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mnj United States. May 07 2014 20:50. Posts 3848

I had a really bad case of hyperthyroidism, a condition that affects virtually every cell in your body.

It speeds of heart beat, hair loss, finger nail loss, increases body temperature, causes insomnia, rapid weight loss. oh and hunger. like eat 6-8 times a day and still be hungry. some new level of hunger i've honestly never felt previously.

I've been around 155 pounds for about the past 15 years of my life, and in 2 weeks i dropped to 125. also my muscles (specifically the thighs) atrophied to the point where i could no longer walk up a flight of stairs.

I went to the doctor, long story short, ate a radiation laced pill, which essentially knocked out my thyroid.

I have to wait a few more weeks before doing blood wrok to see if i'm hypo, hyper or luckily normal (20%).

I'm back to 145, and started working out. It's so agitating because I used to be in relatively good shape. But currently every night when i go to bed, my legs are effing sore from just walking during the day.

I only have dumbbells in my gym, so i've been doing light dumbbell press, goblet squat, lat pull down, one arm rows, some crunches.

it's so fucking infuriating because less is more when it comes to working out. yea u can segment all the diff muscle groups into 5-6 days, but for me (and prob 95% of people) it's prob more efficient to work out 3 times a week to let your body fully rest.

Gains are looking decent, the hyperthyroidism had one silver lining: it burned all my fat. so any marginal muscle gains are more pronounced.

but i guess im getting restless and want to work out harder, but working out harder would be resting.

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Last edit: 08/05/2014 13:29

napoleono Romania. May 08 2014 02:47. Posts 771

Damn, that sounds pretty ugly. get well soon!

bigredhoss Cook Islands. May 08 2014 05:31. Posts 8649

yeah that's shitty, best of luck moving forward. out of curiosity how tall are you?

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player999 Brasil. May 08 2014 09:43. Posts 7978

On May 08 2014 01:47 napoleono wrote:
Damn, that sounds pretty ugly. get well soon!

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Netherlands. May 08 2014 10:48. Posts 7080

That sucks. Do you know if there's something that caused it?

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mnj United States. May 08 2014 13:30. Posts 3848

there are some weak correlations with genetics and a "stressful event" in your life

Smuft Canada. May 09 2014 19:59. Posts 633

On May 08 2014 12:30 mnj wrote:
there are some weak correlations with genetics and a "stressful event" in your life

isn't diet biggest factor of all?

mnj United States. May 09 2014 21:51. Posts 3848

On May 09 2014 18:59 Smuft wrote:

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On May 08 2014 12:30 mnj wrote:
there are some weak correlations with genetics and a "stressful event" in your life

isn't diet biggest factor of all?

i don't think so. there are a few weak statistically insignificant stuff on iodine. since the thyroid is the only organ in your body to process it.

hence the radiation laced iodine to nuke the thyroid.

it's not a lack of diet/exercise condition if that happened to be your initial thought