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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’re already dairy free, gluten free, meat free...I would be pulling my hair out!! I just count calories and avoid sugar/bready carbs and it works for me. But I know having an autoimmune disorder is more complicated. What are your symptoms?? Sending you sympathies! [/quote]

OP here. I have Hashimoto's and IBD. IBD is mostly controlled by Remicade but I still have some breakthrough symptoms like joint/muscle pain, fatigue and brain fog. I've counted calories and macros (1200 calories/day) and didn't lose any weight and felt deprived. I don't eat a lot of sugar/bready carbs--a little easier being gluten free--but I do enjoy the other things I mentioned. Taking even more things out of my diet will put me in the mindset of having very little choice and variety in what I eat which makes it hard to sustain. I know I need to get into the mindset of only eating foods that will make me feel good, but it's just really difficult when I'm already limited in what I eat.

As much as I want the health benefits, I also REALLY want to lose weight. It is so frustrating when people ask me "with the way you eat, why aren't you skinny?" (yes, people have actually said that) or "you eat the healthiest out of all our friends" and I'm still overweight and feeling bad about myself both physically and mentally. So I know I need to do more than I'm currently doing, but the idea of restricting even further (no bell peppers or tomatoes :()  is really tough to swallow. [/quote]

Honestly OP I think you laid it out -- further restricting your diet is likely to backfire. You'll end up gaining, not losing.  Also what makes you think that cutting out peppers and tomatoes is necessary?

I would focus on exercising instead of restricting your diet.  Not because it will help you lose weight, but because it will make you feel better.[/quote]

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