Little update since last blog post, I have had my bloods taken again to check prolactin and thyroid levels, will get my results back Tuesday. If thyroid is still not in range, most likely my thyroxine will be increased from 50-100mg. I have still been experiencing high levels of fatigue at times so, I have a feeling I will be needing my meds adjusting. Once. thyroid is within range, I will be hoping to transition to a diet phase for a short period of time to get body comp in a better place before an improvement phase towards the back end of 2023.
I haven’t been in a stable enough position from a health point of view to push either way: diet or improvement phase.
This current maintenance phase has been so good so far, working with a new coach with a completely different approach to what I am used to has been really beneficial for me. The pressure has completely been taken off me to not be ‘pushing’ for something, for an aesthetic goal. I have purely been focusing on making my body as healthy as I can make it physically and mentally. I have been working on my relationship with myself, body and food since the start of the year. I have adopted an intuitive eating approach which I haven’t ever really done before, this also removes pressures of counting/weighing food and I have thoroughly enjoyed it so far.
Training is flying since my focus has been on health, I am really enjoying it and strength is pretty much at an all time high despite the health issues I am facing.
Once bloods are back, a more focused game plan can be implemented but everything is feeling positive!
22/01/2023 – Blog Update
Phase: Health focus
I thought I would use this weeks blog to discuss my management of my recent diagnosis of Hashimoto’s disease.
The first port of call when diagnosed with any hypothyroidism disorder is usually medication, typically this would be thyroxine which essentially, is replacing the thyroid hormones which aren’t being produced by the thyroid gland. My GP has started me on a low dose of 50mg, I have been taking this for the past 3 weeks and have noticed a huge difference in symptoms, mainly my fatigue levels.
As Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disorder, where usually this isn’t ‘curable’, but symptoms can be managed.
I completed my own research and spoke to many other coaches/nutrition experts who have all recommended I follow an AIP protocol (auto-immune). The AIP diet is an elimination diet designed to help reduce inflammation or other symptoms caused by autoimmune disorders.
This protocol aims to reduce inflammation, pain, and other symptoms caused by autoimmune diseases. I have begun to significantly reduced my intake of processed food, focussing on whole foods. Since doing this, I have noticed a reduction in general ‘swelling’ and ‘bloating’, this has also lead me to feeling more energised.
Allowing me now to be able to increase effort and concentration during my training sessions, strength has massively returned and I am really enjoying training again.
Other aspects I have taken into account are anti-inflammatory supplements to support meds and diet while taking into account managing general stress levels.
I feel in a much better place mentally and physically now to manage this moving forward.
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03/02/2023 – Blog Update
Phase: Health focus
Little update since last blog post, I have had my bloods taken again to check prolactin and thyroid levels, will get my results back Tuesday. If thyroid is still not in range, most likely my thyroxine will be increased from 50-100mg. I have still been experiencing high levels of fatigue at times so, I have a feeling I will be needing my meds adjusting. Once. thyroid is within range, I will be hoping to transition to a diet phase for a short period of time to get body comp in a better place before an improvement phase towards the back end of 2023.
I haven’t been in a stable enough position from a health point of view to push either way: diet or improvement phase.
This current maintenance phase has been so good so far, working with a new coach with a completely different approach to what I am used to has been really beneficial for me. The pressure has completely been taken off me to not be ‘pushing’ for something, for an aesthetic goal. I have purely been focusing on making my body as healthy as I can make it physically and mentally. I have been working on my relationship with myself, body and food since the start of the year. I have adopted an intuitive eating approach which I haven’t ever really done before, this also removes pressures of counting/weighing food and I have thoroughly enjoyed it so far.
Training is flying since my focus has been on health, I am really enjoying it and strength is pretty much at an all time high despite the health issues I am facing.
Once bloods are back, a more focused game plan can be implemented but everything is feeling positive!
22/01/2023 – Blog Update
Phase: Health focus
I thought I would use this weeks blog to discuss my management of my recent diagnosis of Hashimoto’s disease.
The first port of call when diagnosed with any hypothyroidism disorder is usually medication, typically this would be thyroxine which essentially, is replacing the thyroid hormones which aren’t being produced by the thyroid gland. My GP has started me on a low dose of 50mg, I have been taking this for the past 3 weeks and have noticed a huge difference in symptoms, mainly my fatigue levels.
As Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disorder, where usually this isn’t ‘curable’, but symptoms can be managed.
I completed my own research and spoke to many other coaches/nutrition experts who have all recommended I follow an AIP protocol (auto-immune). The AIP diet is an elimination diet designed to help reduce inflammation or other symptoms caused by autoimmune disorders.
This protocol aims to reduce inflammation, pain, and other symptoms caused by autoimmune diseases. I have begun to significantly reduced my intake of processed food, focussing on whole foods. Since doing this, I have noticed a reduction in general ‘swelling’ and ‘bloating’, this has also lead me to feeling more energised.
Allowing me now to be able to increase effort and concentration during my training sessions, strength has massively returned and I am really enjoying training again.
Other aspects I have taken into account are anti-inflammatory supplements to support meds and diet while taking into account managing general stress levels.
I feel in a much better place mentally and physically now to manage this moving forward.