Question about thyroid and diet

[kandaandm]

The other day somebody I work with told me that after some blood tests her doctor found she has a thyroid problem. She now takes cytomel or something of the kind...due to her thyroid problem she has had weight gain. She started doing an hour of cardio a day and eating 6 small meals a day, but her bodyfat and weight will not decrease.

Does anybody here have any experience with thyroid problems and losing weight/bodyfat? Any suggestions would help.

 

[Baal]

For most men 25mcg of cytomel is what we would naturally produce daily. It takes a period of time after use until our body stops producing our own (spelling) triiodothyronine. Usually suggested towards 2-3 weeks...

It sounds like she has hypothyroidism....opposite of hyper which is over production.

Assuming her doctor is using t3 as a replacement to put her in normal range, we can also assume she is 'normal' I would be interesting in seeing her diet....she probably just needs to change her macronutrition around to shift fat deposits.

I have found personally....if you eat low carbs, moderate fats....longer multiple sessions of low intensity cardio is best to shed fat. Vice versa....if you eat a higher carb diet, lower fat intake we need to use a much higher intense cardio.

The reactions are completely different.

With higher carb diets, we are just doing higher intense cardio to use stored glycogen as an energy source, putting us in a deficit of calories from our base metabolic rate.

With lower carbs, moderate fats, we are targeting fat directly by using ketones as an energy source.....assuming we are in ketosis. You can purchase a keto stick from most pharmacy's to test this.

Try added some L-Carnitine and Green Tea to mobilize fat a little better.

 

[Phidias]

The other day somebody I work with told me that after some blood tests her doctor found she has a thyroid problem. She now takes cytomel or something of the kind...

It's very unlikely to prescribe T3 (cynomel) as a thyroid replacement. Most of the time docs will write a script for T4 in case of hypothyroidism (high TSH and normal to low T4).

So if that's the case (that she was prescribed L-Thyroxine/T4 and not T3/cynomel), maybe her T4 dose is too low. It really takes some time to determine precisely how much your body needs.

However if her blood test showed a low TSH, the cause of her hypothyroidism may find its origin in a hypophyse or hypothalamus inadequacy... specific tests must be performed to know. But if that's the case, the treatment requires more than thyroid hormones only.

But her endocrinologist should know better...