This morning, 152. I can't explain it. For the last several days, I've been right at or just over 1,000 calories per day (see my calorie diary at right). True, I have not been exercising much, though this afternoon my daughter and I did bike about 2 miles to distribute flyers for a school fundraiser. I did have some frozen blackberries (no added sweetener) with a couple of tablespoons of sugarfree whipped topping last night and tonight for a treat. I did have a 5 oz. glass of red wine both nights.
Maybe it is just normal fluctuation, though I was so encouraged by the steady weight loss of 2-3 pounds per week.
Very discouraging. I must keep trying; perhaps 1,000 calories is still too many. I will give it another couple of days, see if the scale tips back down. If I can't get weight loss to resume on my own, I guess I will have to make an appointment with the doctor, who will refer me to a lab for bloodwork, and finally, a couple of weeks from now, I will get thyroid medication. Then it will be back and forth for a few months, drawing blood, and trying to adjust dosage.
So frustrating.
How about this: the scale is not that accurate, probably fluctuates by five pounds. You can tell whether a diet is working by how your clothes fit. Anyway, if there's a short cut available--like say, meds (and you already KNOW you're hypothyroid)--you should bloody well take it. Why make things harder on yourself?
ReplyDelete1000 calories is too few. If you drop much under 2000 calories your body goes into starvation mode and your metabolism drops some 30% to conserve the rations you are giving it. During WW2 anything under 1100 calories was considered starvation. I think you are setting yourself up for trouble with an intake this low as you are reducing your thyroid not improving its function IMHO.
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