I too am hypothroidic (?) and it is well controlled, I think. I go along with the idea of multiplying your weight by 17 and subtracting 500 if you want to lose a lb a week or 1000 a day if you want to lose 2 lb a week. If you are very inactive (which I am) decrease that amount by your weight x 13. It works marvelously.

I recently read an article where research had went over a large number of different diets, compared the results from them, and found out something amazing. High carbs, high protein, low carbs, low protein, counting calories, vegetarian, etc. – they ALL work if you stick to them.

Good luck to all.

My resolution for 2010 is to stop drinking so much soda. I drink 4 cans a day (diet, but still not good!). I’ve done it before, but between losing my job and getting a new one all my carefully planned routines kinda fell apart. :P

Good luck with your weight loss goal.

The best thing i can recommend is to find a form of exercise that you actually like. If you have to force yourself to do it, it will be much harder to keep it up. Personally, i can’t stand going to the gym to run on the hamster wheel for 30 minutes, but I play four-wall handball for HOURS. Try different things until you find something that you enjoy.

I win in that I get healthier by losing weight, and I win in that I’m going to eat less instead of go on an expensive diet.

Good luck to you!

I’ve been a diabetic for over a decade. It is very easy to hide behind it, blame it for things.

If your Hypothyroidism is out of control, work with your doctor till it is under control.

Then stop blaming it for your problems.

Former personal trainer and current trainer for the military here. If you need any help with this goal feel free to email me. You have given me so much through your blog that I would love to give to you.

Oh, and I also have a BS in exercise science.

Im here if you have any questions.

I also want to say that I don’t really find these goals very specific. Perhaps it’s the vagueness of the exercise plan.

Even those who don’t have thyroid problems have to keep themselves in check every now and again. :)

Being hypo slows your metabolism to a crawl, which is a big reason it’s so hard to lose weight. My body temp averages 97.2-97.4*, meaning I am not even burning enough fuel to keep myself warm (with low-ish pulse and low bp too). On a normal day, when I’m not attempting to watch my weight, I eat about 1600-2000 calories, and I have gained 20 pounds in the last 10 years like that. (Granted, they’re not always intelligent calories) So it just takes a little more determination, but it certainly doesn’t make losing weight or getting in shape impossible.

Exercise is great for kicking off your metabolism and keeping the weight off, but dietary choices are the biggest issues here. If you exercise less, you eat less, period. I remember one year where I was running more intensely than usual (due to marathon training) — I don’t think I lost any weight that year. Why? Because I ate more, to adjust to the intensity of my workouts.

I find it much easier to focus on the diet part and to try to keep a calories deficit up to 500 Kcal a day (in order to achieve the one pound/week loss). Like, if you need 2000 Kcal for your regular, moderate activities (workout excluded), your food intake should be around 1500 Kcal. If you do a workout on that day, you replace the calories burnt. If you burn 400 Kcal during your workout, you eat 1900 Kcal worth of food. The deficit will be the same.

About three percent of the general population is hypothyroidic.

Hypothyroidism causes both water retention and constipation. Thus, if I eat a normal meal that my wife eats – say, tuna – I will retain more of the contents of that tuna in my body than she will.

Any dietary choice for a person with hypothyroidism will cause slower weight loss – or more rapid weight gain – than a person without it. They just simply retain more of the water and more of the food, no matter what the food is.

Unsurprisingly, the end result of that is that many people with hypothyroidism will fail at dieting and believe it doesn’t work because it’s not as effective for them as it is for other people. It’s really easy to get discouraged and give up when you’re already overweight, you watch your diet really carefully for a week, and you don’t lose an ounce.