lindsay
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Thanks, so what macros do you use?? At least so I could see an example. someone up above told me to eat super low fat. And I try with PUFA, I"m not gonna be extremist and give up my eggs though either, cuz that stresses me out. so just once a day, apply progesterone and how can I monitor if it's too much or if it's helping?? IN temperatures?? And do you use it throughout your cycle?? so my TSH is high?? What does that mean? Usualy in the past it's always 1.3 or 1.8. But I'm curious to know what a high TSH means?? I do have a thyroid nodule that they're watching, so i hope it doesn't mean that's gone bad. I"m too scared yet to try thyroid, but any help you can give me with little adjustments, I will take and try. thanks
I don't really log my food. It annoys me. I just eat foods I like and tolerate well. Usually on the menu daily, however, are fresh organic oranges, organic OJ from WF's, espresso with half & half and sugar (I drink a lot of coffee), carrots or carrot salad (with Coconut oil, salt & honey), soft boiled eggs with butter & salt, and A LOT of cheese - mostly cheddar, gouda, swiss, etc. I try to buy the stuff made with animal rennet. Sometimes I eat organic low fat cottage cheese and I recently added organic marmalade to help with natural sugars - I have been going a bit jelly bean crazy since Easter and regularly indulge my sweet tooth on candy and chocolate. And I don't feel bad about it. I don't eat starch, but that's my preference.
Recently, I've become very aware that I need liver & oysters in the mix, so I've made a conscious effort this past week to eat some liver and wow! It really does make a huge difference in the B-vitamin department. I just have to smother the liver in cooked onions and ketchup to get it down, but whatever. In general, I feel I do best with less food, but things that are more nutrient dense. I'm also starting to add very well cooked mushrooms into the mix.
RP stresses the importance of things like regular shellfish and liver because they are kind of nutritional powerhouses. Shellfish contains selenium and other minerals, the former being important for thyroid function. Your TSH is "normal" by modern medicine standards, but RP has said that people can begin to develop symptoms of low thyroid when the TSH is above 1. So if you have low body temperature, cold hands and feet, feel stressed, have poor digestion, menstrual issues, etc. - not to mention the nodule on your thyroid - I would say it's good to pay close attention to and monitor this.
I can't tell you what you should or should not do, but I can say that questioning your doctors and doing your own research is important. I have a lot of regrets from just letting doctors scare or talk me into certain procedures that I didn't understand in the past and I have learned through these past few years that most doctors are not super helpful in the realm of RP philosophies and ideas (which for me have been monumental in making any improvement in my health issues). Progesterone was like the big ah-ha moment for me. I apply once a day now to my abdomen (after showering) and chest (helps fibrocystic breasts) and then in the evening, I apply once or twice to my wrist - I just squirt it on with some essential oils and let it sink in.
Also, if thyroid supplementation scares you, you certainly shouldn't try it on your own. Most likely, if you still have a thyroid gland and your TSH has been lower, you can probably get your thyroid functioning better on it's own, but managing stress and lowering it are kind of important for that. I only say this now because I didn't really grasp the importance of this at first and probably would have seen much faster results if I had taken the de-stressing bit to heart, in diet, mind and body. Thyroid got me to the place where I could function and rationalize again, along with the progesterone. But you should do what's right for you and experiment with things and see how they go. I also use some other supplements, but I'm cautious with them, because I've had bad reactions to some and like to take things slowly. You seem to take a lot of supplements - you might be better off just eating foods that contain these things and supplementing the necessary ones.
Anyhow, wishing you the very best!!