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Helllloooooo FRIDAY! Woo hoo :) Hope you are all ready for a 3 day weekend, although I'm pretty sure mine is still a 2 day weekend, haha! Okay I'm feeling a little better today than I have been, which is good! And I lost another pound yesterday :) I am exactly where I was last Friday, which when thought of that way is kind of disappointing. But since I gained 5 lbs last weekend, I'm okay with being where I am -289.4- Remember Lucia has/had surgery today! Keep her in your prayers!

I am reading a couple of new books, that were suggested by Mary Shomon and I really think you all should check out 1 of them, (the other one I'm not very far into..so I'll let you know about that later) It is called the Slow Down Diet. Now I am NOT saying that you should stop the Thyroid Diet, or whatever diet you are on - if you aren't on one that's great too! - But this can be used with anything. It is an 8 week program, and it is all about eating slower, and breathing (well the first week anyway, which I'm about to finish) while you're eating! It's really interesting, and it shows how just by taking deep breaths while eating you can lose weight. When your breath stops, your metabolism stops. Your metabolism only works when you are completely relaxed. (which is why you burn a lot while you sleep). Let's say something happens and it scares your really bad and your breath catches, once it returns and gets normal, your metabolism will start again. It talks about how the French should be more obese and unhealthier than Americans because of what they eat...but because they take 2 hours !DANG! to eat their lunch, they are so much leaner and healthier! Anyway it's really cool, I'm finishing the 1st week, and you guys should check it out! Have a great weekend, I'll be checking comments and what not during the weekend, but there wont be a new post til Monday! Until next time ;-)

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Hello everyone! It is almost Friday :) :) Big news about tomorrow, Lucia -a reader of this blog- is having surgery to remove her thyroid tomorrow! She's really nervous, so everyone please pray for her! Okay so last night I finally started seeing some action with my bathroom experiences hahaha. Not like it used to be but it's better than nothing! On Tuesday I lost 1.6 lbs so that's great, I didn't lose anything yesterday though. I did my diet same as normal, but I also made some broth from the seasoning packets from top ramen. And I know that has a lot of salt and other things in it. I'm at 290.4 and I'm hoping that tomorrow I'll be in the 280s and I plan on not getting back into the 290s :) This post isn't going to be long and sorry there wasn't one yesterday! I've been really sick lately, and I'm usually laying down trying to sleep. I hope you all have a great night! Until next time!

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HAPPY WORLD THYROID DAY!!! Hope you are all having a wonderful Tuesday! Don't forget the Biggest Loser season finale is tonight! I'm so so excited!!! And for all of you who are more than addicted to 24 like I am, I feel your sadness...I definitely got teary eyed last night (For those of you who don't know...last night was the series finale after 8 seasons *sniff*) haha but okay on to happier things. I lost 2.4 lbs yesterday! woo hoo! Still struggling with going to the bathroom though. I'm going to try getting even more fiber and see if that helps at all, I'll let y'all know. I don't know what went on this weekend, but I've lost pretty much 1/2 of what I gained, so I'm back on track! :)

 Also, I finally bought Evening Primrose Oil. (for those of you wondering it has NO: artificial color, flavor or sweetener, preservatives, sugar, starch, milk, lactose, soy, gluten, wheat, yeast, fish or sodium...so yes, you can take it haha) It promotes women's health and such but our wonderful Mary J. Shomon used it and has gone from pencil thin hair -while in a pony tail- to beautiful thick hair. And Lindy, who reads & comments on this blog was about to shave her head before she found out about evening primrose oil, and she started seeing a difference in two months! It is time for my hair to grow back! Thank you all for the encouragement yesterday, you have no idea how much that meant to me you are all wonderful! Until next time

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Happy Monday everyone hope you all had great weekends! :) My weekend was fun, it was spent with friends and the hubby! Real quick before I get into my weekend I want to remind everyone that TOMORROW is World Thyroid Day! Don't forget!

Okay so this weekend: Friday for Breakfast and Lunch I did my diet meals and I loved it, that night however we went out for Mexican food with about 30 people and they were ordering appetizers and what not so we decided I would just have my treat meal then. For Dinner I had two beef enchiladas (these are very small -length and width- enchiladas), and one bite of rice and beans. I was proud of myself because I had been craving Mexican food all week, and I wanted pretty much everything that was in front of me haha. Saturday morning I had my frozen yogurt treat...yum...and then I was out with my cousin all day and then the hubbs and I had date night. My cousin and I stopped in at a Japanese restaurant for Lunch, and all I had was a side salad and a small bowl of onion soup (it's literally just onions in broth) Both things VERY on my diet and I was happy with it :) That night for date night I had a grilled chicken breast with a salad and didn't even finish it! So far, I'm thinking man I'm doing great this weekend for how much we went out! And then Sunday I did my diet perfectly, there's no way not to be happy with that. haha. But then this morning I stepped on the scale. You'll never guess what it said...I gained 5 pounds this weekend. I seriously could not believe it...I did great this weekend.

So I was talking with my Mom and Dad on the phone and we thought about everything and there are two things that I needed to consider (and no I'm definitely not making excuses) 1. what I ate on Friday and Saturday did have a lot more salt then I usually have. annnd 2. I am one of those few hypothyroid patients who does not have to deal with constipation, (SORRY this may be TMI...you don't have to read this part if you have a weak stomach) but don't count me as lucky because instead, I have the exact opposite. I have been like that for over 4 years now, 24/7 and it is soooo not fun! But that all stopped on Friday because since that morning I haven't been able to go at all! Ahh! Haha okay sorry I'm done being gross now!

Like I said I'm not making excuses...I know I did great on my diet this weekend, but seeing that 5 lb gain was killer, this was more of a...know that you did well, but know that there were some big differences this last weekend that could have changed things. I'm also not giving up. After I saw that this morning I cried and sat there and pouted about it, but then I went and made myself my -thyroid diet- breakfast and got my -thyroid diet- lunch ready for work. I'm gonna keep on going, and I wouldn't have it any other way :). I do have to admit one thing though, I was terrifed of having to write it on here...I was -and still kind of am- afraid that you guys would be disappointed in me. I really hope you aren't, and I hope you know that I'm gonna keep on keeping on! Please keep me in your prayers! Have a wonderful night and don't forget about tomorrow...OOH OOH OOH! Biggest Loser Finale is tomorrow night too! WOO!!! Good day Tueday! haha alright until next time ;-)

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Alright alright! It's finally Friday! :) Yesterday went pretty well I lost an additional 1.4 pounds :) I weigh 289.4! I would love to say good bye 290s but my treat is coming up tomorrow, and I don't want to discourage myself by saying that and then possibly gaining weight this weekend. (not that I'm going to try to gain weight, but you just never know when you give yourself your treat) I also measured myself today and I lost 6.5 inches all over this last week! (-1 bust, -.5 waist, -.5 abs, -.5 butt, -1.5 each upper thigh, -.5 each calf) And I realized that I was wrong last week, last week I said I lost 6.5 as well, but I lost 1.5 in each of my calves, and only counted it as 1.5 and not 3 (I did the same with my lower thigh) so I actually lost 9 inches all over the week before. :) Which means I've lost 15.5 inches in the last two weeks...I really wish I knew how much I lost the first month on this diet! But oh well, I'm still incredibly excited. Hope you all have a great weekend, I'm definitely ready for mine I got super sick this morning...blah! I'll be on to respond to comments and such but there probably wont be another post until Monday. Until next time!

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It's almost Friday and let me tell you it is going to be a gooooood weekend. You want to know how I know? Well I guess I didn't post yesterday, so when I weighed in yesterday I had lost 2 lbs! I was at 293 (29 lbs) I was getting really excited because that 30 lb mark was right around the corner and guess what....I lost 2.2 lbs yesterday! I weighed in this morning at 290.8 I have lost a total of 31.2 lbs in 37 days! :) :) So I passed another hurdle! yay! I can't even tell you how excited I am. Okay so as promised, I'm going to post pictures of myself today.
There is a front and side view of me in a blue shirt, that was taken this morning!
Also there is a 3 picture picture and two of those are also this morning. My mom was saying how big of a difference she was seeing, and sent me a picture of what I looked like exactly 1 month before I started the Thyroid Diet. When she sent it to me I couldn't believe it! I said man you guys should see what I look like in that shirt now! So I took two more pictures of me in that exact same shirt. Those are the black shirt ones, the two on the right are today, the left one is my sisters, mom and I...I'm front and center in the black.
The last picture was of that same weekend...I'm the one in the white. I know I've posted pictures of how big I was before...but seeing these from just 2 months ago, and seeing what I look like now is incredible!

So okay...really quick... Blue shirts: today. Black shirts: middle and right are today, left is 2 months ago. White shirt: 2 months ago.

Thanks for all the encouragement you are all great! Hope you enjoy my 30 lb pictures :) (also the ones from today are from my iPhone...sorry they aren't super clear) Until next time!

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Hey everyone! Okay so I'm definitely back on track, yesterday I lost the pound I gained over the weekend. :) I have lost 27 lbs in 5 weeks! yay! That means after I lose 3 more lbs I'm putting up another picture of myself! I did great on the Thyroid Diet yesterday and did my morning walk, like I said on the last post but then last night we got hit with a HUGE thunder storm (i loved it!) but that meant not going on a mile walk outside! So my hubby was so wonderful and he walked with me over to the apartment club house and stayed with me in the gym while I walked my mile on the treadmill! I have to admit I was more or less beating myself up though right when I walked in...there were two rather skinny girls in this tiny little workout room and I definitely took a couple blows to my self esteem. But then I realized, I'm doing this...I'm gonna be hott again someday soon! haha :) So I finished my mile and was definitely happy that I didn't chicken out!

I'm really excited of everyone else who is doing the Thyroid Diet (or any other diet as well), you all are doing amazing! And in case anyone else hasn't bought the book yet, I strongly recommend that you do! It's amazing!! Also there are a couple other books by Mary J. Shomon, Living Well with Hypothyroidism, and Thyroid Guide to Hair Loss, I don't know about the rest of you but my hair has thinned out so much from Hypothyroidism and I have little bald patches at the top of my head. (I style my hair in a way that you can't tell...but still) This is a great book I just got done reading it! I hope you guys will check these out! Until next time

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Happy Monday! Hope y'all had a good weekend! I had my frozen yogurt and some pizza from BJ's. oh man it was sooo good. But I was surprised how much less I ate. Their mini pizzas are meant to be a personal size, small enough for one person to eat (every time I have ever gone I've finished a mini)...and I only ate half of it! I was just too full. Which is really good :) Okay real quick...MEN, don't read this next sentence, please go to the next paragraph. Okay ladies...mother nature visited me this morning...blah! I told my husband last night, I'm worried about what the scale is going to say tomorrow I feel SO heavy. and then this morning happened and I was like OOOOHHHHHH! ;-)

Okay men you can read again. So Friday I weighed 296.4 which you all knew, but Saturday I weighed 295! WOO! That's 27 lbs! This weekend I had a lot of time when I was feeling very sick to my stomach or really dizzy. I like to walk 2 miles a day Mon-Fri and 1 mile Saturday but Friday was so bad for me I went to bed at 7pm!!! So I obviously didn't do my walking Friday night or Saturday morning, add that with my treats and what the women know and I gained a pound this weekend. Which is fine, I'm not worried about it at all! That's still 2.8 lbs lost last week :) In order to weigh 230 when I go to California this Christmas (if you all remember my -9 lbs a month until then- post) I need to lose another 3 pounds in 8 days. Let's hope I can do this!!! This morning I'm back at it, I enjoyed having my treats, but I'm glad to be back to my schedule! Until next time!

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Hey hey! IT'S FRIDAY :) ahh I'm so excited (1. get to spend much needed time with the hubbs <3, 2. going to see Letters to Juliet tomorrow and 3. TREAT DAY!!!!)  Okay so there are some issues I need to clear up. Some people, including me, are getting their comments deleted. I don't know what's wrong but I promise you it was definitely not me. (after I found this out I did write a comment and then personally deleted it to see what would happen. When I deleted it, it said deleted by author...the other ones were just no where to be found...so I have seriously no clue!) I tried looking around, but I can't find anything that would be doing that. So if yours got deleted, I'm so sorry! Please try to post it again.

I realized something last night, I don't know why it took me so long though...haha. If you use a salad plate, your mind tricks you into thinking you're eating a lot more than you are! For dinner I had my protein, fat and veggies on a salad plate and I was like woah...that's a lot of food! But in reality it wasn't. Now if it was to be on a regular plate like usual, I sit there staring at it thinking...that is filling 1/4 of a plate...you've got to be kidding. hahahah! So try it if you don't already.

I lost another .8 lbs yesterday :) So I weigh 296.4! Yay! Also I decided to measure myself again, so I guess I will do it every week. I didn't lose anything in my arms, abs, or upper thigh BUT I did lose a total of 6.5 inches everywhere else this last week (bust=1, waist=1, butt=2, lower thigh=1 and calf=1.5)! I think I need to start lifting some light weights, or canned veggies that are never going to get used, cause I need to get rid of these bingo arms for sure. haha! And although I didn't lose anything in my abs, I put on a shirt today that I haven't worn in a couple weeks and WOW! My stomach always touched and pushed out the front of the shirt, today my stomach isn't touching it at all! It's just hanging there! I was thrilled! I really wish I would have started measuring myself when I started this! I really need to start doing TTapp every day. I'm only doing a few things for my stomach, butt and legs I think. But I only did it twice. I'm still walking 2 miles a day though!
There are some links for T-Tapp if you were wanting to try it out. I'll be on this weekend responding to comments but I don't think I'll have another post until Monday. oh! and Brenda said something today that I have to share: "Nothing tastes as good as thin feels". I love that! Thanks Brenda! Have a wonderful weekend! Until next time :)

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HELLO! Okay big news...we got our Internet back! Woo! We got the new modem in last night and my hubby got the Internet working, but we had to sit on the floor plugged into the modem and it's just lame. So this morning I went and bought a new router and ta-dah! Wireless Internet once again :) So now I won't be disappearing on the weekends and I can respond to comments much faster.

I have a question, we've talked about a lot of us having that "something caught in the throat" feeling. But I want to know about something else, does anyone have a problem with things touching their necks? I can't remember it happening before, but definitely after I had my thyroid removed I started getting this more and more. Now this last year - two years it's over the top. I can't wear necklaces, I can't wear regular t-shirts, if someone touches my neck I freak out, and the majority of the time if my hair touches my neck I can't handle it. It literally feels like I'm being choked, but from the inside. You can ask my husband...I start gagging, grabbing at things to get them away from my neck and I go into a panic attack when this happens. It makes me so sad because the hubbs has bought me 4 amazingly beautiful necklaces since we've been together...and I want to wear them again! Does this happen to anyone else? 

Okay yesterday marked one month being on the Thyroid Diet! I can't believe it's already been a month! So when I weighed in this morning I weighed 297.2 I lost another pound yesterday :) In one month I have lost 24.8 lbs!!! I'm so excited! Thank you all for the encouragement and support! I can't wait to see where this new diet a.k.a. lifestyle change takes me and my thyroid problems! Until next time!

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Hello hello everyone! Hope you are all having a wonderful day! Okay so I'm still doing pretty good with weight loss, it has slowed down since this weekend but that's fine! I've lost another .6 lbs so I'm at 298.2 I really want to get farther away from 300, it's scaring me! hahah! But I know I'll get there in time. And although it has slowed down a bit, I'm liking the way I'm looking in my clothes! every day it seems like there's a difference! I didn't take measurements right when I started this diet, and I wish I would have, but I did take them last Friday. I haven't decided if I'm going to measure every week, or every month. What do you all think? So I was driving home last night and a song came on the radio by a Christian band called Kutless and the song is called What Faith Can Do

Everybody falls sometimes. Gotta find the strength to rise. From the ashes and make a new beginning. Anyone can feel the ache. You think it’s more than you can take. But you're stronger, stronger than you know. Don’t you give up now. The sun will soon be shining. You gotta face the clouds. To find the silver lining.

I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains. Hope that doesn’t ever end. Even when the sky is falling. I’ve seen miracles just happen. Silent prayers get answered. Broken hearts become brand new. That’s what faith can do.

It doesn’t matter what you’ve heard. Impossible is not a word. It’s just a reason for someone not to try. Everybody’s scared to death. When they decide to take that step. Out on the water. It’ll be alright. Life is so much more. Than what your eyes are seeing. You will find your way. If you keep believing.

I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains. Hope that doesn’t ever end. Even when the sky is falling. I’ve seen miracles just happen. Silent prayers get answered. Broken hearts become brand new. That’s what faith can do.

Overcome the odds. You don't have a chance. (That’s what faith can do). When the world says you can’t. It’ll tell you that you can!

I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains .Hope that doesn’t ever end. Even when the sky is falling. And I’ve seen miracles just happen. Silent prayers get answered. Broken hearts become brand new. That’s what faith can do. That's what faith can do! Even if you fall sometimes. You will have the strength to rise.

If you didn't read all the lyrics that's fine...but there were so many parts that jumped out to me that I had to put the whole thing down. So this song comes on and I start bawling! I want you guys to read at least these parts: Anyone can feel the ache. You think it’s more than you can take. But you're stronger, stronger than you know. Don’t you give up now. The sun will soon be shining. It doesn’t matter what you’ve heard. Impossible is not a word. It’s just a reason for someone not to try. When the world says you can’t. It’ll tell you that you can! I’ve seen dreams that move the mountains. Hope that doesn’t ever end. Even when the sky is falling. I’ve seen miracles just happen. Silent prayers get answered. Broken hearts become brand new. That’s what faith can do.


Okay so the first phrase in bold. How many of us, including me, say that we just can't take this anymore?! But like I've told so many of you, we are so much stronger than normal people. Normal people do not have to do what we do just to function on a daily basis! Thyroid problems are so lame! Gaining weight because of it is SO lame! But we can't give up! You guys, we will get there. "the sun will soon be shining"! The next phrase, my Doctor is ALWAYS telling me, "it is impossible for you to lose weight, so please don't try!" (which is why I'm not telling her about this diet) well, yes...I was definitely not losing weight any other way until I found this diet..but see it's obviously NOT impossible! and that goes with the next phrase...so many people are telling us we can't...and we are sending them a message that we can! The last phrase is the chorus...and it just really touches my heart. I hope this touches yours in some way too. Even if you aren't a Christian, I really think this still applies to all of us with thyroid/weight problems. Anyway I had to share that.

One last thing...since I'm on the topic of songs. My boss Jearl is so into my blog and this journey! Which is great! He came into my office yesterday totally excited and said, "I need you to get on the internet, go to youtube, type in Anna Nalick breath (2 am)". I know that song and love it but did NOT understand what he was getting at. So there was this one youtube video that had the lyrics with the song and he fast forwarded it and stopped it at this part and goes. This is what you're doing!!! The lyrics: "And I feel like I'm naked in front of a crowd, cause these words are my diary screaming out loud. And I know that you'll use them however you want to." And he's right. Things I'm telling you...before this almost no one knew (except close family). And my weight...was so embarrassing. I didn't know if anyone would even read my blog. So I put embarrassing photos of myself, and told you guys my life and struggles without knowing the outcome of all this. But I can tell you this, you guys have made the "alone" feeling disappear, you all give me so much encouragement and I feel so blessed. Thank you for everything. :)  Okay I'm done being emotional now, haha! Until next time!

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YAY I'M BACK! haha, BTW we are in the process of fixing the non working Internet at our place! It was so hard being able to read your comments and not comment back! For those of you who just started reading the blog, that top line should explain it haha! I pretty much disappear during the weekends. Well hello everyone and happy Monday! I have wonderful news to share with you....at the end of my post haha. First of all I'd like to thank Stephanie D for giving me a heads up that not all places put fluoride in their water! She said to check with your local water district and ask them! And speaking of water, I know bottled water can be harmful, I've read a lot about it. But that's what my Doctor prefers me to drink. I also, since I can't afford bottled water all the time, have a filter on my faucet that filters the water three times. So I drink both of those!

A lot of you have been wondering about my TSH levels and my medications. I honestly can't remember every medication I've taken and what doses they were. But to give you a little insight, I have tried 6 (...it might be 5) different thyroid medications since I switched over to, and was diagnosed with Hypo 3 1/2 years ago. Both T3 & T4...sometimes together. And my dose (except for 3 times that I can remember) Has been increased every 6-8 weeks in that time. (1 was a decrease and 2 were stay the same) So yea! Kinda crazy and as you can tell I can't remember everything haha! But at the moment I'm taking Levoxyl (which I guess is a T4) at 275 mcg. And although I've had rough times this has worked the best. Now for my labs, I do not have every single lab report with me, some have been thrown away, some are MIA, and the ones from before I moved here are with my current Doctor. But I did find a few starting in July of last year and so here is a little bit about how crazy my TSH is! (oh BTW...my T3 and T4 are pretty much perfect every time...the only thing ever out of wack is TSH)
July 10, 2009 -- TSH = >150 (I was telling someone it was unchartable...and I couldn't remember what the top number was...but this was it. 150 is the highest chartable and mine was higher than that)
September 9, 2009 -- TSH = 2.7 (within range)
October 19, 2009 -- TSH = .1 (low)
December 14, 2009 -- TSH = 13.1
January 29. 2010 -- TSH = 22.8
Before that >150 happened it was always in the 50s and 70s. I just can't find those lab reports for the life of me. So as you can see my TSH jumps around.

I was talking with my mom this weekend and I was telling her some of the things I want to be thin enough to do, and I thought I would share them with you. 1. The obvious, I would love for people to not stare at me and think I'm a huge pig when I'm not. 2. I can't fit into a small car's backseat seat belts! I want to not have to worry about that 3. We fly to California about once a year, and I can't fit into most of the airplanes seat belts. Yes I know they can give you extenders but I'm too mortified to ask :( I honestly can't wait to just be able to go "click" without struggling with it. We're going in December...and I'm hoping I get to do that then! 4. I want to be able to fit in the movie theater seats comfortably without having to put up the armrest! and 5. I would love to go shopping...and not cry every time I get home. If any of you feel like this, you're not alone. I feel for you, my heart breaks for you...and just know, it will happen. There will be a time where we won't have to worry about these things anymore!

Okay now for my exciting news :) I had a wonderful weekend! my hubby and I bought and put together a new entertainment center and shelves, it looks amazing! I got my treats on Saturday (which in the morning I weighed 301) :) Frozen yogurt, and pasta from Macaroni Grill, yum! Sunday morning I woke up and still lost weight! I weighed 300.2! I did really well on my diet yesterday and I just have to say....(sigh) I guess I sorta kinda maybe went under 300 :) :) :) AHH!!!!!!! This morning after my walk I weighed in at 298.8! I NOW HAVE A 2 AT THE BEGINNING OF MY WEIGHT!!!! That was my first big hurdle! My next hurdle is to lose a total of 30 lbs, which I am so close to! I have lost 23.2 lbs so far, in only 28 days! After that, my next hurdle will be a combination of two. 1. Complete my first phase which is lose 59 lbs, and 2. Lose 60 lbs total. So they'll just be smashed together :) Remember! I'll post a new picture of me after every 30 lbs I lose! Thank you all for reading, and being excited with me! You all are so great! Until next time!

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IT'S FINALLY FRIDAY! WOO! Good afternoon everyone! I just got a huge jump of new followers yesterday and I'm so excited about every one of you! (P.S....anyone can read my blog no matter what, but if you want to be a "follower" push the follow button near my list of followers) ALSO THIS IS SUPER IMPORTANT! I've been getting lots of people sending my messages on facebook, emailing me and calling me saying they can't post comments. Well thanks to Redhead, I went looking all over this site and I think I found it! I changed it so that ANYONE can comment. So if you couldn't before, try now; I would love to hear from you :)  So I had another question asked this morning, this time about green tea! So Sherell, here is what I found: (Of course I looked at many sites, and they all pretty much said the same thing but I am going off Mary Shomon's sites again.) GreenTea&Metabolism here is a great article about how Green Tea can boost metabolism, which is awesome for those of us who have metabolisms that hibernate for....well forever. haha But later Mary wrote another article GreenTea&Fluoride in this she talks about how once again it is good for metabolism, BUT the fluroid in green tea may be a concern specifically for thyroid patients. So I checked out Fluoride, and it is SUPER bad for Thyroid patients. I've been told by many Doctors, don't drink tap water, drink bottled water! Never understood why, but now I do! It's in our water, and toothpaste...and apparently green tea! In an article, that is in the next link I'm going to post, it actually says, "Not everyone needs to avoid fluoride like the plague, but thyroid sufferers should." So here is that link Fluoride&Thyroid . I hope this helps Sherell!

Okay so yes I have some pretty wonderful news to share again. :) But I wanted to say that I started doing TTapp tody! I'm not doing it hardcore, but just a few things so we'll see how it goes! Anyone who doesn't know what TTapp is, here you go: T-Tapp! annnnnnnd I lost another 2 pounds yesterday :) I weigh 302, and I have lost 20 lbs total in 25 days! I am 2.1 lbs away from being under 300... you guys I'm just so excited right now! Thank you to everyone following this! You are all so amazing and keep me going :) Have a great weekend! Until next time!

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Hello hello! It is sooo almost Friday! WOO! Alright well before I get to my super exciting news about myself, I have some people asking questions that I definitely did not know how to answer, or know anything about! So I did just a little bit of research, and of course every wonderful thing that came up was by our one and only Mary J. Shomon! So everything I talk about is from these three sites, Thyroid&Celiac Thryoid&Fibromyalgia Thryoid&Joint/MusclePain . Okay soo Courtney, I believe it was Courtney, wanted to know if Thyroid problems and Gluten problems went hand in hand. And yes they do! From what I learned, a lot of people who have thyroid problems, had Celiac first. Mary said that Celiac can actually cause thyroid problems. And on that website that I linked, it talks all about it and even gives you a small gluten free foods to eat! So definitely check that out! Next, ASP was the one talking about pain all over (which I definitely have too)! Okay so Hypothyroidism, and Hyperthyroidism definitely causes joint pain and muscle pain. So does Fibromyalgia. (which after reading that site...I am definitely asking my Doctor if I have this next time I see her!) Fibromyalgia is an autoimmune disease just like thyroid problems! And it causes widespread joint/muscle pain and tenderness throughout your body, and it affects 8 million people in the US! Definitely check out those last two links. Mary explains everything and it was definitely a good read! So I hope that helps a little bit you two! I did look at other sites other than the ones Mary has, but they all said the same thing. And I would personally rather read one of her sites anyway! haha!

Okay now we have some goooooood news! My clothes are definitely a lot bigger on me! I can't even believe it! When I look at myself in the mirror all I see is HUGE right? But when I put on the clothes I've been wearing at even my top weight I can't BELIEVE how much of a difference there is! My shirts aren't skin tight, they're actually hanging off me! (which is great I wanna cover those rolls haha) my pants are huge, and I can even go in to the tightest row of hooks on my bra (when I was at the loosest and it was still uncomfortably tight) I'm so excited! AHH! ANNNNNNNNND yesterday I weighed 305.2 and this morning I weighed 304!!! WOO! I weighed 8 times to make sure, 3 times right when I woke up and 5 times an hour later haha! 1.2 lbs yesterday! SO excited! So I've lost 18 pounds in less than a month! And my original goal was to lose 4lbs a month! Yea I definitely did a weird looking dance this morning when I finished my 8th time getting on the scale haha! Okay so depending on if anything big is going on tomorrow I may or may not have another post til Monday (our internet is still out at our house :() But I can definitely check comments you guys post on my iPhone! and I would love to hear from y'all! Like Courtney and ASP, if you guys have questions...and no one has answered about it yet let me know and I'll do some more looking up! Until next time!

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Hey everybody! Hope y'all are having a good day! So I'm definitely getting back on track I lost .8 lbs yesterday so I'm 1 lb away from where I was last Friday! And that also means I have 5.9 lbs until I am under  300 woo! Well in other news if you follow Mary Shomon you know she has a blog/bio etc. on about.com and today she informed me that she wrote a little blog about me! So fun! click here to go to her blog So thank you Mary you are truly wonderful! I seriously feel so blessed you guys! All of you are keeping me so inspired and so motivated and it's just been great!

One last thing...I happened to read on Mary's facebook today about someone who was hypo as well but they were talking about how they had been off their meds for a week because they hadn't gotten them refilled! (sorry if that person is reading this now this isn't to be mean to you it's just an FYI for everyone) Now I don't know if this person does that on a regular, but for everyone reading this: DON'T DO THAT!!! It's not like if you miss taking your birth control one day and you just go "Op! gotta stay away from the hubbs tonight!" (hahah) and just go on taking it again the next day and be fine. Obviously if you miss a day on your thyroid meds you do not double them the next day, BUT what I'm saying is it's not something as simple as forgetting your birth control. It's bad for you. Especially if you do it for quite a few days in a row! So if any of you miss your meds often (and often can be once every couple of weeks) try another way to remember. Set an alarm on your cell phone, have them in a place you know you're going to look at around the time of needing to take them, or do what I do! Mine are on my table next to my bed. They are impossible to miss, so I never miss taking them. Forgetting to take your medications can result in your endo not being able to treat you properly! If you do miss a day every now and then, that might be why your TSH levels are never that great. (But as I know from experience, sometimes your body just hates you and your TSH wont get level no matter what! ;-)) Hope you guys have a great day! Until next time!

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Hello Monday??? Where did the weekend go?! Well hello everyone, hope you all enjoyed your weekends! Mine was a lot of fun with the hubbs, and hanging out with new friends and some family but now we're back to work! So as you all know weekends are when I have my treat, and I'm not going to lie I had a little bit more than just my treat. We went out to a Mexican restaurant on Friday with friends and I did have some chips (only 10 though I counted) and an enchilada and a beer. Then Saturday was my date day with the husband and I of course had french fries and frozen yogurt. (Those two things were my treat...I give myself something sweet and something usually fried, because I really can't choose between the two) But then I also had a margarita...oh dear (no I don't usually drink...the drinks this weekend were more than I've had in over 6 months combined). So yea...not my best weekend but I was on my diet yesterday and back on my routine this morning. (being on the diet and my routine are totally different: Diet, eating what is allowed and the right portions, but not really eating a lot that day...just eating if I get hungry. My routine is eating 3 meals and 2 snacks, 1 every 2.25 hours, and getting all of my correct portions in.) I'm refusing to, just because I allowed myself a little extra this weekend, to go off my diet completely. I had my weekend, it's done, it's in the past now moving forward to losing weight again. So on Friday I weighed in at 304.8 (woohoo) but then Sunday I weighed 305.8 (expected...seeing as I ate my treat plus some) And then I weighed in this morning and I weighed 306.6 :( :( :( :( I gained .8 pounds while being on my diet and eating less than I usually do. Although I am bummed I'm not going to let it completely discourage me! I mean it obviously was my fault, right? Can't blame the thyroid on that one! Just a little set back on getting under 300, but I will definitely do this! And actually as of this weekend, I'm starting to see a huge difference in the way my clothes fit me. I mean I wasn't even seeing this difference last Wednesday. So that is definitely something to be excited about right? Thank you for reading this...I could definitely use a little encouragement. If you have done this, or started this diet recently please let me know how you're doing! Hearing about your successes encourages me like none other! Until next time!