Introduce myself plus a question

(Laura) #1

Hi. I am Laura. I am 42 years old and I have Hashimoto’s Disease which prevents me from losing weight easily. If anyone also has this disease, let me know what side effects you have had on the diet in regards to your thyroid good and bad. Also, I bought the Complete Ketogenics Diet for Beginners and there is one granola recipe in there that doesn’t say how much of the recipe you should eat in one sitting for breakfast. Does anyone know?
Thanks!

#2

Hi Laura, and welcome!

I don’t know that recipe but I’m sure someone can help out if you post the ingredients. Also you can do a search on here for Hashimoto’s and I think you’ll find lots of helpful threads, and if you’re patient and search “thyroid” you’ll find a ton of threads and posts.

(Laura) #3

Thanks! I appreciate the quick response. :smiley:

(LeeAnn Brooks) #4

I don’t have that particular book, but I have a couple guides like that, and I was frustrated that they didn’t spell out better portion sizes in the beginning.

What I found out here is that portion sizes shouldn’t be a set thing. We eat to satiety. You want to be full but not over stuffed. This can be a bit of a challenge to figure your body out at first, especially if you’re used to heavily calorie restricted diets.

My advice is don’t worry about calories as you start your journey (and definately don’t restrict them). Take the adaptation phase as a time to get to know your body in a whole new way. Learn to listen to it when it comes to food intake. The goal is you start to really eat enough during your meals that you are full and won’t need snacks in between. Snacking is counter productive to Keto, so try to avoid or wean off if needed.

(Deb) #5

I don’t have Hashimotos but history of low thyroid which I turned into super low thyroid with chronic fasting! (Last year). Prescription T4 did nothing for me (of course!) Now take Thyrogold and no fasting except the occasional 16:8 and eat all my calories! 11 lbs from goal.
Welcome to the best forum!

(Laura) #6

Thanks everyone. I am prepping today and will start tomorrow. I think prepping meals and storing them ahead of time will help me stay on track. Hopefully the food won’t spoil throughout the week. :woman_cook:

(LeeAnn Brooks) #7

I did this in the beginning and it worked great. I did it twice during the week, so I didn’t worry about spoilage, but throw it in the freezer if your concerned.

I really need to get back to doing more meal prep again. Since my son started his travel league baseball for the summer, it’s been too hard to prep (since we aren’t home for meals most days anyway), so my variety of food has been much more limited. I want real meals back again.

Only a couple more weeks of baseball and then I’m back in the kitchen.

(less is more, more or less) #8

Reading this made me nervous, until I found this:

Not quite my tastes, but interesting, anyhow. And, I see Diet Doctor embraces net carbs, mildly surprising.

(Laura) #9

This particular recipe doesn’t have any granola, per se. It’s unsweetened coconut, pumpkin and sunflower seeds, almonds and walnuts. Mixed with coconut oil, nutmeg, cinnamon, and stevia. It’s baking right now and it smells like Christmas in my house! Mmmm! :heart_eyes: