I have been absent for a few days, life got a little crazy here. My husband ended up with a serious infection in his leg that put him down for most of the week. Between that and my struggle to get my thyroid acting right again I just plain fell back into old eating patterns. For me that means no cooking healthy wonderful food, it means buying food that others have cooked (aka take out from restaurants). The result? Only a .4 gain, thank goodness I kept exercising through it all. I even added some more weight workouts, it makes me feel like superwoman afterwards.
I saw my doctor this week for the first time in the past two months. She was out of town for my entire thyroid blowout. I have Hashimoto’s disease, my immune system attacks my thyroid making it either to into hyper or hypo mode. About a month and a half ago I went to the doctor for a racing heart, a symptom I recognized meant I was well into hyperthyroid. My doctor was out of the country and the on call doctor, without looking at my history, took me off my thyroid medication all together. Big mistake, one of the worst things you can do for someone with Hashimoto’s is take them off of their meds, that gives the immune system free reign to further damage the thyroid. The biggest problems I have had since are brain fog and total exhaustion along with what is likely depression. Not a good combo for someone that is trying to really focus on getting healthier. My doctor put me right back on my meds, it will take a bit for me to level out, I’m looking forward to that. She also set up an appointment for an ultrasound because my thyroid is now enlarged, and also with a specialist because she wants me to have someone there that knows everything about my condition (I love my doctor!).
The silver lining in all of this? I never once skipped exercising, even when I woke up so tired I didn’t feel like rolling over in bed. I pushed myself; I made sure that I continued at least one healthy thing for me. I’m really proud of myself for that part. In the past I would’ve given up altogether and just gone into a mode that was totally unhealthy. Yay me for maintaining focus in at least one area.
My plan for getting back on track? Obviously, no eating out! I also decided to make my entire week’s menu, tracking points for every day. I put it all down on paper and left a few points on the table for any “oops” I may have. The goasl for the week are to stay within DPs as much as possible, maintain the same level of exercise and focus on getting the food back on track while my thyroid evens itself out. Oh, and posting in my journal, it’s important and keeps me focused.
I hope everyone is having a great Sunday!
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