stopped eating gluten because there is a lot of research connecting antibodies to gluten with those that target your thyroid gland (and the pancreas as well). Within one week, my hyper symptoms had mellowed quite a bit. Also I have really worked on reducing stress in my life as I think that is also a huge trigger for me. I stopped eating sugar and did lots of natural healing stuff like acupuncture and energy medicine.
I've been feeling really good lately (levels in the normal range when I last checked in November, and antibodies down to about half of what they were originally), and I thought I was healthy enough to try and diet to lose the last of the hypo pounds. After your email I thought about it and changed my goal to 150, which is my normal baseline, instead of 145, which is pretty skinny for me (trying not to be such a perfectionist!). However, as I mentioned on the weekly check-in, I've been having a few heart palpitations lately, which was my main symptom when I was hypo and hyper, and I haven't had that in months. So I'm a little concerned that dieting is too much for my body and I'm not quite all healed yet. I'm going to see what effect a week off work will have, and hopefully I'll be back on plan soon.