The good news is that there is one exercise that you can try that is not only fun to do so that you want to try it again the next day, but it is also known to stimulate the thyroid gland to release more thyroid hormones. This in turn gives you more energy and the desire and drive to exercise more. This is a good catch 22 to be in. Not only is the circle continuing to give positive energy to your tired cells, but it promotes weight loss too.

The exercise I’m talking to you about is rebounding. A rebounder is also called a mini trampoline.

How Rebounding Tones your Thyroid Gland so you can Lose Weight

* It stimulates and increases your metabolism.

* It promotes your body growth and repair.

* It tones up your glandular system, especially the thyroid to

increase its output of thyroid hormones

* It expands your body’s capacity for fuel storage and endurance

* It enhances your digestion and elimination process

* It strengthens leg and thigh muscles (more muscle more weight loss)

* It rejuvenates your body when its tired

Why this exercise Tone Up your Thyroid Glad so you can Lose weight

* It relieves the gravitational pull on the thyroid gland for a few seconds at a time

* Reliving the gravitational pull on the thyroid gland helps it to tone up

* It speeds up your metabolic system

* Toning up the glandular system to balance output of thyroid, pituitary and adrenal glands give you energy and the ability to lose weight

* The Proper function of metabolic, lymphatic and digestive systems is stimulated and is essential for weight control

* It reduces likelihood of cellulite and obesity.

Having no energy and being too tired and unexplained weight gain are common symptoms of hypothyroidism. If you are experiencing these symptoms, be sure to go to your doctor for a medical exam. Proper daily exercise will help tone up your thyroid for better overall health and wellness.

1. Doing nothing. Some people think they can stabilize or get over having an under active thyroid by doing nothing. They do not take medication or seek out natural cures, hoping it will just go away. The truth is, only treating your thyroid condition will bring about weight loss and bring back your energy levels so that you are not so fatigued.

2. Taking Synthetic medication may not be working for you and this can slow down or delay weight loss. Thyroxine is not going to help everyone who has a thyroid disease. Sometimes the dosage is wrong or the patient can be helped with an alternative medication or natural supplementation. Make sure you talk with your doctor if you are already on synthetic medication and you are still not losing weight. Especially speak with your doctor if you are experiencing listlessness, slow movement, memory problems, and depression.

3. You may not have found the right medication dosage. After about 3 or 4 months, if you are still not feeling better and starting to lose weight, you should have your T3 levels checked again. Also talk to your doctor about trying Armour Thyroid or Nature-Thyroid, to see if that will relieve your symptoms and allow you to begin losing weight.

4. You or your doctor may not know the current TSH level recommendations so you are not being treated for hypothyroidism. The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists now recommends that TSH levels should not be above 3.0. If they are above this level, it is considered to be hypothyroid instead of being capped at 4.0 as it was in the recent past.

5. You may be mistakenly eating soy products thinking that will help. Too much soy in your diet can slow down your thyroid and make your condition worse. As result your weight loss will be stalled or even stopped. Talk to your medical doctor about the consumption of soy products and how they may affect your condition.

6. Too much stress during your lifetime has led to adrenal gland burn out and impair weight loss. If your have had a lot of stress or under stress now, you should have your doctor test you for adrenal gland function. Getting the proper treatment for your adrenals can help you get back on track for weight loss.

As you can see from the above 6 reasons how a thyroid problem can prevent your weight loss, it can also affect your overall health. It is important that you educate yourself on this condition for a happier and healthier lifestyle.

Common symptoms of hypothyroidism include weight gain, fatigue, feeling cold when others are comfortable or warm, brittle nails and dry skin, and hair loss. Irregularity of menstrual periods, constipation, depression, and swelling in the lower legs are other symptoms of hypothyroidism. As the thyroid gland works harder to produce more thyroid hormones it enlarges and becomes palpable in the neck. This is called a thyroid goiter. Hypothyroidism is diagnosed with blood tests measuring thyroid stimulating hormone or TSH from the pituitary gland along with thyroxin (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) released from the thyroid gland. A sonogram of the thyroid will reveal whether the gland is diffusely enlarged or if there are nodules present. A thyroid scan using radioactive iodine will determine if areas of the enlarged gland are “cold” or do not take up the iodine. Cold nodules may indicate a thyroid cancer.

The most common cause of hypothyroidism is thyroiditis or an inflammation of the thyroid gland. Other causes include inadequate production of thyroid stimulating hormone from the pituitary gland, surgical removal of all or part of the thyroid gland, or drugs that affect thyroid function. Once hypothyroid disease is diagnosed thyroid hormone replacement usually in the form of levothyroxine is begun to reverse the effects of hypothyroidism.

A major symptom of hypothyroidism is weight gain. The mechanism of weight gain in people who are hypothyroid is two fold. As a hormone that controls cellular metabolism in every cell in the body it is easy to see that lack of thyroid hormone will cause a lower cellular metabolism. This leads to both a lower metabolic rate and slower burning of calories and also fatigue. By products of fatigue are lower activity levels resulting in fewer calories burned and increased consumption of glucose rich foods in an effort to increase energy.

Patients often feel that once hypothyroidism is diagnosed and thyroid hormone replacement is begun weight loss will be simple. This is not the usual case. It takes an average of three to four weeks for the thyroid hormone to reach a steady state in the body. As the patient begins to feel better both eating habits and exercise levels need to change in order to lose the excess weight.

Patients who have gained weight may also experience something called metabolic resistance. Even after thyroid levels have been corrected it is difficult for these patients to simply reduce calories and lose weight. Their metabolism needs to be stimulated. The easiest way to stimulate the body’s metabolism is with vigorous exercise consisting of at least thirty minutes a day five days each week of aerobic activity. Patients who have been hypothyroid need to begin slowly under a doctor’s supervision but persistence will pay off with weight reduction.

Other important aspects of reversing weight gain once the hypothyroidism has been diagnosed is to make sure that the thyroid replacement is adequate. Since the TSH level is used to measure the adequacy of thyroid replacement this level should be in the low normal range. The range is 0.5 to 5.5 but most experts suggest thyroid hormone replacement should keep the level between 1.0 and 2.0.

Overseeing the functioning of the thyroid gland is the pituitary gland, which is located at the base of the brain. It is ultimately responsible for telling the thyroid how much thyroid hormone to release into the body. When the thyroid hormone levels in the body decrease then the pituitary gland releases Thyroid Stimulating Hormones (TSH) that then signal to the thyroid that it’s time to produce more thyroid hormones. And if there is an excess amount of thyroid hormone in the body then the pituitary gland stops releasing TSH into the blood stream and as a result the thyroid secretes less thyroid hormone into the body.

When the body is functioning properly, there is a balance between TSH and thyroid hormone levels in the body, and our bodies are working at optimal levels. However, too much or too little TSH and thyroid hormones can signal a variety of symptoms, one of which is weight gain.

An over active thyroid, or hyperthyroidism can result in symptoms such as trembling, insomnia, breathlessness, fatigue and more. It is often compared to having had too much coffee. An under active thyroid or hypothyroidism however, has been blamed for such debilitating symptoms as: fatigue, muscle cramps, depression, irritability and weight gain, among others.

Weight gain is perhaps the most common symptom of an under active thyroid. While there are many reasons why your thyroid isn’t producing the levels of hormone that is required by the body, the results are often the same. This hormone which regulates the body’s metabolism is not producing enough hormone and as a result the body’s cells require less energy, therefore more energy is stored as sugar and fat in the body. Even though people with hypothyroidism often consume less calories than other people, the body is functioning so sluggishly that very few of those calories are being burned as fuel.

While weight gain has been clearly identified as a significant symptom of an under active thyroid, this problem is only exacerbated by additional symptoms such as fatigue, muscle cramps and weakness. How is one to increase their activity level if there are other physical reasons preventing them from doing so?

Once your thyroid has been diagnosed as hypothyroidism, your Doctor will likely start you on a thyroid hormone regime and will closely monitor your progress. Dosage will be strictly monitored because too much hormone can be as adverse as too little. Once you begin hormone therapy however, the body will begin to balance out and your metabolism should start to function properly again. As always though, check with your Doctor prior to starting any weight loss program, but weight loss is generally easier once the thyroid levels have been stabilized.

Your thyroid gland is located at the front of the bottom of your neck. It has the responsibility to release the proper amounts of thyroid into the body. When the thyroid levels are too low, the pituitary glad will release the Thyroid Stimulating Hormones, also known as TSH. This in turn begins the production of more thyroid hormones that will be released into the body, the metabolism is normalized and weight gain is controlled.

Gaining weight can be the most common symptom of an under active thyroid. It does not matter why your thyroid isn’t producing enough of the hormone. If it isn’t, weight gain will be the expected result. Thyroid is the hormone that regulates the body’s metabolism and when it is out of balance and a thyroid disorder exists, the body will need less energy to tap into and will store the excess energy as sugar and fat in the body. You may eat fewer calories and still not be able to lose weight when your thyroid is not functioning properly. If you have an under active thyroid, you will be tired all the time, have muscle cramps, suffer depression and irritability as well as the inability to lose weight.

On the other hand, if you have an overactive thyroid, you may lose weight and not be able to gain. You will suffer such symptoms as trembling, insomnia, unable to catch your breath and be really fatigued.

Weigh gain has been identified as a major symptom of an under active thyroid. Weight gain leads to fatigue which leaves the sufferer to be too tired to exercise to burn more calories. If you can not increase your activity, you are too tired to exercise. It all becomes a vicious cycle.

If you are experiencing an unexplained weight gain, go to your doctor and ask to have your thyroid levels checked. If the results come back showing hypothyroidism, you will be given a thyroid hormone regime and your doctor will monitor your progress. Once you heal your thyroid disorder and begin to lose weight, you will have more energy. Your hormone level will be brought back into balance and your metabolism will speed up and weight loss will come naturally.