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While we’ve got an active diabetes thyroid thread I’ve been reading about the effect of low carb and keto diets on thyroid function. Lots of controversy with different sources even citing the same studies for and against using keto which seems to decrease free t3 but increases sensitivity of...

Hi Coby, fairly new to both but I’ve done lots of reading. Yes as said it’s thought one can lead to the other. When I look back and think of symptoms it was definitely the hypothyroid that started first, then insulin resistance, which I think made the thyroid worse recently. In my quest to...

Hi @Jak13 welcome to the forum. I’m sure low carb will help you as most of us! The first week can be rough - lots of water and salt helped for me. Don’t worry it gets better after that.

Down one pound to 13st 4lbs. Back on the one pound a week train Woop woop! I’m fairly chuffed given my blood tests show likely Hashimotos and need levothyroxine. Anyone else started levo and does it make it easier to lose once you do?

Yes absolutely up and down by one and two pounds, sometimes no change, but averaged at 4 pounds lost over the last 8 weeks. Overall it’s going in the right direction so I hope if you take yours over 4-8 weeks you see a trend too!

Thank you SlimLizzy! And well done for your progress too.

Great news well done Linda!

Stayed the same this week. Slooooow going now. In the last 8 weeks I’ve lost 4 pounds. Body what are you doing there’s another stone and a half!!!

Great news well done!

I started off at about 50g then decreased to under 30g which I’ve been at for about a month now - bye bye milk :( Love a good book recommendation thank you!

Thanks @finsit I have been low carb for about 3 months now but not keto. Will do some of your suggestions and am trying to edge into keto rather than low carb!

I always run higher when menstruating - a lot of people are more insulin resistant at this time. I don’t know if that was what your wife was experiencing, but if she had a cold at the same time I would guess combined they are the culprit? I hope she feels better soon and sugars return to normal.

2 pound loss woop, takes me to 13st 5lbs and 16 lbs overall.

Hi there, I’ve had a few episodes in the 3s as well and my liver kicks in raising it back up. I was really concerned as well but it is ok as an odd episode. If you’re not on medication that could keep it there or go lower your body should respond. I’d be worried if it wasn’t going back up or...

It was your comment on the other thread that made me retry intermittent fasting @coby while I had the libre so thank you. I mean it has been of varying success for me but at least I know what happens now and it did actually kick start another pound loss (maybe, possibly).

Thanks for the link @catinahat. I’m annoyed at myself now for holding onto milk for so long or I’d be well past the time it takes grrrr.

On the upside you’ve clearly got a handle on managing your blood sugar levels now!

Hi @MrsA2, hope you’re well. Did you ever take your results to your gp as you intended and if so how did it go?!

Diet doctor is a good website if you’re looking for free alternatives...

Thank you @ianf0ster. The how do you know you’re fat adapted was really helpful. I’m fairly chuffed with my levels apart from dp, lost about 5%, and completely no idea if the nauseous feeling is hunger?! By those criteria I’m not fully fat adapted yet and maybe need to stop pushing my body too...