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Hi. I'm hoping there is someone who can help.
I never had a problem with my weight until my second pregnancy. I got very sick at 6 months pregnant, and despite lots of tests, I couldn't find out the cause. As a result of extremely fast weightloss while pregnant (almost 2kg per week), my baby was born 10 weeks early with emergency c-section.
After the birth they gave me complete bloodtests, and found that my T3 & T4 and TSH were totally too high, too low and all over the place. The doctor then told me I was in Thyroid shock and they operated immediately. They told me I have Graves Disease. Now 2 years later (my little girl is fine!!), I picked up more than 30kg, and only have a small piece of my thyroid left. I go for tests every now and then, and thyroid is now normal. I don't take any meds, but have this to ask. Why would I pick up so much weight if it were normal, and will I have problems losing weight on Atkins? With previous diets, I normally lost about 3-5 kg, and then NOTHING. I'm so scared it will be the same with Atkins. So far I haven't weighed myself, I'm on day 7 of induction - cheatfree. I'm too scared to weigh myself, because I don't want to quit!
I would appreciate someone's oppinion on this, maybe I'm just silly. I'm having a bad day emotionally today, bit tired, and the " what-if-you're-doing-this-for-nothing-monster" won't leave me alone.
Please help?
I never had a problem with my weight until my second pregnancy. I got very sick at 6 months pregnant, and despite lots of tests, I couldn't find out the cause. As a result of extremely fast weightloss while pregnant (almost 2kg per week), my baby was born 10 weeks early with emergency c-section.
After the birth they gave me complete bloodtests, and found that my T3 & T4 and TSH were totally too high, too low and all over the place. The doctor then told me I was in Thyroid shock and they operated immediately. They told me I have Graves Disease. Now 2 years later (my little girl is fine!!), I picked up more than 30kg, and only have a small piece of my thyroid left. I go for tests every now and then, and thyroid is now normal. I don't take any meds, but have this to ask. Why would I pick up so much weight if it were normal, and will I have problems losing weight on Atkins? With previous diets, I normally lost about 3-5 kg, and then NOTHING. I'm so scared it will be the same with Atkins. So far I haven't weighed myself, I'm on day 7 of induction - cheatfree. I'm too scared to weigh myself, because I don't want to quit!
I would appreciate someone's oppinion on this, maybe I'm just silly. I'm having a bad day emotionally today, bit tired, and the " what-if-you're-doing-this-for-nothing-monster" won't leave me alone.
Please help?
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