Thread: THM (Trim Healthy Mama) for P4

I'm not reacting nearly as much this time as I did the first time and I really think it might be the change in meds. We will see! i don't mind a set menu when I know it's just for a time. Just like the boredom of hcg is actually good for me. LOL

Here is what I've learned from Grammy and from the StopTheThyroidMadness site:

If you request thyroid tests, make sure they include T3 Free, T4 FREE, and Reverse T3. Those are the ones that tell you if you should supplement T3, and if you are converting your T4 properly to T3. Your T3 Free should be in the upper quarter of the range. If not, you'll want to ask for Armour Thyroid or similar med to get it up there. To check for Hashimoto, you need the Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies and Thyroid Globulin Antibodies test. If one or both are out of range high, you probably have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. In which case, you need T3 supplementation anyway.


I'm on the last day of the THM Fuel Cycle, and have gained back what I lost from the 2 deep S days at the beginning of the week. Today is the last day: deepS, which will hopefully bring me down a bit. I understand that you are supposed to wait a couple days to weigh before assessing how successful the fuel cycle is for weight loss. At this point, I'm thinking its main benefit for me has just been to focus in on how to do deep S correctly, and find out that I actually can do a whole Fuel Pull day without feeling deprived or hungry. So I guess that's something.

Supposedly you can do fuel cycles for two weeks at a time, but I don't think I'm going to continue another week this time. I think what I will do is practice getting more deep S and FP meals in my rotations for a while and see if that gets me anywhere.

It's been a few days since I completed the fuel cycle, and I'm happy to report that I'm down a couple pounds. (which is the same amount I was UP when I started. ) So no overall progress, but I'm happy to at least be back on track again. At some future point, I may try a 2 week fuel cycle, but one week was mentally enough for me this time.

Maybe the scale will start to move for me now, if there really is any magic in doing the fuel cycle. I guess we'll see.

This week's focus will be to have one FP main meal a day, and fit in some deep S's. I'll keep y'all updated.

I'm about 6 pounds above LIW currently. I'm hopeful that if I can find my right balance, I can eventually lose it.

Are you at least eating E snacks? I don't think I could just do FPs and S's for more than a couple days at a time. Even though the E days in the fuel cycle were sandwiched in between those, it was still a challenge.

Originally Posted by grammy1952

I've had some issues maintaining this round loss and found out my thyroid was in the tank. The dr had switched me from Armour to synthetic T3 and T4 and there isn't enough T3 in it evidently. I am waiting on a call back from her to change my dose. But the main reason I wanted to talk to you about this, Leez, is that I'm doing The Plan again and I was rereading a series of emails I'd exchanged with Lyn-Genet. She mentioned that PORK is fairly reactive, 70%, and asked me what thyroid med I was on back when I did it the first time. I started The Plan last Thursday and have lost 5 pounds so far. I now think that the porcine thyroid med I was on the first time affected my results back then. I'm so much less puffy and feel downright awesome at the moment. I haven't failed anything yet either, not even chickpeas which I failed the first time around.

So I just wanted to mention this in case the porcine based thyroid med is affecting you too. So sorry you had a lousy day yesterday! Hopefully today will be better!

Grammy are you working with Lyn Genet while doing The Plan this time?

It's been about a week since my last update. I'm happy to report that I'm down almost a pound.

This is notable because over the weekend, I had a few (planned) crossovers, and ate more at other meals because I was feeling extra hungry. In fact, one of the days I had 4 meals and 3 snacks! Usually I only manage to get one snack in.

I'm now back to where I was after returning from my Florida trip in March. I'm so glad I'm finally going in the right direction. I still have 3 pounds to lose to get back to where I started, so its going to be a while before I can credit any real loss to THM.

I've been getting into the gummies. Orange creamsicle is my current favorite. Its an easy way to add some protein when my meals are light in that department.

Also, my new favorite E lunch (in order of assembly for 2 open-face sammies):
2 slices sprouted bread
1 wedge of Light Laughing Cow Swiss
1 T. red raspberry all-fruit jam
lettuce greens
sprinkle of balsamic vinegar reduction (I make my own)
thin jicama slices (I used the mandoline to get them potato chip-thin)
sliced chicken breast
...and a small banana for dessert!

The quest for problem foods continues, and I think I've made a connection to one of my problems. I recently had a big gain after a day where I ate cauliflower, so I did a back track on all my food logs for the last year or so, and voila. Everytime, there was a gain, usually a big one. So no more cauliflower for me. Good thing I didn't have any in house when I made the taco soup recently. I subbed cabbage, and had no response to the soup, so that will be my modus from now on. (The trim train taco soup is really good, y'all.)

So here is my interesting list of foods --so far--that make me gain:
eggs
corn (guaranteed 4-5 pound overnight gain)
rye (although I seem ok with it if it is soured)
turkey
salmon
lamb so sad. I love lamb
cauliflower
celery
yellow cheese
hemp seed
kiwi
mango
watermelon (I know...crazy, huh?),
pine nuts (the only one I get an anaphalactic reaction to)