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Home / 6-Month Nutrition and Fitness Experiment / My 6-Month Nutrition and Fitness Experiment

My 6-Month Nutrition and Fitness Experiment

November 30, 2012 By Christina Chitwood6-Month Nutrition and Fitness Experiment, Fitness for Everyday Performance

My 6-Month Nutrition and Fitness Experiment - Why I'm Doing This and What I'm DoingFor the next six months, I’m doing a nutrition and fitness experiment. You can follow this experiment in my blog posts every week at Fit Body Full Life.

Why I’m Doing This

In March of 2011, I found out that I have Hashimoto’s disease/hypothyroidism (low thyroid). When my doctor told me this, it made complete sense because I felt tired a lot of the time, I struggled with headaches, my weight would gradually creep up even though I had a strict nutrition and exercise routine, and I had some other symptoms associated with hypothyroidism.

Since my diagnosis, my thyroid has been closely monitored through blood tests and doctor visits. In addition to thyroid medicine (which is essential for hypothyroidism, especially Hashimoto’s), I improved my health through more regular sleep habits, healthy nutrition, and exercise. My thyroid level is getting closer to what it should be, but the levels still fluctuate more than they should.

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November 30, 2012 ·

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  1. Linda says

    April 3, 2013 at 5:11 am

    Thanks for sharing your 6 month nutrition and fitness experiment. I really enjoyed through. I’ve planned to start exercising to lose weight from next month and nutrition keeps crucial parts to keep body energetic for extra hard works.

  2. Nick Cooper says

    August 12, 2013 at 12:50 pm

    Thank you for sharing your experience. I have a family member who was recently diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease, so your posts are definitely interesting to read.

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    January 31, 2014 at 8:51 pm

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    February 5, 2014 at 7:36 am

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  5. Southport Mark says

    March 17, 2014 at 8:48 am

    That seems like a good diet plan for someone with Hypothyroidism. I have found that low carbs diets work very well with my client’s who suffer from hypothyroidism! Good luck!

  6. David says

    May 2, 2014 at 11:14 am

    Really good experiment you did and got result finally. Actually your experiment will encourage me a lot and hopefully I will try to do this very soon but I don’t know what will be the result for me but hope that positive will come. Best of luck:)

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  9. Minjie style says

    May 30, 2014 at 3:48 pm

    First of all I pray you’ll get heal fast. I’m glad you have the right attitude in solving your health problem. More than that you come up with nutrition plan for yourself and even more you share what you learned in keeping our body healthy.

    Thank you for sharing your fitness and nutrition experiment. I will follow your journey here.

  10. jessica rivera says

    June 12, 2014 at 5:23 am

    Nice to hear about your fitness experiment, as a fitness trainer i’m very happy to read your post. keep exercising and won’t give up for any reason. all the best

  11. Donna says

    July 2, 2014 at 10:57 pm

    Thanks for sharing your experience and your recent diagnosis – that takes guts to be public about stuff like this!

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    August 15, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    Do not abuse workout supplements though, it must always be paired with proper diet and exercise.

  14. Bob says

    September 30, 2014 at 11:17 am

    Thanks for sharing this incredible information. My one friend just had a similar diagnosis and I sent her this way. It really rang a bell regarding the weight that seems plateaued despite good nutrition and adequate fitness.

    Thanks again!

    Bob

  15. Minling says

    December 19, 2014 at 12:10 pm

    Hi Christina,

    I just read your article about your six months fitness and nutrition experiment. Hashimoto’s diseases are really very danger and its difficult to comes out from them. I really appreciate you that you fulfill the requirements to remove this disease. I also read your blog Fit body full life, it is also interesting. Kudos.

  16. John Huynh says

    August 3, 2015 at 5:41 pm

    Hi Christina,
    Thank you for sharing your 6-month nutrition and fitness plan. I appreciate that you stay committed to the plan during that hard time. I think your experience is not only helpful for those diagnosed with Hashimoto’s disease but also for many who want to have good health.
    I also share tips on how to get fit on my website: http://www.bestgiftsforyou.com/quick-guidelines-enhance-weight-loss-diet-plan-get-shape

  17. RealTawk says

    August 7, 2015 at 11:30 am

    Keep it up, pretty lady!!!

  18. ipekkarayazgan says

    August 17, 2015 at 2:40 am

    well done 6 months nutrition. I will add this to my blog. Thanks.

  19. Theo says

    August 22, 2015 at 7:07 am

    This is a really cool experiment, gives you some ideas. Thanks for the post.

  20. Weight Loss says

    August 26, 2015 at 10:37 am

    very nice to read about your experience.Thanx for this sharing.

  21. Seth Thurston says

    September 8, 2015 at 12:55 pm

    Thanks for sharing your experiment. Healthy nutrition is very important for effective weight loss,as it keeps you healthy and fit while losing weight.

  22. Jami says

    September 10, 2015 at 12:42 am

    Wonder full post and great plan you just followed and got succeed in it, This is the best way according to me to get rid of from all diseases.

  23. shariful2016 says

    September 28, 2015 at 9:36 am

    Christina its a great experimental post. i think not only for 6month but also keep it life long.

  24. Saly Ant says

    September 29, 2015 at 5:42 am

    Thank you for inspiring us on your fitness experiment.

  25. Tony Cook says

    October 7, 2015 at 3:28 pm

    Great advice. I think the key though is to make it a lifestyle or whole of life change. I regularly advise folk to make an aim of 1-2 pounds per week as a target and to make the lifestyle changes too. Eat better, walk if you can (instead of using the car) and things like that. You will find it hard at first, but stick with it and the results will come.

  26. Rickie says

    October 10, 2015 at 3:15 am

    Well, Weight Loss is such a difficult task, specially for lazy peoples, like me, but the fitness bracelets really helps, they track our activities and do a hell lot of things to give a push and remove our laziness, so we can work hard and get our-self fit.

    Along with the help of the gadget, I do a lot of walking and running and then some Jim, when I get some time free and also a good sleep. So, it is working very fine these days.

  27. koko fitness instructor says

    November 19, 2015 at 8:16 am

    Thanks for sharing your experiment. I think Weight Loss is such a difficult task but if you try to start dance fitness exercise then you can easily achieve your required task.

  28. joymone says

    December 2, 2015 at 8:59 pm

    Thanks for your comment about your experiment.I think a proper nutrition is very much important to live a healthy life and also helpful for weight loss.now a day many women suffer for the deficiency of protein.Whey protein is very helpful to reduce this deficiency.

  29. Steven (Flexx Labs) says

    December 7, 2015 at 7:52 pm

    Hi Christina,you are a brave woman to start your battle with hypothyroidism. I know some people who also have this disease and some of them have experienced depression. But with the help of their families and friends, they’ve won their battles. And I am positive that you’ll achieve the same thing.

    Thanks for sharing your story! Steven (Flexx Labs)

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  31. Stephanie says

    January 20, 2016 at 10:59 pm

    Thanks for sharing your health experience! It is very essential to have good nutrition to stay healthy and fit!

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    February 9, 2016 at 11:06 am

    Nice fitness plan, and thank you for letting us see your private weight loss plan.

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    February 11, 2016 at 10:10 pm

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  34. KennethHawkins says

    February 14, 2016 at 9:41 pm

    Great piece of information..

    I am trying to lose weight which is a daunting task at times.

    But the information you have shared is really helpful for people who are looking for some great and efficient health tips .

    Cheers!!

  35. Tens Unit says

    February 16, 2016 at 1:14 am

    Thanks for the post, this is a really cool experiment, the information you have shared is really helpful 😀

  36. Kevin Bruce says

    March 3, 2016 at 10:54 am

    Thanks a lot for giving such useful information. This post certainly helps many people. Keep up the good work.

  37. shahbaz khan says

    March 12, 2016 at 9:24 am

    that awesome thanks for share it.its really useful and informative post 🙂

  38. banyedeme says

    March 12, 2016 at 1:04 pm

    Great stuff!! I must say. I went through the posts on your experiment and I really like them. The quote of Excellence you put on one of the post is very inspirational.
    Thanks

  39. Ashish Goyal says

    March 12, 2016 at 9:08 pm

    Thanks for sharing such an informative post. Liked the content.

  40. Nicole says

    March 19, 2016 at 3:57 pm

    Thank you for sharing your experience. Actually your experiment will encourage me a lot and hopefully I will try to do this very soon but I don’t know what will be the result for me but hope that positive will come. That seems like a good diet plan for someone with Hypothyroidism. Thanks a lot.
    Regards;

  41. semak saman says

    March 20, 2016 at 11:03 pm

    you can always loss weight without hunger by implement the right technique to diet. One of them is Atkin’s Diet.. And one more thing is, always monitor your calorie intake.

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    March 28, 2016 at 9:11 pm

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  44. Cristian Gondiu says

    April 5, 2016 at 1:51 pm

    Im inspired by people like you who actually try something alone to proove everybody ! i appreciate the fact you are trying to help people with your articles.
    p.S: here is an article written by me for people who have a struglle making DIET PLANS.

    thanks

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