losing weight with hypothroidism

Hi I have been hypothyroid for well over 20 years, I am now 66.  I have also been overweight most of my life.  More than one GP has told me that it is harder to lose weight if you are hypothyroid even controlled, but certainly not impossible.  I lost 2 stone about 6 years ago going to weight watchers. It took about a year but I got there in the end.  Unfortunately I have regained 1 stone, so am about to try again.  With regard to gluten, I am not sure but certainly I ate minimum bread whilst dieting.  You don't mention how old you are but you can do it just be patient and only expect about 1lb a week.  It is much better to do it slowly.  Good luck.

Hi I have had a underactive thyroid for over 20 years and I used to weigh 21 stone I now weigh 9 stone a loss of 11 stone. So it can be done. I take 274 mcg of levothyroxine a day. Good luck

Sorry but I havent. I would never not take my medication. It has helped me in so many ways. I feel alive after years of feeling like death. But good luck to you I hope it works.

The only way I lost the weight was eating very healthly. I tried to eat a normal diet but I lost nothing. I ate no bread or potatoes just white meat lots of tuna and salad. It really wroked for me. I also had 1 day every couple of weeks that I ate one thing that I knew was bad for me lol It took 7 months to lose 11 stone. Yeah let me know how you get along.

I was diagnosed with Hyperthroidism in 2004 and after taking the medication ( Carbimazole ) for 2 years it relapsed and I had to go back on the medication with a very hard choice to make either surgery of radioiodine which I decided on the latter.

I then had to go on Levothyroxine back in 2007 and have slowly gained weight until I had gained 4 stone over six years which did not sit well with me at all as I have always been quite slim. I had tried all of the diets you can think of Weightwatchers, slimming World, Rosemary Conley which all worked for a little while but once you stop the weight just come back, so last year 2013 I decided to join the gym and I cut potatoes, rice bread and pasta out of my diet completely and by December 2013 I had reached my target weight and had lost 3 stone and 3lbs and have managed to keep it off. I have also joined myfitnesspal, I log in every day and log my food and exercise and I feel that this has helped me to keep on track. I am a 50 year old female. 

Hi I am 49 and was diagnosed with an under active thyroid in 1998, I have been on 150mcg since it was diagnosed and again like all the other people have been overweight for most of my adult life.  I have done weight watchers lost five stone but managed to put four of it back on.  I have been going to slimming world since February 2013 and managed to loss 3stone 3lb before Xmas 2013.  I still have another three stone to lose to get down to the top end of my ideal weight for my height. So far in 2014 I haven't lost another pound even though I go to slimming world every week and I swim four mornings a week.  My body seems to have ground to a halt.  In my group at slimming world I have never meet so many people with an under active thyroid and one lady lost six stone in 49 weeks.  I must say I have found sw better than ww as there is no counting, minimal weighing and the food that u eat it everyday normal food.  Any diet works..you just have to be true to the diet and yourself about what passes the lips..controlling the weight is a life long job..good luck.