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Dieted on and off for years and it "just doesn't w Dieted on and off for years and it "just doesn't work like it used to"? That's not in your head. I covered in my last post how restriction lowers metabolic rate over time. So how do you actually turn that around? The instinct is always to cut harder. That's the opposite of what your body needs. Here's what actually rebuilds a metabolism that's been through years of yo-yo dieting: 🩸 Blood sugar & insulin sensitivity: chronically spiking/crashing blood sugar keeps insulin elevated, blunting fat access and driving the hunger crashes that make restriction unbearable. This is foundational, not optional. 💪 Protein + resistance training: every dieting cycle causes more muscle loss, if these aren't prioritised. Muscle drives your metabolic rate, so rebuilding it raises your metabolic floor instead of just stopping the fall. 🚶 Daily movement (NEAT): the energy burned just living your day is often your biggest calorie burn, and it quietly drops after years of dieting. It's also one of the first things to recover once your body feels safe again. 😴 Sleep & stress: both worsen insulin sensitivity and disrupt hunger hormones already working against you. Skip this and everything else works twice as hard. 📈 Raise before you cut: bringing intake up first, gradually, protects against metabolic adaptation. The scale may sit still or tick up slightly. That's not failure, that's repair. ❤️ Your relationship with food: years of restriction leave many people afraid of eating "too much." No macro plan fixes that. It has to be worked on directly. If this is you: your body isn't broken, and it isn't working against you. It's doing exactly what it's designed to do after being told, repeatedly, that food is scarce. Rebuilding trust with it takes a different approach and that's exactly what I've built into my programme. More on this very soon. Does this sound familiar? Tell me where you're at. #Hashimotos #Hypothyroidism #ThyroidHealth #MetabolicHealth #WeightLoss #YoYoDieting #InsulinResistance #NutritionCoaching #BloodSugarBalance #SustainableWeightLoss #HormoneHealth #AutoimmuneHealth
"Just eat less" isn't the advice you think it is, "Just eat less" isn't the advice you think it is, especially with Hashimoto's or thyroid dysfunction. Here's why... Calorie apps treat every 1,200-calorie day the same. They're not. Your body needs specific nutrients, not just a low enough number, to keep your thyroid working, let alone recover from Hashimoto's. Restrict long enough and your body adapts: leptin drops, T4→T3 conversion slows, resting metabolism falls below what your new weight predicts. This has been shown repeatedly since the 1940s Minnesota Starvation Experiment, and in Biggest Loser contestants whose metabolism were still suppressed 6 years later. That's why the deficit that worked before stops working. Your body needs less to do the same job. So the advice is always to cut further. If your thyroid's already compromised, that constant low-fuel state is extra stress on a system already struggling. Which is exactly why so many people end up more tired, colder, shedding more hair and gaining rather than losing weight. Most calorie apps don't help. They'll hand you a target well below what's healthy, often at or below 1,200 calories, the recognised floor for women without medical supervision. That barely covers rest, before movement, digestion or Hashimoto's are factored in. Most women managing Hashimoto's need closer to 1,800, but this needs to be individualised. This is why "eat less, move more" keeps failing the people who need results most and why I've built my weight loss programme rooted in nourishment, not restriction. More on this very soon! Has this cycle of restricting, adapting and getting stuck happened to you? Tell me below ⬇️ #Hashimotos #Hypothyroidism #ThyroidHealth #MetabolicHealth #NutritionCoach #calorierestrictivediet #caloriecounting #caloriecountinguk #eatlessmovemore #restrictivediets #hashimotosrecoveryspecialist #weightlosssupport #weightlosswithhypothyroidism #hashimotosweightloss
My personal opinion & breakdown of Channel 4's doc My personal opinion & breakdown of Channel 4's documentary "The Great ADHD Myth?" This follows on from my post on this earlier this week before the documentary went live.
A Channel 4 documentary questioning whether adult A Channel 4 documentary questioning whether adult ADHD is overdiagnosed. A Lancet series calling menopause "overmedicalised." Notice a pattern? Both stories are about women finally getting diagnosed and treated for things we've lived with for decades. And both get reframed, in prime time and in a leading medical journal, as a problem of too much. The same "overmedicalisation" language never gets aimed at testosterone prescribing in men, which has also risen sharply. I'm living this right now. Exploring a possible autism/ADHD diagnosis at perimenopause, on top of Hashimoto's. It took me 6 years to get diagnosed with coeliac disease, another 8 for Hashimoto's. I've since developed two more autoimmune conditions. The UK has the largest gender health gap in the G20. Over half of women report having their pain dismissed by a doctor because of their gender. Underdiagnosis is the decades-long default for women. The moment we start getting access, the story flips to "too much." Full breakdown (with all the research) on the blog now. Link in bio & comments. #womenshealth #medicalgaslighting #adhdinwomen #perimenopause #hashimotos #autoimmunedisease #genderhealthgap #hrt #latediagnosis #hashimotosrecoveryspecialist
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