The Amazing Nurse

h an undiagnosed hypothyroid. It is frustrating when you know something is wrong but don't know what it is. I'm committed to curing my own thyroid through nutrition by eliminating foods from the diet that cause fatigue, disrupt hormone balance, and attack the thyroid. Fact or Fiction: If we take in less calories and do more exercise we will lose weight? Hormones regulate everything in our body. When to be awake. When to go to sleep. When to eat. When to stop eating. When to gain weight. When to lose weight. Losing weight is about finding the right metabolic balance so that we eat more food but naturally take in less calories. Fact or Fiction: Doing cardio is the way to lose weight and keep it off? In the short term it will burn fat; however, we can not burn fat and build muscle at the same time. Building muscle is the long term determinant of whether fat will stay off. Fact or Fiction: Diets help people lose weight? They are not sustainable. They create cravings, and people who diet on average end up gaining more weight back then they initially lost. Fact or Fiction: Different body types require different diets? We all have different body types. What works for one may not work for another.