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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Daphne917" data-source="post: 1364749" data-attributes="member: 124172"><p>[USER=345051]@Purple-bobble[/USER] welcome to the forum. I was seen at the age of 17 by an endo because, despite eating healthily and exercising regularly, I have always been overweight and, in desparation, I went on a very low calorie diet and lost  the grand total of 7 lbs in 8 weeks but it also made me very ill because my metabolism was so efficient that my body was, quite literally, shutting down. He told me that part of my problem was that my Thyroid couldn't make  up its' mind as to whether it was over or under-active and that I was one of his few patients that could honestly blame their metabolism for being overweight and the only thing I could do was to eat healthily and exercise and have regular tests until it decided what it wanted to do. This went on for 37 years but 3 years ago  I was finally diagnosed with on underactive thyroid and a combination of Low carb full fat eating and thyroid meds has meant that I have finally managed to lose weight safely - about 21/2 stone so far. It hasn't come off as quickly as for other members here and I still have more to lose but it is a start!</p></blockquote><p></p>

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