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26 July 2011
Hypothyroidism.. blahh.. I've had this for 9 years now. I have absolutely no thyroid, due to a radioactive iodine treatment to cure Graves disease, an autoimmune disorder I got after giving birth to my youngest son. I used to live life like I didn't have it. Treated myself and my diet like I was normal. All I had to do was take this very inexpensive "vitamin" every day and I felt okay. I could lose weight fairly easily... Then I quit smoking back in January. I gained 20 pounds, I went on a Vegan diet and 10 of those pounds fell right off within about a month. Then with no change to my diet they slowly crept back on. I still haven't gained it all back but it makes me wonder what is going on? I typically lose a couple pounds then gain it all back.
I'm currently doing Chalean Extreme to add muscle and I'm seeing muscle come on and my body fat has decreased, but I'm still not getting the results as fast as I'd like.
Today due boredom mostly and maybe also because of aggravation and water retention, I did some research on hypothyroidism and nicotine. Come to find out there are studies that show that nicotine has helped lab rats with a lot of the symptoms of hypothyroid. There are also studies that show that nicotine also helps convert T4 into T3. The synthetic hormone I'm taking only improves T4. Makes me wonder if maybe the reason why it was so hard for me to quit smoking is because I was self medicating. I would smoke the most when I was tired..hmmm..
I showed the studies to my husband and I told him that in the past couple months on occasion I would chew nicotine gum and that I did feel better after I chewed it. I told him I was thinking of chewing maybe four pieces a day to see if I see an improvement. He said it would be okay because at least I wouldn't be smoking. He knows what's it like. He's been quit for 2 years now.
Here is my case.. The past couple weeks I upped my calorie intake to make sure my body isn't in starvation mode. It's been really difficult trying to get in at least 1200 calories a day because I really am not that hungry. The serving sizes of veggies that I'm eating are super huge compared to what I used to eat so I'm having trouble eating all my protein along with the veggies. I feel like I'm stuffing myself. Then after I eat, I'm worried about being hungry a couple hours later so I can eat a snack. Most the time when I eat, I'm not hungry and eat because I'm suppose to. I work out 6 days a week. The scale is barely moving. I don't really trust the body fat device because it's tested on my stomach and I carry most of my weight on my lower half. The biggest concern I have is that in 1 year I'm going to be 40 years old. I know I'm not really big, but I worry that if I don't get my weight under 130 I'll have a harder time down the road being healthy and having energy. Not to mention getting older is really messing with my head. I depended a lot on my appearance when I was younger for self-esteem. Trying to get self-esteem elsewhere has been difficult.
Lastly, my other fear... if I start chewing nicotine gum 4 times a day, being a nicotine addict will I be able to remain in control and keep it that way? If I test out chewing gum and it doesn't work am I willing to go through the withdrawals all over again? Lots to think about. Comments welcome, but I probably won't like the ones that ask me to talk to my doctor, because I'm pretty sure he will tell me to test it out for myself and let him know what happens. LOL!
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18 July 2011
Lost 2.2 pounds and my weight redistributed itself putting on more on the bottom half :) Also lost 2.2 percent body fat.
BFP 22.2 (10 mm)
Waist: 25.5
Hips: 36
Abductors: 35.5
Chest: 34.5
Right Arm: 10.75
Left Arm: 11
Right Thigh: 21
Left Thigh: 21.5
Weigh-in:
141.5 lb
lost so far:
0 lb
still to go:
21.5 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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losing 2.2 lb a week
11 July 2011
Body fat went down yet weight went up almost 4 pounds. Muscle is leaner than fat and muscle also weighs more than fat. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :P
I start Chalean Extreme today. I'm really excited and I can't wait to see results particularly in muscle definition.
My starting measurements:
Waist: 25.5
Hips: 36.5
Abductors: 36.75
Chest: 34.5
Right Arm: 11
Left Arm: 11
Right Thigh: 20
Left Thigh: 20.5
Weight: 143.7
Body Fat Percentage: 24.0
Weigh-in:
143.7 lb
lost so far:
0 lb
still to go:
23.7 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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gaining 3.7 lb a week
05 July 2011
25.7% Body Fat
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04 July 2011
Weigh-in:
140.0 lb
lost so far:
0 lb
still to go:
20.0 lb
Diet followed reasonably well
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gaining 1.0 lb a week
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