Note: This is a really old post that I didn't feel like publishing until today. I reviewed it today, and thought it was good to post as is. So I posted this today as is. For what it's worth, I totally lapsed into my Dr. Pepper habit again. Well, it's time to start over. Take one day at a time.
Hi,
Thought I'd talk a bit about myself tonight. This is "Up Close and Personal".
I have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, an autoimmune disorder. I see a lot of things on the Internet and in books, and everything is really confusing. An older book said that soy is OK. A newer book by the same author says that soy is not OK. Various websites say that I'm not optimally treated as I am on T4 only medication. I need to have both T3 and T4 medication, and I'm only getting T4 medication. My dog also has hypothyroidism and she is being successfully treated with T4 only medication, Soloxine. But I'm sure she has a different kind of hypothyroidism from mine.
Other websites say that I should avoid these ingredients: gluten, soy, beans, dairy, calcium, grains, nuts, eggs, nightshades, raw cruciferous vegetables...
That doesn't leave me much to eat. And I'm getting really obsessive with reading food labels. If it has soy in it, it's out. If it has hydrogenated anything, it's out. If it has fractionated anything, it's out. If it has canola oil, it's out. If it has palm oil, it's out, as apes are being killed for palm oil. Geez. If it has carrageenan in it, it's out. At the end of a shopping trip, my cart is nearly empty and not even full. At least that's saved me tons of money. Used to spend easily over $100, and now I only spend $50 in one shopping trip. That is... Different.
My dream is to become a soy free, gluten free, grain free, nut free, egg free vegan. Ha! I've Googled this to death, and I can't find any recipes that meet my criteria. So I easily give up and say, eh, who cares? My sweet tooth is also still too wicked. I wish I could pull out my sweet tooth! I guess I'm being a perfectionist. Sigh. I hate being a perfectionist.
I was a Weight Watcher before, and I successfully lost 42 lbs despite this autoimmune disorder. I've read that Hashi can effectively turn off the switch for satiety, so it is easy to eat too much. Guess I should go back to WeightWatchers again, but the problem is that my mind is not there. I actually was a paying (yes, paying, because I was hovering over 2 lbs over the goal weight - I kept fluctuating between 3-5 lbs over my goal weight.) Lifetime Weight Watcher for a whole year with my weight not budging before I gave up. I just got so frustrated. I didn't want to waste my money with my weight not budging for an entire year! I just can't get with the program. I don't want to count points. I don't want to worry about what I eat. I already worry too much about what I eat.
I'm thinking about looking into intuitive eating, but I'm not sure I'd be good at that. Guess I have to start somewhere.
Then again, I've successfully laid off the Dr. Pepper and Diet Dr. Pepper. Now water actually tastes good to me plain! I've been drinking 8+ glasses of water at work without any flavoring or sweetener. That is huge for me. The other parts? I'm still working on them. I know what I need to do, but my mind is playing games with me. I'm being a brat.
I've discovered that I cannot, cannot stomach dairy in the morning. I just can't. If I eat a piece of cheese for breakfast, I get a really bad taste in my mouth. So now I know that dairy in the morning is out. Oh, and the calcium interferes with the absorption of the medication. I take my medication in the morning, and one hour later I need to eat breakfast, but I cannot have any calcium for 4 hours after I take my medication. See my dilemma there? So no wonder I cannot stomach dairy in the morning. I'm better off having dairy for lunch or dinner. That seems to work better for me.
Of course, this makes breakfast insanely difficult for me. At least I feel like that. Sometimes I'm like, OK, fine, whatever, I'll just have some raspberries then!
Now what do I eat? I have no idea.
I need all the encouragement I can get!
I like oatmeal for breakfast - is that gluten free?
ReplyDeleteI think you were meant to have those two extra pounds. And it's only two pounds. It was probably water weight anyway, so I wouldn't count them.
No, I was weighing more than 5-10 lbs over goal for like a year, so I felt frustrated and stuck. So I quit. Ha ha. No, oatmeal is not guaranteed to be gluten free.
ReplyDeleteHmm, this is about the third time I'm writing this comment - I accidentally clicked on the button Sign out. I'm trying again. I was finally put on T3 medication a few months back. The weight finally budged! Hooray! I still have to take bloodwork every 3 months. The medication levels are not stable yet. But we're a step in the right direction. It's taken me 7 years to get the medication correct. Yes, 7 years of blood tests every 3 months. Hopefully that'll come to an end soon where I only have to check my levels once a year.
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