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Weight Loss/Maintenance

no_hypocrisy

(52,503 posts) Fri Sep 21, 2018, 12:21 AM Sep 2018

Lost four pounds in less than a month. [View all]

I walk on the treadmill three miles a day. Nothing.
Supposedly healthy diet with portion control. Nothing.
Good sleep. Nothing.

What I changed:
1. Started a mega-probiotic for 3 months. (Guess it needed 2 months to kick in.)
and
2. More vegetables, not vegan, to maybe 65% of diet. Found out these are prebiotics which feed the probiotics.

I got these ideas for change from the book Eat Dirt by Dr. Axe, who also has a website. I'm healing my leaky gut. I'm hoping it's not too late for my thyroid. (My antithyroid levels are in the 300s.)

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Lost four pounds in less than a month. [View all] no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 OP

Congratulations! Jane Austin Sep 2018 #1

leaky gut syndrome is not supported by science. Mosby Sep 2018 #2

While I can't "prove" the theory of leaky gut, I also can't disprove it. no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 #7

Thank you for sharing and inspiring. fierywoman Sep 2018 #3

That's good-- hard to lose with thyroid prob dawg day Sep 2018 #4

Combination of cutting out gluten, cutting back on meats/poultry, and no_hypocrisy Sep 2018 #8

Way to go. safeinOhio Sep 2018 #5

i cut out coke & my cellulite disappeared. avoid HFCS. pansypoo53219 Sep 2018 #6

That's really good. Amanda Cerny Sep 2019 #9

What probiotic did you choose, if I may ask? Thanks! n/t phylny Sep 2019 #10

Garden of Life 100 billion no_hypocrisy Sep 2019 #11

Thank you! phylny Sep 2019 #12