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in this video the three biggest mistakes
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i've made for my hashimoto's
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we all know that hindsight is 20 20.
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however when i was recently asked the
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question of what i would have done
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differently had i known what i know now
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i thought of the three biggest things
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that really i would change
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and i want to share those with you today
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the first one was only listening to my
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doctor when he gave me my hypothyroid
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diagnosis
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i
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he was a medical authority right so
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that's why i listened to him but i wish
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i had done a little bit more research
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instead of just listening to him when he
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told me that medication or the
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levothyroxine he had put me on was the
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only thing that could be done had i
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known that the autoimmune attack was
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still going on in the background
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attacking my thyroid i probably would
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have done something to stop that rather
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than going for eight more years with my
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thyroid tissue being destroyed and
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feeling the symptoms getting worse and
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worse and worse over time to be fair i
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was doing the best i could with the
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resources and the knowledge that i had
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however it's one of those things i
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really really wish that i had known and
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i still am so frustrated to this day
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that i was not told this information
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because of the fact that eight years
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went by without me being able to do
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anything about it so that's why i tell
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you so that you don't do this as well
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there are things that you can do beyond
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just taking thyroid medication to help
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your thyroid and on this channel i share
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a lot of that diet lifestyle mindset are
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the big pillars and the things that you
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can do to start thriving with your
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hashimoto's so speaking of diet that was
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mistake number two
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was not doing anything about my diet now
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again i didn't know
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and i was working with the resources and
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the knowledge that i had however once i
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went gluten-free and then i did the aip
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diet eliminated a whole bunch of stuff
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and methodically reintroduced things and
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now eat my paleo-ish sort of diet i
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realized just how much things like
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gluten dairy corn and some other things
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really do affect me but see there is no
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one-size-fits-all diet for everyone so
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it is one of those things that you have
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to try out for yourself and find out
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what affects you and what you thrive on
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as well
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however i really wish that i had done
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this earlier because the difference it
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made was so profound for me and while it
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might seem like a really daunting task
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to change your diet things have changed
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so much over the last decade that there
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are so many great products no matter
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what diet you're on so i encourage you
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to try it out to see if it makes a
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difference for you as well and then as
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for mistake number three it may be the
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biggest one and the one that i've been
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really working on the most lately and
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that is not addressing my stress
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management i've done a lot of surveys of
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my audience over the years and one of
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the things that i've really come to
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realize is that a lot of people with
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hashimoto's
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tend to be the type a go-getters
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always trying to get things done
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uh perfectionist control freaks
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does this sound familiar to you it's
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definitely for me
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however the problem with that is that it
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keeps us in stress a lot and if you are
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in the fight or flight immune system
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response your body is primed to fight
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the proverbial tiger that means all of
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your immune system
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actions and
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all of that kind of stuff is primed to
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run
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to
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hide to do all of the things to get away
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but not to rest
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to digest your food and get all those
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nutrients into your body and to make
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sure that all of your toxins are
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released and all the tissues rebuilt and
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your immune system is regulated so it
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doesn't attack itself all of these
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things don't happen when you are in the
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stress response but when you're in the
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rest and digest mode like that
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that's when your body can start to
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repair and heal and it will stop
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attacking your thyroid tissue because it
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can actually start to regulate and know
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what it's supposed to do again stress
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management just like diet is going to be
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different for everyone
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i personally really really am bad at
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sitting and meditating very still when i
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am agitated and stressed and feel like i
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have a billion things to do that does
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not help me however things like qigong
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where it's like moving meditation that
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really really has been helping me lately
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eft tapping
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is another one that really helps me to
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process emotions and kind of get rid of
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that stress and there's just so many
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other things but like
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find what works for you do not just try
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one thing and say ah that's not gonna
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work for me and give up just keep trying
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because there are things out there that
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really can help you and if you can do
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things throughout the day all the better
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because if you do one giant meditation
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session at 7pm what about the whole rest
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of the day when you had all these
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stressful things come up if you can
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figure out the tools that really work
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for you in the moment to help you kind
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of stop that stress response all the
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better and then if you want to do a
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meditation session later great because
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that will help you in the long term try
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to be able to deal with all of these
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stressors a lot better however in the
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moment if you can learn certain things
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like breathing techniques
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breathing deeply might work for you or
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again tapping or
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just maybe processing through emotions
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in a certain way or things like that
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that just can help you work through that
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particular stressful moment
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then you can really start to bring
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yourself out of that fight or flight all
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the time and that's where you really
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will start to find healing on a
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long-term basis
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i really feel like
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diet is one of those things that really
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gets you out of that survival mode out
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of that oh my god i am like dying i have
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no idea what i'm doing i
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am in so much pain and so tired and all
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of that kind of stuff
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gets you out of that but once you're in
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the mode that you're feeling much better
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and you want to have lasting awesomeness
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then that's where stress management
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really is going to come into play so to
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recap the three biggest mistakes i've
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made are only listening to my doctor and
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not realizing that by only taking
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thyroid medication and not doing
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anything else i was continuing to
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destroy my thyroid tissue and make
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things worse
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number two was not paying attention to
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diet and realizing how much of a
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difference my diet actually made in my
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quality of life and my disease and
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number three was not paying attention to
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stress management and really really
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getting out of that fight or flight all
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of the time and trying to get more into
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rest and digest as much as i possibly
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can
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by addressing all of these though i have
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felt so much better and on a long term
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basis i'm not doing that weird diet
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yo-yo thing that i had been doing for a
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little while where i would have these
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big flares if i kind of let my diet go i
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can actually digest more this summer
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i've been able to have dairy ice cream a
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few times which
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i don't know if that's a permanent thing
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for me but it's definitely encouraging
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to know that i can have it every so
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often and i do credit that's the stress
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management part and
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research has shown that the less stress
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you are the better you are able to
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digest things so who knows maybe this is
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what i need to do in order to have a
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even wider variety of diet but all of
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this is to say that if i had not made
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these mistakes i probably would not have
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had such a severe case of hashimoto's
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and been as exhausted and
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all of the other terrible symptoms i had
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and i probably would have had a mild
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case and so my hope is for you that if
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you do have a mild case you take this
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advice to heart and don't get any worse
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and if you do have a severe case there
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is hope for you because
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it worked for me if you want to know
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more about my journey with hashimoto's
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and what i recommend to start feeling
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better and find relief from your
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symptoms you can check out my
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hashimoto's playlist right here and
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otherwise i will be posting more videos
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on my channel so make sure you subscribe
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i'll see you later
