Diet plan for hypothyroid... good plan?

Question

i have been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, but unfortunately it took them 9 months to figure it out! in the meantime i went from 156lbs to 220lbs, im very happy to finally be on the right medication and started on my levothyroxine yesterday, the problem is i have a holiday in 5 weeks, and i really dont want to spend the whole time miserable because of my weight, so id like to get as much off as i can before i go, but i dont want to go on a silly unhealthy diet as my health is my focus right now, so i was thinking of having 4, 350 calorie meals a day which would be 1400 cals, and going on a 30min walk or 30 mins on the rebounder a day, along with lots of water, i am a vegetarian but will eat eggs and tuna if i have to! so my diet will be mainly, fruit/veg, cereal, milk, pasta/rice, eggs, tuna, water...

NO bread, cheese, butter, sugar or any other bad carbs......

is this diet a good idea and will i see results in 5 weeks?

female, age 26, height-5'7 weight 220lbs

Answer 1

To begin - so glad to hear you were now properly diagnosed, and that you are addressing the thyroid issue (which was probably largely to blame for the weight gain).

Your proposed plan appears to be very sound. You should see results in a month or less.

Enjoy your holiday,

~M~

Answer 2

i was wondering why you just didn't look up a diet online and then i went looking and something reliable is hard to find.

my suggestion would be to go to a bookstore or amazon and see if there is a good hypothyroid diet book available. seems like the Zone Diet is suggested as a good thyroid diet. i have no idea what it is.

i have hypoglycemia and maybe a thyroid problem too. i need to get it checked out.

give yourself a break. if you don't lose much weight by your holiday,it's really not your fault. just do what you can and still enjoy your holiday. why punish yourself when its not your fault.. it takes a while for the drugs to take effective enough too ,doesn't it. Oprah didn't start dropping any or much weight after she was diagnosed and started on medication.

good luck and be happy.

////went looking for info for myself. this looks like a good thyroid website.

Answer 3

I can't tell you how much you'll lose because that is going to depend a lot on how your body is responding to your medication. I WILL tell you that you ARE going about this in a healthy way, which will make your body happy...and when your body is happy, it gladly begins to shed some of those unnecessary pounds :)

When you go for a walk, up the intensity by taking your mp3 or CD player with you. Each time the song changes, change your speed to match the beat of the song. Take a pair of weights with you and "dance" with them instead of just swinging your arms; do things like bicep curls, pec flyes, mimic swimming motions, military presses, and anything that feels good. All that extra movement will not only improve your weight loss, but it will also help to tone your body. Make sure you do this outside, NOT on a treadmill: you will burn far more calories this way because the treadmill does some of the work for you.

I am your height and weighed more than you, and I lost a lot of weight doing a lot of good exercise and just eating to fuel it. If you feel like doing something like that, you can always email me.