Does your FT3 and FT4 need to optimal at 70 percent target in order to lose weight? I am getting very depressed at my inability to lose weight and I am getting very frustrated. Ever since I started Armour about 3 1/2 months ago, I seemed to have gained a few pounds. Has this happened to anyone else when the started their meds.
I am just so frustrated. I had a metabolism test a while back and it said that in order to lose weight I needed to eat between 1000- 1100 calories a day.Arrghh! I just feel like screaming!!! Today I am trying to aim for that calorie level to lose. We will see what happens.
I've struggled with weight gain and the inability to lose weight since I went hypo after having RAI done to treat Graves disease. I finally got some lab results back in September that looked ok. My Free T3 was finally up (it was 280 on a range of 230-420 - I would not say optimal, but up) and my Free T4 was optimal (1.6 on a .8-1.8 range). The day I got those results I decided my thyroid was no loner hindering my weight loss & I signed up for Weight Watchers. I started out at 244 on 09/18/04 and I now weight 208 & I plan to continue losing. I waited for that "normal" lab because I had started diet & exercise routines previously and couldn't budge a freaking pound!
um, my ft3 as of last week was still in the middle range and i've lost all my thyroid weight. for me, it was only when i was in the myxdema phase (ugh) that the weight came on and wouldn't budge. within the first few weeks of medication, i got back to normal calorie burning mode.
i'd encourage proper nutrition and exercise any which way for so many other reasons.
good luck
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Weightloss when Ft3 - Ft4 are optimized?
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