What is the minimum amount of calories I should eat given that I need to lose weight and have hypothyroidism?
A normal women should eat a minimum of 1200 calories per day in order to keep the body functioning but is that true for people with hypothyroidism or should I eat less because of a slow metabolism? What is the minimum amount of calories I should eat given that I need to lose weight and have hypothyroidism?
you should feel lucky. Most people are borderline hypothyroid but never get diagnosed, they struggle with their weight and don’t know why. If you were on proper medication (Armour/cytomel) you would be losing weight naturally. It would cure your slow metabolism. Don’t worry about calories get treated and get off synthroid.
You should eat your optimum need of 1000 to 1500 calories, else you will land up in nutritional deficiency. Take the medicines prescribed by your Doctor, and do proper exercise. There are several yoga asanas which improves the functioning of the thyroid gland. Open up any site of Yoga, you will find the effective asanas
The minimum calories needed a day is 1800 anything less will lead to malnutrition and 45 min of exercise a day.