I have been tested for thyroid disease and my TSH is normal.
Do NOT tell me to exercise; I ride my bike 1-2 hours a day, 6-7 days a week and work out with weights 30+ minutes often 2 times a day 5-6 days a week. I am a personal trainer, bodybuilder, and fitness model. I exercise PLENTY. I also eat a very healthy diet, rarely drink, and never smoke.
I am fairly certain that I do not have Raynaud’s Syndrome because while I may get cold, my extremities do not change colors as is typical with Raynaud’s.
My one vice: caffeinated drinks. I drink coffee in the morning with skim milk and Splenda. Sometimes I will drink Rock Star Zero Carb if I need an extra boost. I do not drink both on the same day.
My boss and friends joke around and tell me it’s because I have “zero body fat.” I am a female with 15% fat. Could my lack of body fat really be it? Or may I have something different wrong with me? Is there any way I can stop being so freakin’ COLD ALL the time outside of just wearing jackets and sweatshirts in 70 degree weather? *LOL*
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I’d trade you in a heartbeat. I’m ALWAYS hot. I have to have a fan with me wherever I work because the temp most people want it inside is about 20 degrees too much for me. I’ve also been tested for thyroid disease and was found normal.
I think that it could very well be your lack of body fat.
My friend is really super short and skinny, and whenever we go swimming we she has to get out every 25 minutes and rinse off in the showers with super hot water.
Eat some fatty greasy foods! It could help you a bit.
There could be a few things going on here. . but first I’d want to explore the thyroid thing a bit more. . .
You say TSH is normal. . well, ‘normal’ TSH is relative.
Is it normal compared to the OLD lab ranges or the CURRENT lab ranges?
Is it normal taking into consideration the symptoms that you’ve listed?
Considering your symptoms, if your TSH is over 2. 0, I’d want to have further testing done. . . . like perhaps getting thyroid hormone levels Free T4 and Free T3, checked, TSH is a pituitary hormone, not a thyroid hormone.
If your Free T3 is lower in it’s range, rather than higher in it’s range. . there could indeed be a problem with your thyroid hormone levels.
Then it’s time to check thyroid antibody levels.
There are a LOT of symptoms associated with thyroid disorders and not everyone presents with the same ones, and some only present with a few. And the earlier in the process the fewer symptoms will be experienced.
Getting a few more tests done might shed some light, and worse case scenario is that you can indeed right off a thyroid disorder as a possibility
Have you been monitoring your body temp? Is it actually running low? If so that is indicating that you have a low metabolic rate. . .
One thought is that since you do have a low level of body fat that your body may be having trouble with maintaining proper gland function if your food intake is too low and you have a tendency toward thyroid problems to begin with.
Under eating challenges how the body produces thyroid hormone and can increase the stresses with maintaining healthy thyroid hormone levels.