The more I talk to people about their experience with low thyroid function, the more I see this pattern…
You go in, get labs done and then you are given all kinds of supplements… iron, selenium, vitamin D, thyroid support supplements…
Some people feel a little better, but not quite…
Feel tired, can’t get good sleep, brain fog, hair thinning or falling off… and can’t lose weight no matter what…
If your lab numbers come back normal, but you don’t feel normal, then they’ll say it’s all in your head and give you anti-depressants…
In my case, I was told there was nothing I could do about it…
… that I was going to have to take hormones for the rest of my life…
I gained 40 lbs in a month… felt so sad…
I wanted to lose weight…
I wanted my clothes to feel better…
I wanted to feel good in my body…
I wanted to feel confident and get back to being active…
I thought I was doing everything right… taking all the supplements, eating lean meats and veggies… cut out sugar, dairy, gluten…
Nothing was working and then all of the sudden, I started doing the opposite of what they were telling me…
All of the sudden, I started to get my energy back…
My sleep improved…
I was able to lose weight…
It felt so good when my clothes started to fit better…
I now feel confident when I take my shirt off…
They said diet had little to do with how I felt, but now I see that diet had everything to do with my low energy and weight gain…
How to get more energy with low thyroid
The first thing I started doing was hydrating…
I used to not drink much water…
When you don’t drink enough water and your body becomes dehydrated, your body can’t digest food efficiently…
You get gas, bloating and constipation…
When your digestive system doesn’t work well, your energy levels begin to drop…
They’ll tell you all about how you need to reduce stress, but never mention anything about hydration…
When you are properly hydrated, you can get all of your nutrients from food without the need for supplements!
Even if you were to take supplements, if you are dehydrated, your body won’t uptake them as efficiently…
Property hydration is the first step to getting more energy…
Getting more energy is just the beginning…
Dehydration makes it harder for your body to get nutrients… without nutrients you can’t regenerate tissue, hair, skin or nails… nails get brittle, skin dries, hair starts thinning and falling off…
That’s how important minerals are for your diet, hair, skin & nails…
How do I fix my thyroid weight loss?
When you are dehydrated and can’t digest properly you create an environment in your gut that allows the growth of bad bacteria, wild yeast, mold or parasites… (bad gut flora)…
Bad gut flora is considered bad because they steal nutrients from you (why you feel low energy)… and they produce toxins which end up in your fat cells… the more toxic your gut produces, the more your fat cells expand as they get filled with toxins…
As your fat cells become toxic, you start growing more bad bacteria… this is how thyroid nodules begin to grow…
You won’t read about this anywhere from people that are supposed to know how to help you…
How much weight can you lose with thyroid problems?
There’s a common misconception that you can’t lose weight if you have low thyroid… which is why so many people keep looking for the best thyroid support supplement for weight loss when in reality it’s not your thyroid making gain weight…
If you are gaining weight it’s because of poor gut health…
I will dare say that low thyroid is also due to poor gut health…
You don’t boost your thyroid to lose weight… you lose weight to boost your thyroid…
Many people wonder if they’ll start losing weight once they start taking thyroid medication only to find out that is not the case…
Does low thyroid affect your weight?
Thyroid function does play a role in metabolism, but gut health is what affects weight the most…
They will tell you that once your hormone levels are within normal range that you may then lose “a small amount of weight”…
How does your body produce hormones?
Hormone production and balance happens primarily in your gut… even thyroid hormone depends on your gut health…
How so?
To produce thyroid hormone, you need amino acids like Tyrosine… Thyroid hormone T4 is made with Tyrosine… if you can’t digest protein then your body won’t get amino acids…
Can hypothyroidism go away?
Do you really have low thyroid function or poor gut health?
Taking pills doesn’t improve gut health… that’s why so many people get frustrated that they can’t find the right dose and keep looking for a thyroid doctor who might find the magic number not knowing that gut health is where they need to focus…
If you focus on thyroid, then you’ll be steered towards thinking that you’ll need to eat seaweed for iodine, brazil nuts for selenium, and take pills, but no matter what you won’t really be getting better…
Some will even say that eating large amounts of iodine will make hypothyroidism worse…
There’s so much confusion it’s frustrating…
The moment you take your attention away from the thyroid and start to focus on gut health, things change…
Growing healthy probiotics in your gut is the most effective way to get more energy and lose weight…
Watch this hypothyroidism success story interview with Itza where she shares how she was abe to get more energy and lose weight with Hashimoto’s…
How to get more energy with Hypothyroidism
The key to get energy is learning how to create an environment in your gut for probiotics to grow… minerals are just one of nine steps I use to create this environment…
Sadly, most doctors don’t have a clue about this… thyroid supplements, and programs that promise to “fix your thyroid” don’t understand this either…
I am not a doctor… I only know about this because I was an avid home brewer and studied fermentation, though not for health purposes… I was not into health back then… I was only growing probiotics (brewer’s yeast) to make beer…
… but when I learned that probiotics are what make hormones… all bets were off… I needed to try making the probiotics in my gut as healthy as I could for myself, even if no one else followed…
If you are…
- Too exhausted to move.
- Struggling to stay awake
- Low energy is affecting your work
- Can’t say yes to active play with your kids (family is frustrated at you)
- You’ve tried the diets
- You’ve tried the supplements
- You’ve adjusted your dose up, down and sideways at this point
… then I’m excited to share with you my Energy Blueprint… I journaled everything I did for over seven years to get rid of thyroid fatigue.
I took out what didn’t work and left only what worked…
I started sharing this with others via my free email newsletter.
When you subscribe to our email newsletter you will learn each step I took to get more energy…
You will start by improving digestion… the first thing you’ll notice is no more gas, bloating or constipation… no more dry skin…
Once you tip that domino, the next step is to improve your sleep… you will learn how to get deep restorative sleep so you wake up refreshed and ready to take on the day…
Your mind will be sharp in the morning… and if your hair is thinning or falling out, you will notice it start to grow thick and strong again.
… and because everything you do is completely natural, the energy you feel will last all day without having to rely on caffeine or thyroid supplements.
So, you’ll notice when you come home after work, you’ll have energy to play with your kids, workout or do whatever activity you feel like because you will have the energy left to do so!
