[Madame_X]

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I have been keeping a daily log since I’ve been diagnosed.

Maybe I haven’t lost any weight but since my dx in November, I’ve been daily charting what I’ve been eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner — on the opposite page is info about the amount of meds I am taking and any physical/mental/medical issues that happened that day/night before.

I note insomnia, if there was fatigue, amount of leg pain, etc.

I would like to weigh about 140. I did about 10 years ago when I meticuously went to my kickbox class. (That is out for me now; the sifu has moved a considerable distance from me and there are not many kickbox dojos in this area anymore). It was pretty happening; I was about a size 4 when all was said and done.

I started a diet in May — I swore I was careful with what I ate but somehow I never lost any weight. Is it really this difficult to lose weight with GD? My levels are nearly at normal now but I am not having any success.

[runlacie]

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ewmb- I’m thinking about you today. Let us know how it goes, ok??

Madame X – Hi! Wow, great job on keeping track of it all. Maybe you can find another class or some other type of exercise that you enjoy? I never tried kickboxing but have heard it is great and it sure looks like an awesome workout!

Bloodwork today. I’m still feeling hyper. Boo. Plus I ate bad things again. Maybe I just need to get rid of all the junk in my house? But that doesn’t seem fair to the rest of the family.

[Madame_X]

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Lacie — I’d like to sign up for salsa or hustle lessons; there is a pretty good school of ballroom dancing that’s about 14 miles from here. They also have other dance-related group activities (free Friday night dance party if you take lessons there), Halloween parties and a slew of other social deals.

They’re also pretty active in dance competitions for students. Pretty much everybody who is a student competes. Maybe we all can’t be professional level, but it’s for the fun of it. I don’t expect to be a bloody Rockette. hehe

The daily Graves log helps.

[ewmb]

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Moving in my son was easier than we thought. They had lots of helpful older students to help carry things. We were actually done with the carrying from the car in about 20-30 minutes. We did help rearrange the furniture and then took my son to lunch before we left. Went to one store too to get some odds and ends. I felt ok except for my swollen ankle on one leg and my sinus infection which I am taking antibiotic for now. I hope that is some of why I had been feeling so bad lately. Maybe it wasn’t so much the hyper symptoms. The new tapazole has not produced a rash yet so fingers crossed.

ewmb

[runlacie]

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ewmb- glad you had a good day! Great that there’s no rash! Good news, good news!

hyperm- where are you? and Krystal, too?

Madame X- those dance lessons sound fun! I have always wanted to learn to dance, maybe some day I will try it. haha, I think you SHOULD be a rockette!

Not a bad day today. Worked this morning, went to lab, then gro store. Have out of town in-laws coming this wknd so I’m working on the guest rooms. Did a bunch of gardening in the heat this afternoon, so I’m going to skip my walk tonite and see about running in the morning. If I could just stay busy all the time maybe I wouldn’t think about carbs so much. Oh, and I’m pretty sure I’m addicted to peanut butter. PB bananas, PB sandwiches, PB crackers, PB straight from the jar,- I have like 10 jars of PB in my pantry, I’m hoarding it, that can’t be good. I guess I won’t get my results til Monday since my endo is closed on Fri.

[ewmb]

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Lacie,
Maybe you are craving PB. When I was very hyper I ate peanuts everyday. I had read that it is one of the foods that can block something with too much thyroid hormone. Hope they can leave you a message tomorrow anyway on your results. It is hard to wait.

ewmb

[runlacie]

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I am supercalifragilistically hyper today. More hyper than I have felt since RAI. Even shaking again! What the heck is happening here?!?!? It’s been a month, so too long for TS. Also, feel MAJOR PMS symptoms. Worse than I have had for months or years. TOM due in 6 days but feel like it’s on the way sooner than that. This really sucks. Freaking RAI not having me better by now. No test results til at least Monday- not that it matters cause even if labs are improving that doesn’t mean I’m not going the wrong way now!!! OMG, seriously- my head hurts and I feel like I’m spinning, hung-over, shaky and hot! I can’t live like this. If this isn’t gone by Monday I am asking for ATD’s. And if it keeps up at bedtime I’m taking a BB- and I haven’t had to take one in a month now. SORRY for that RANT !!!

I think I’ll just go drown my sorrows in some peanut butter now.

[ewmb]

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Lacie,
I’m sorry that you’re feeling so rotten. Been there done that with this RAI healing that takes so much time. The atd’s might really help you through this rough patch. When I was really hyper I really felt my period coming. I read in a book that I have that you can be really affected by estrogen changes in Graves. I kept telling all my doctor’s that over the last two years but they couldn’t tell me why. It has something to do with thyroid binding globulin which is produced in your liver and can be affected by estrogens. Since you are like me and at that age when menopause is coming it could be why you feel so bad right now. I was like that last week and when my period came, even though it was short- don’t know if that’ still hyper or my age- I felt a lot better.

Hope the peanut butter helps. Try taking some more calcium during this time too. There is a new book out about menopause and thyroid issues. I saw an ad about it,can’t remember the title. Might be interesting to read.

ewmb

[runlacie]

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hahahaha I ate the peanut butter. and entenmanns donuts. and plain croutons since I’m out of triscuits (i am addicted to them, too). I don’t feel any better, but my tummy is full! and i haven’t exercised for 2 days. what a slug.

My weekend is going to get better from here on out. Even if I am hyper I won’t let it get me down!!!!

[Kimberly]

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runlacie wrote:SORRY for that RANT !!!

I think I’ll just go drown my sorrows in some peanut butter now.

This reminded me of one of the funniest lines in the movie Paul Blart, Mall Cop: “Peanut Butter fills the cracks in the heart.” (Spoken as the lead character was spreading PB on top of a piece of pie). I’ve never gone *quite* that far, but I understand the sentiment.

I actually did very well on meeting my goals from last week: (1) eating only for physical hunger, as opposed to stress, (2) doing 10-30 minute sessions of gentle yoga and Tai Chi morning and night, and (3) focusing on adding some anti-inflammatory foods into my diet.

I ate very healthy throughout the week except for a couple of “treats” (frozen yogurt and a chocolate chip cookie), felt pretty good, and managed to NOT obsess about food every 5 minutes, which is quite a milestone for me.

Then I did my weekly weigh-in today, and was UP 1.2 for a total of 139. GAAAAA! I’m hoping it’s water weight, or perhaps a “carry over” from the week before last, when I had some serious stress eating issues!

It would be really frustrating to think that I will need to be hungry all the time in order to be at the weight I maintained for 3 years before all this started. ” title=”Sad” /> (And I know that I wasn’t hyper during that time, as I have a set of labs from an annual physical, where my TSH was over 4).

I still think that the more I restrict, the hungrier I get — and the more obsessive I get about food. So I’m going to try and do another week with the same goals, plus 3 new ones:

1) Slow down. A pack of wild coyotes is NOT going to break into my house and steal the rest of the food on my plate if I set my utensil down between bites.

2) With meals and snacks, really focus on the point where I start to feel satisfied and step AWAY from the plate. This one is hard for me, as I hate to waste food! I’ll have to think of some meals and snacks that will keep well if I put them away for later.

3) Add 5 min./day of light strength training to my Yoga/Tai Chi routine.

Here’s hoping for a better result next week. Everybody hang in there!

[runlacie]

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haha, laughing about the wild coyotes! It’s so true!

Well, don’t look now (cause tomorrow I’ll probably feel like crap) but today I felt like a normal person. This morning I ran 4miles and my heart rate stayed okay. Then I got a bunch of stuff done and was in a good mood all day. Hmmmm. Maybe Graves’ was all a bad dream after all??? I ate way too much (we have company) today, but since I have to work the next 6 days straight and I hardly eat at all at work, I can make it up. Weighed in at 138.5 today which I think is half a pound down. My skinny clothes just barely still fit me and I can’t afford to buy new clothes! They are tight so I really need to get a couple pounds gone. Plus, weather is getting cool here now and I’m not going to make it in my jeans at this weight! I bought protein bars at the gro store today to have in my car for brunch this week. Hopefully that will keep me from eating everything in the house as soon as I get home from work!

Lab results tomorrow. Having fun and guessing that that TSH will still be undetectable but that my t3 will be 7 (it was 11.2) and my t4 will be 2.6 (it was 3.44).

Goals for the week:
1. As long as I continue feeling okay- to run 25 miles
2. Crunches, pushups and planks everyday. Weights MWF.
3. Lose a pound.

My biggest obstacle will be work. Usually I don’t work 6 days, so finding time for exercise will be key.

Have a great week everyone!!!

[Kimberly]

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"runlacie":2stf278z wrote:

Weighed in at 138.5 today which I think is half a pound down. [/quote:2stf278z]

YAY!!! Hopefully, I will have better results to report next week as well. My gain is making me depressed…which makes me want to consume a bag of Double-Stuff Oreos. Yeah, *that* will fix the problem.

Hope you get good news on the labs!

[ewmb]

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Sounds like everyone is working hard. My period came and went and two pounds of water with it. I am getting over a sinus infection so that has made me drink more. We have company too so am thinking of what to make for dinner that is good but not too much.

Lacie- I hope your lab results are showing a trend. My heart rate has been staying down in the mornings. I really hope that will stay. I like 85 much better than what I was getting when I woke up. My BP systolic number has been a little high but I am thinking that might be the infection and antibiotic that I am on. Just finished that last night so we’ll see today if it’s better.

Kimberly- I’ve forgotten; are you on ATDs or have you had RAI or TT?

Keep thinking positively everyone.

ewmb

[Kimberly]

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"ewmb":3vse4xfo wrote:

Kimberly- I’ve forgotten; are you on ATDs or have you had RAI or TT?

ewmb[/quote:3vse4xfo]

Hi ewmb – I’m approaching the 2-year mark on ATDs. I had stabilized on a low dose of Methimazole, but went hyper again this summer and am trying to get my levels back down. I had blood drawn last week and have an appointment on 9/2, so we will see what happens!

The "conventional wisdom" is that we are supposed to LOSE weight while hyper. I really wish that someone would do some research on weight issues and Graves…as that is NOT the case for many of us!

[marshlakemom]

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Current weight: 160 lb.
Goal weight: 135 lb.

I’m just two weeks from having my first RAI treatment for hyper. Not sure why I’m gaining so much, started my married life 24 years ago at 98 lb. Oh well, he has two of me now.

Deb

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