{Five Reasons Why THM May Not be Working} It Might be Your Thyroid.

I’m not even gonna try to explain why it’s taken me so long to write Reason Two of this series of posts I promised you I’d write months ago.

Sometimes you can manage to do ONLY that which keeps your children alive, one moment at a time, know what I mean?

2014 has been one of those “barely keeping the children alive” kinds of years, but I’m finally breathing some fresh air at the end of this mine shaft that’s included starting a new part-time job, reinventing an old business, and just some other crazy nonsense that you don’t want to know about.

But SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT MY ADRENAL GLANDS ARE GETTING YET ANOTHER WORKOUT because that is the ONLY way I know how to roll.

Which brings me to the point of this blog post… There are five reasons I can think of why you may not be losing weight, in spite of faithfully following Trim Healthy Mama to a T (or an S or an E, I should say…hehe, get it?) and the first of those reasons is that it might be your adrenal glands. So if you, like me, have been massively stressed out with absolutely NO relief for WAY too long, it’s PROBABLY your adrenal glands wigging out on you, so start with this post HERE:

#1 Reason Trim Healthy Mama Might Not Be Working: Adrenal Fatigue.

The thing is, your adrenal glands and your thyroid work so closely together that they’re like two cells on your car battery: when one is drained, so is the other. To fill up one, you have to fill up the other. 

At least that’s the way an amateur medical expert with a PhD, from the University of Google, understands it. And I also have my IMD (*Imaginary Medicinae Doctor) from BlogLovin, just so you know. Yes, I know it’s impressive that I have so many advanced degrees but I try not to make a big deal out of it.

*I’m just kidding. In case it’s not painfully obvious, I’m not a doctor and therefore unable to diagnose or prescribe. But it won’t stop me from believing… 

The list of hypothyroid symptoms is UNBELIEVABLY long, but these are just a few from hypothyroidmom.com… 

• Chronic fatigue
• Less stamina
• Long recovery period after any activity
• Inability to concentrate
• Sleep apnea
• Snoring
• Insomnia
• Need naps in the afternoon
• Weakness
• Wake feeling tired
• Frequently oversleep

• Inability to lose weight

There you have it. The GOOD news is, the Trim Healthy Mama plan is one of the best ways to boost that weary thyroid gland of yours. The BAD news is, the Trim Healthy Mama plan may not be enough.

And as I am prone to do, being the total book-loving geek that I am, I’m going to recommend yet another book to add to your library.

Because you’re already bought The Mood Cure and The Diet Cure by Julia Ross, right? Because Julia delves all the way into what’s exactly going on with your thyroid. Those books are life-changing. 

I want you to know that you can trust me when I recommend a book, so in the nicest way possible I want to let you know that The Iodine Crisis isn’t the most well-written book I’ve ever read; she skips around from subject to subject and chases rabbits and repeats herself oh so annoyingly and includes a whole lot of eye-crossing, mind-numbing history (repeatedly) that I didn’t think was relevant to the vital information we need about Iodine. But it’s an interesting (mostly) easy read (easy to skip to the good stuff, I mean) and very informative and my two cents is that I think all women need to read it. 

AS I have learned in pursuing my advanced imaginary medical degrees, and as Ms. Farrow says in The Iodine Crisis, Iodine is critical to the health of your thyroid gland. There are many ways to add Iodine to your diet with food, but the best way I’ve found to add Iodine to my diet is through this little supplement called Iodoral. (NOT to be misconstrued as medical advice, mind you… just sharing what works for me, and what works for me is to take 50mg of Iodoral daily!)

I’ve seen my thyroid symptoms improve by LEAPS AND BOUNDS since I began taking Iodoral. My hair isn’t falling out anymore, for one thing… 

There are so many websites devoted to how to help an ailing thyroid that I won’t waste your time cutting and pasting; just do your own research. Click the links I included (and this one! Tons of good info on Hypothyroid Mom). Read. Find out for yourself if Iodine is a piece of the puzzle that might help you (and don’t forget to ask your doctor because I am NOT one, even though I play one on this blog…)

And one last caveat? JUST BECAUSE your labs come back showing your thyroid to be ‘normal’ doesn’t mean that it is. A standard lab test measures only your TSH level.  And don’t ask me what that means because I’m too busy to explain it. Or something. 

But just KNOW… that if you KNOW in your heart that you’ve faithfully committed to this Trim Healthy Mama thing and the scale isn’t budging? And you just KNOW that SOMETHING IS WRONG? It might be your adrenal glands, and it might be your thyroid. 

And then again it might be one of the other three reasons I’m gonna tell you next.

Stay tuned to find out! Follow me on Pinterest if you don’t already.

And let’s get all buff and trim and healthy together!!

*Another thing I’ve found to help me with energy levels related to weak thyroid functioning here… 

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