KetoDiet and thyroid

(Anita Frances) #1

Can you lose weight if you are on a Keto diet but have had thyroid removed and are on medication

#2

Are you on ‘medication’ or thyroid Rx? Thyroid Rx is technically not a ‘medication.’ It’s the supplemental hormones that provide what your thyroid (or, if removed, absence of thyroid) is no longer producing. Once you
are at an optimal level of replacement hormones, you should be able to lose weight, although your loss may be slow because relying on supplemental hormones seems to slow the metabolism somewhat.

I still have a thyroid (Hashimoto’s), but I’ve read that after thyroid removal, it often takes a while to get to the
optimum replacement level.

(Wenchie) #3

I don’t have my thyroid removed but I do have Hashimoto and basically no Thyroid left… I take L-Thyroxine and am doing very well (60 pounds since April 2017)

(Rob) #4

Search for Hashimoto’s or thyroid removed and you’ll find plenty of threads and people with experience here.

(Trish) #5

Not exactly the same situation here but I recently had a left thyroidectomy for what turned out to be cancer. I still have the right side and it seems to be functional…will know more end of march after next oncology followup. Anyway, I started keto Nov 30 so about 8 weeks ago at 208 pounds. Now 182.

(Wenchie) #6

Well done and all the best for you and the darn cancer thing :pensive:

(Jenn Monaghan) #7

My dad had his thyroid removed about 2 years ago and is on medication. He has been keto for about 9 months now and lost 35 pounds. He is pretty slim now.

(Sarah ) #8

Eating right and supporting your metabolism is the best thing you can do at this point. It will probably take a few months before you start to get the right long term balance with your meds, but in the meantime just keep doing what you’re doing.

(Cailyn Mc Cauley) #9

I did not have mine removed but was told it was essentially dried up and re absorbed into my body.

I’ve been Keto 6 months and lost over 30 lbs.

I don’t exercise yet and am finally gaining muscle just by adding a few more steps to my day, more trips to the bathroom, more cleaning/chores around the house.

Hang in there, with an auto-immune disorder it takes awhile for the body to respond. And going keto involves creating changes with hormones. Don’t look at the scale, instead, enjoy eating and learning. Get involved in the community. Weight loss will happen. I promise.

:raised_hands:t2:

~Class of 2017

(Anita Frances) #10

Thanks everyone for your comments and advice

#11

Interesting about things taking longer with autoimmunes. I have celiac and it’s taking me a long time to adapt, or more than 6 weeks now. But I feel so much better, I’m willing to stick it out. I did not know that, though

(Cailyn Mc Cauley) #12

That’s great you are able to stick it out. I definitely don’t regret moving to this way of eating. Congrats! It will happen as your body continues to adapt.

(Marian Diaz) #13

Hi! I am so glad that I found your post. I just joined the forum today in hopes of exploring this topic in more depth. So little research has been done on the follow up to thyroid cancer. I had my thyroid removed in December 2010 and had the lowest possible dose of radiation in March of 2011. I have been following versions of HFLC diets for at least fifteen years, in general with good success. My med levels (synthroid and cytomel) have been stable for the last three years and I think that is in part to my diet and moderate exercise. Since January, I started putting on weight and my endo wants to up my meds. It could be due to extreme stress, perimenopause or thyroid issues. I restarted a ketosis diet July 2 in a fairly strict form and I have lost 8 pounds so far, although I do not feel fat adapted yet. It is possible to lose weight post thyroid cancer, although what I have had to do to achieve weight loss has become increasingly difficult. I hope you are sticking with it. Post-thyroid cancer patients can have many energy-related issues that science has not addressed yet. Let me know how it’s going.