I am two years out from a thyroid ablation to take care of my Graves Disease and overactive thyroid. I am currently on 125mcg of levothyroxine. Before the ablation, I was working out 6 days a week for about an hour or two. I ended up having to take two months off work to deal with anxiety and stress related to having been originally misdiagnosed and ending up with shingles immediately post ablation. After taking that time off, I just can't seem to get back into a routine.
My thyroid is completely not functioning. Before having it treated, I weighed 130 pounds. Right now I'm at 170 and unhappy with what I see in the mirror. I feel like my mental block is because I don't honestly believe the weight loss I experienced two years ago was because of my hard work. I almost completely blame it on the overactive thyroid. The trainer I had worked with for three years moved out of town, and I just can't seem to lose anything. In fact I'm gaining.
The rational side of me believes that the weight loss was due to the effort I'm putting in, but the emotional side of me doesn't believe that.
I feel like I'm stuck. I don't look at the pictures of my two years ago and see that I look good, I see how miserable I was. I was lonely and sick and in my eyes you can see that. I am now recently married and have a job I love, but I just can't seem to be happy with my body.
Does anyone else have this problem? Any advice on how to get past this wall I have in front of me?
