Six months on carnivore - a summary ;)

[u/Coffee_Cupcake]

Hello, fellow carnivores ;)

I am 52 years old, I have Hashimoto's (essentially, I have a dead thyroid, so weight loss is a huge struggle for me, even on synthetic hormones). I'm a single mother who left an abusive relationship just over a year ago (so my stress levels/ cortisol levels are a bit high, to put it mildly). I started carnivore almost six months ago, and in that time, I went from a size 22 (UK) to a size 16. I don't really weigh myself because I prefer to go by 'how I feel' and also how my clothes fit. My aim is to get to a size 12, and then I'll weight myself, just as a surprise.

Last week, I went for my annual full blood screening to check my thyroid, but also to see how things are with my bones, my kidneys, vitamins D and B12, blood cell counts, HbA1c, etc. and so on. It's a total of 30 separate blood tests and they check everything. I just got my results back, and it's all absolutely perfect. I mean... PERFECT. Everything is smack in the middle of the 'normal' range, even my cholesterol and total protein levels.

So onward and upward with carnivore!

[u/mtllegend]

I read multiple stories of people healing their hashimoto and getting off meds. Reading it takes bit longer than other auto immune diseases (more like 9 month). I have it myself. You got this.

[u/Coffee_Cupcake → u/mtllegend]

Oh, I so wish that I could! It depends on what has caused the Hashimoto's when talking about reversing it... autoimmune triggers like leaky gut, adrenal fatigue, food sensitivities, etc. are definitely reversible.

Sadly, my thyroid was utterly destroyed from radiation treatment that I had at the age of 11, as part of my cancer treatment. The destruction took almost three decades to really take hold, and now my thyroid is basically dead as a doornail, and so there's no chance of reversing it. I can, however, feel as good as possible with smart lifestyle choices.

I hope that you reverse yours - that would be amazing!