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My gf is suffering from some serious post contest rebound issues. She had blood work done and obviously has some issues. I am looking for some advice on how to resolve/repair the issues. Anyway this is the story...
I met my girlfriend backstage at a show where we both competed in the summer of 2015. We began dating a few months later. Now when we started dating, she was much heavier than her competition weight. I'm talking 40 lbs heavier and she is 5'3". She was miserable with her weight gain. I asked her what had happened. Basically, she had a coach that dieted her on 800 calories with very little fat or carbs. She dieted like this for over 6 months. Immediately I figured she probably did some damage to her metabolism. She remained heavy for a few more months until we started prepping for two shows in 2016. I helped her with her prep this year. It was very difficult to pull weight off and we ended up with a low carb, moderate fat, high protein diet. 150g protein 30g carbs 50g fat per day with a re-feed once a week. Everything progressed slowly but she did make improvements. We decided to add T-3 at 25mcg a day and suddenly everything seemed to fall into place. Now we were already using 20mg var a day and 1.5iu gh but even that didn't seem to do much until we added in the t-3. She ended up looking great for her shows. She won her class in open figure in one and took 3rd in a stacked class of 12 in another.
Fast forward to post contest. We planned on reverse dieting, which we did to an extent. We tapered off all supplements. She immediately started gaining weight fast. I know what she was eating and it was far from perfect but wasn't bad either. She went back to a strict diet of 1300 calories. still gained weight. She ended up right back to where she started and became extremely depressed. 7 weeks post contest, we had blood work done. Her thyroid seems fucked. Now before anyone screams it was the T-3, she had the same problem the previous year and she was 100% natural then. She saw a Dr. who referred her to a specialist. The damn specialist cant see her until Jan 2017! I am attaching the blood work. Anyone with any advice please help!!! I cannot deal with my depressed, emotional train wreck gf anymore.. I need her to get this weight gain under control.
I met my girlfriend backstage at a show where we both competed in the summer of 2015. We began dating a few months later. Now when we started dating, she was much heavier than her competition weight. I'm talking 40 lbs heavier and she is 5'3". She was miserable with her weight gain. I asked her what had happened. Basically, she had a coach that dieted her on 800 calories with very little fat or carbs. She dieted like this for over 6 months. Immediately I figured she probably did some damage to her metabolism. She remained heavy for a few more months until we started prepping for two shows in 2016. I helped her with her prep this year. It was very difficult to pull weight off and we ended up with a low carb, moderate fat, high protein diet. 150g protein 30g carbs 50g fat per day with a re-feed once a week. Everything progressed slowly but she did make improvements. We decided to add T-3 at 25mcg a day and suddenly everything seemed to fall into place. Now we were already using 20mg var a day and 1.5iu gh but even that didn't seem to do much until we added in the t-3. She ended up looking great for her shows. She won her class in open figure in one and took 3rd in a stacked class of 12 in another.
Fast forward to post contest. We planned on reverse dieting, which we did to an extent. We tapered off all supplements. She immediately started gaining weight fast. I know what she was eating and it was far from perfect but wasn't bad either. She went back to a strict diet of 1300 calories. still gained weight. She ended up right back to where she started and became extremely depressed. 7 weeks post contest, we had blood work done. Her thyroid seems fucked. Now before anyone screams it was the T-3, she had the same problem the previous year and she was 100% natural then. She saw a Dr. who referred her to a specialist. The damn specialist cant see her until Jan 2017! I am attaching the blood work. Anyone with any advice please help!!! I cannot deal with my depressed, emotional train wreck gf anymore.. I need her to get this weight gain under control.
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