The Good. The Bad. And The Ugly.

I'm going to start backwards, because I'm cool like that ;)

The Ugly:

Today's weigh in had me at 170, for a 1 pound gain.

Sigh...

Once again, it was a good week. Then again, I've been having a lot of good weeks, and I feel like I have nothing to show for it.
I ate good all week, other then maybe 2 times where I ate a little something that probably wasn't diet friendly. I've been exercising, and going on a long walk each night with my hubs and the dogs.

I've been in the 170's for 3 months!
But all I can do, is all I can do.
I'll keep giving it my best, and whatever the scale tells me, so be it :)

The Bad:

I had a doctors appointment last week. While I was there, she had me do a ton of labs, so she could follow up on everything like my lupus, RA, etc...

A few years ago, I was diagnosed with low thyroid (Hypothyroidism). A while after being diagnosed, I got follow up blood work done, and the results came back showing that my thyroid levels were normal. My doctor had explained that once you have low thyroid, you'll always have it, but that mine had gone inactive in a sense.

Well, the lab results from last week, showed that
my low thyroid is back.
My doctor said that it's, "crazy low"!

Now, it seems obvious, as I've been feeling a bit... funky these past 2-3 months.

Here are some of the symptoms, of low thyroid:

(Since thyroid hormone is responsible for the regulation of your body's metabolism, its deficiency results in slowing down of your body's metabolic processes, causing some of these symptoms)

• Fatigue -check
  
• Tiredness -check
  
• Sluggishness -check
  
• Weakness -check
  
• Lack of concentration -check
  
• Forgetfulness -check
  
• Depression -I wouldn't say I've been depressed, but I have been a little blue
  
• irritability -depends on who you ask: me, or my husband ;)
  
• Weight gain -CHECK
• Dry skin -check
  
• Brittle nails -nope
  
• Hair loss -I don't think so?!
  
• Face puffiness -I have been noticing that my face looks a little... puffy
  
• Irregular periods -That one is hard to tell, due to my PCOS. For the first time I'd say that they're pretty regular...but they're still not normal.
• breathlessness (with low thyroid your muscles become weak, including your respiratory muscles) -check
• Achy muscles -check

I've been having these symptoms for the past 2-3 months.... I should have gotten my labs done then, but didn't. I just tried to push them aside. I thought I was just being lazy, or that it was all in my head.
Brittany, Brittany, Brittany, what am I going to do with you? ;)

When I first got diagnosed, my doctor explained that it was extremely hard to lose weight if you have low thyroid that is going untreated.

I feel like I've been trying to lose weight, while fighting this invisible current.
Sigh...

I'm waiting for my prescription to be filled. Hopefully with the meds, my thyroid will get back to normal soon, so I can start having my energy back, and hopefully see some weight loss!

The Good:

I'm still here, and I haven't given up!

I've been trying to lose weight while having low thyroid, that has been going untreated. It's been a difficult 3 months, with lots of effort, and little weight loss.

But, I'm still here!

I'm going to go ahead and give myself a pat on the back for that!