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So the last year has been frustrating. Stop losing weight, or even gain a few ounces. Get a blood draw. Wait for the results. Have the doctor call and tell me my thyroid is too low, and he's reducing the thyroid suppressing medications. Wait 6 weeks for the medication levels to stabilize in my system, get a new blood draw, wait for the results...

Every couple of months, my thyroid levels would be low and they would again decrease my meds - oh so gradually!! Well finally, I stopped taking meds in early December

I didn't record any weight gains in my tracker because I REFUSED to believe they were permanent gains. I was not willing to admit defeat. I knew that with this way of eating, I could regain control once I could wrest it back from my meds.

Over the Christmas holidays, I did go up a few pounds. I weigh every day, so it's hard to tell, exactly, but my average weight for the month of December was about 3 pounds higher than my low that I maintained this summer. It was a low I maintained through my holiday in France, but I shockingly gained 4 pounds on a 4 day trip to Nebraska, where the only food available was, frankly, disgusting and chemical laden. We don't normally eat fast food or junk food. I worked very hard to get rid of that, but wasn't able to lose the last pound before Christmas.

Well the fantastic news is that I am back down to my summer low! I am actually at a fasting weight today, which is odd because I did not fast yesterday (boy did I not fast yesterday!!) Weekly average weights showed a 1.4lb loss the first week of January, a 1.4 loss the second week of January, and a 0.4 lb loss so far this week. Considering the snail's pace of the last 9 months, I am completely thrilled with this!!

I'm not doing anything differently than I did in October, when I lost a grand total of 0.5 pounds for the entire MONTH.

So I'm thrilled and really hoping this means I'm going to be seeing results now that the meds are out of my system.