Another Try

Hey guys! For years I have been saying that I will eat healthier and I will work out. Yesterday began the millionth try to do this. It would have been easier to do in the past but now it's not going to be very easy. Normally if you work out and eat right youre going to probably lose weight, right? Well since September 2009 my body decided it didn't want to be normal any more.

I decided it was finally time to get my tonsils out after years of strep throat. Now I think  I would have been better off with the strep throat. It was the worst 3 weeks ever! I was so sick and could barely move. It was taking so long for me to recover and I was so sick that my mom took me to the doctor. After an ultrasound to my neck, a biopsy of the nodule they found in my thyroid, and a trip to the endocrinologist, I was diagnosed with Graves' Disease and Hashimoto's Disease (hypo and hyper thyroidism) which meant that after some time I would need to get my thyroid out and permanently be hypothyroid and need medication. After 6 months of more feeling like crap I decided to take spring quarter off and have the surgery.

Now it has almost been a year since the surgery and about a month ago my thyroid levels were finally near normal. But that doesn't make it much easier. It is still very difficult to lose weight with hypothyroidism.

Yesterday began this "get fit" journey. I worked out and I ate healthy. It is difficult to keep the motivation though. Today I'm sick and can't go to the gym but tomorrow I need to be back at it. This blog is basically to follow me through this and hopefully keep me motivated to do this.

Follow me through this journey and hopefully if you're hypothyroid or just having trouble losing weight this will help you some. I'm hoping that working out and eating right will do me some good.

Thanks :)
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