3momchaos
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I’ve been putting off this post for a couple reasons. I don’t want to come off as bragging because I’m more confused than anything, but also because while I’m sure what’s going on could be considered normal, I think it’s strange.
For a couple months I was weight stable and happy where I was with a 3lb flux around 190. Then I suddenly and without trying lost a few more pounds. I realized that it had been 6 weeks since my thyroid meds were adjusted, so I attributed it to that. The lowest I’ve gone in the past couple weeks is 181.4.
Now comes the “weird” part. This was after a couple of days of eating, more or less, how I wanted. I still got my protein and fluids in, but I “vacation” ate.
I’ve been incredibly stressed out and my anxiety has been off the charts with the impending school year, and sending 3 kids back into ultra germy environments where 2 are unvaccinated and 1 who is vaccinated but doesn’t want to wear a mask in a school district where as of now masks are optional.
While I’m not using food as an outlet to cope with that stress, I decided not to worry as much about my food choices. I had a 9” pizza which took me 2 days to eat, a little dessert here an there (no dumping syndrome), and snacked with popcorn, Greek vanilla yogurt with homemade crumble topping, things like that, so not horrible, but certainly more than what I had been eating.
So my confusion is am I not getting enough calories normally or is this a function of too much thyroid medication? I get my blood work done today, and I think it’ll be high because my joints have been hurting and my anxiety usually isn’t this bad along with my fingernails have been peeling and hair falling out more again. I’ve dealt with Hashimotos for so long all I have to do is look at my fingernails, and I know if my levels are off.
According to dietitian, my body will stop losing weight when it’s supposed to as long as I’m getting enough calories. This morning I weighed in at 182.4. My endocrinologist hoped that I wouldn’t lose more than 100lbs, and I agreed that I didn’t think I needed to either even though I wouldn’t be in “healthy” BMI range (my BMI is 26 though so definitely an improvement from the 40.2 I was at on surgery day). I don’t care about the BMI though as long as I’m healthy, but now I’m worried I’m going to lose more than I should and look sick. For now I’ll wait and see where my thyroid levels are at and if the meds will be adjusted and go from there.
For that time when I’d stopped losing weight I was in a good place mentally about how much I’d loss, and how much I was eating. I guess this just unnerved me. I wouldn’t even mind gaining a little back. Just goes to show the scale moving down can be as bothersome as the scale moving up.
For a couple months I was weight stable and happy where I was with a 3lb flux around 190. Then I suddenly and without trying lost a few more pounds. I realized that it had been 6 weeks since my thyroid meds were adjusted, so I attributed it to that. The lowest I’ve gone in the past couple weeks is 181.4.
Now comes the “weird” part. This was after a couple of days of eating, more or less, how I wanted. I still got my protein and fluids in, but I “vacation” ate.
I’ve been incredibly stressed out and my anxiety has been off the charts with the impending school year, and sending 3 kids back into ultra germy environments where 2 are unvaccinated and 1 who is vaccinated but doesn’t want to wear a mask in a school district where as of now masks are optional.
While I’m not using food as an outlet to cope with that stress, I decided not to worry as much about my food choices. I had a 9” pizza which took me 2 days to eat, a little dessert here an there (no dumping syndrome), and snacked with popcorn, Greek vanilla yogurt with homemade crumble topping, things like that, so not horrible, but certainly more than what I had been eating.
So my confusion is am I not getting enough calories normally or is this a function of too much thyroid medication? I get my blood work done today, and I think it’ll be high because my joints have been hurting and my anxiety usually isn’t this bad along with my fingernails have been peeling and hair falling out more again. I’ve dealt with Hashimotos for so long all I have to do is look at my fingernails, and I know if my levels are off.
According to dietitian, my body will stop losing weight when it’s supposed to as long as I’m getting enough calories. This morning I weighed in at 182.4. My endocrinologist hoped that I wouldn’t lose more than 100lbs, and I agreed that I didn’t think I needed to either even though I wouldn’t be in “healthy” BMI range (my BMI is 26 though so definitely an improvement from the 40.2 I was at on surgery day). I don’t care about the BMI though as long as I’m healthy, but now I’m worried I’m going to lose more than I should and look sick. For now I’ll wait and see where my thyroid levels are at and if the meds will be adjusted and go from there.
For that time when I’d stopped losing weight I was in a good place mentally about how much I’d loss, and how much I was eating. I guess this just unnerved me. I wouldn’t even mind gaining a little back. Just goes to show the scale moving down can be as bothersome as the scale moving up.
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LOL just need to trust my instincts