The journal “Diabetes Care” recently published a list of 13 science-based methods for prevention of weight regain. “Control emotional eating” is one of the 13. [The article is not just for overweight type 2 diabetics.]

The other 12 methods don’t require psychotherapy or navel-gazing, and may be adequate for most people.

Here’s the list, at no charge, and you can read it in its entirety during one of the commercials on Oprah’s show:
http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/?p=87

-Steve

I just read a meta-analysis study that estimates the incidence of hyper/hypothyroid cases

According to the rersearch, the incidence of hypothyroidism is 350/100 000/year in women and 80/100 000/year in men

The incidence of hyperthyroidism is 80/100 000/year in women and 8/100 000/year in men.

The study can be found here

Lots of things can cause problems with your thyroid.

A few years back, my wife had her thyroid “speed up” just a little bit. Just slightly above what the doctors say is normal.

So, of course, according to them, it couldn’t be responsible for all of these other symptoms – racing pulse, anxiousness, loss of appetite. As far as they were concerned, nothing was wrong.

Never mind that a 5′9″ woman had dropped down to 100 lbs and never felt hungry.

Our doctor was willing to keep running the TSH test to check on the thyroid. So, on her own, my wife changed her diet/lifestyle to support her thyroid function. Within a year, her appetite came back, her weight went back to normal, etc…

If you feel like something is wrong, don’t stop searching for an answer. Start with a tsh test. And remember that your version of normal may not be the same as the medical average.

And if your body is not performing well on your current diet, you should probably change that as well. If low fat / low cal keeps the extra weight on, try something else. Your body needs quality fats to function properly. See here

Look at these articles - paleo diet & mediterranean diet

You may also want to look at some alternative forms of medicine – accupuncture & chiropractic helped me after my car accident.

But, seeing as I know next to nothing about your injuries, take my advice with a large grain of salt. In fact, take your doctor’s advice with a grain of salt as well. You have one advantage over all of the health experts…you live in your own body. You know how it feels, moves, breathes. You can remember what it was like pre-accident. If you think that your body can be better, you are probably right.

Time to educate yourself. There is lots of info out there. Without turning into a hypochondriac, your symptoms can tell you a lot about what’s going on inside. If you are motivated, you can learn more about your condition than the docs ever will. They simply don’t have the time or the motivation.

So, get to researching your health. If you have any diet/exercise questions, shoot them my way. Either way, I would love to hear how your health detective work is going

Best of luck

Also, I read something about the brain saying to phrase things in positive-positive — because if you say “don’t eat that,” or “don’t smoke,” all you’ll envision is the problem behavior — the forbidden food or the cigarette. Something to do with our mind processing things visually. So you instead focus on the positive behavior — thinking not about what you don’t want to do, instead on what you DO want to do.