I am new and want to try Atkins!

[dee777]

I have hypothyroidism and have trouble losing weight. I want to see if this program will work for me. Just the past three weeks, I've been doing diet and exercise (5 x a week) and I weighed today and was surprised that I gained a couple of pounds.

I am a 30 year old female that just got diagnosed with hypothyroidism 2 weeks ago after doing a Radioactive Iodine Treatment (because of hyperthyroidism) and basically, the side effect of this treatment is you may become HYPOTHYROID (the opposite) after. I know it's kinda silly to replace a thyroid problem with another thyroid problem. I even joked with my doctor that I don't want to get the treatment until I reach my goal weight. He knew that I was joking because I know the disease well enough. Hyperthyroidism is dangerous to the heart and bones and hard to treat with medications and hypothyroidism is easy to treat with just thyroid replacement hormone.

I am hoping that the reason why I am gaining weight is because the effects of my new medication (Thyroid Replacement Hormone) hasn't kicked in yet. THey told me that it takes 5 weeks for it to take effect and I've only been taking it for 10 days.

Nevertheless, I still want to try this Atkins diet and see how it works for me.

[Desertthorn]

Re: I am new and want to try Atkins!

WELCOME, GLAD YOU FOUND US AND JOINED. Whoops, sorry about the caps.
Have you checked out our Thyroid site .Thyroid - Atkins Diet
I just had a biopsy for thyroid cancer and was really thankful the results were negative.

[dee777]

Re: I am new and want to try Atkins!

I'll be sure to check that out, i'm newly diagnosed with hypothyroidism and was actually hyperthyroid before. so i feel so lost and it came so wrong timing because i just got engaged and i have a year and some days to lose about 50 lbs. i just wanna be happy about my engagement cause i really am, but in the back of my head is the fact that i feel like i can't control my weight the way i used to before.

after the 3 week diet and exercise (5x a week) that i did, i should've lost about 10 lbs already if this was back in the day. it's freaking me out!

thanks for the suggestion to check out that thread, i'm new to this website too and i'm trying to learn how to navigate the board lol. thanks again!

[rweeks]

Re: I am new and want to try Atkins!

Welcome and good luck!