I know exactly how hard it is to excericize when thyroid hormones are low. If you happen to excercize, gentle walking could only be possible at a short distance.

Are you on thyroid medication?

Good luckExcercise bicycle helps. It is hard to exercise .

Are you eating a healthy low carb low fat gluten free diet? That is something you can do that takes no energy! Also, lay off the artificial sweeteners, not only hightly toxic but they retain weight in your body. And obviously no prepared food or fast food!
Sometimes if not always its an entire lifestyle change to make progress with any health issue. And yes, a stationary bike can really help altho now that its spring, try taking walk outdoors in the sunshine to avoid Vit. D deficiency as well as to breath fresh air.

I understand how you fell, I'm strugging with the same thing. I have friends say to me "oh just go for a walk" or "you could go to yoga, if you get tired just lay there".

Yeah! It's not like I can't be bothered to do these things, it's that if I do them, I'm afraid I might fall over or fall asleep in yoga class. People just don't understand what this fatigue feels like. It's horrible.

I don't have the solution, all I have is understanding because I'm there, too. *HUGS*

Here's what you say, "I'm so EXHAUSED and FATIGUED that I have difficulty getting out of bed, let alone exercising" if that's the truth.

If you DO have the energy - try doing just small things to begin with - like getting up during a commercial on TV and shifting your weight from one foot to the other while raising your hands above your head. Then stop when commercial break is over.

Or bust a move to some music...low impact.

Gagel gave some great advice too....

Or when you put groceries away, put away one item. Making several trips from counter to cabinet.

Every little bit helps.

When you have only a little energy, you need a lot of motivation to get moving. The one thing I've found is you have to do something you enjoy, and usually with someone else who can motivate you. I like playing basketball, and i go out to the park with my bf and we play together. Even on days where i don't feel like even moving, I'll go out there and just force it. You will feel like total crap for a while, but eventually, one day you'll go out there and go ' this wasn't as hard as last time!'
Building up stamina takes time, but you can do it! Dancing with music, basketball or other sports, anything like that is your best bet. Just grueling exercise like running on a treadmill , it's very easy to want to quit. also, it's important that you eat right before and after exercising! Google what foods you should eat about 2-4 hours before exercise, and this should help give you some energy to move.

Crystals83, Since you ARE being treated and still feel Lethargic then your treatment is not enough. You probably need an increased dose or you need both T4 & T3.

As long as you are feeling lethargic then you will feel fat too and you most likely have LOW stamina so with these symptoms, that is why you find it difficult to do anything. I definitely felt fat when I had a weakness penetrating throughout my body.

The Armour took away the lethargy and I even began to feel lightweight on my walks. It made it easier to exercise, took away sugar cravings, easier to control tweak my diet so I could lose the extra weight.

Feeling Lethargic AND low stamina are very serious symptoms that penetrate so deep into our soul & prevents us from accomplishing anything and every thing. As long as you feel this way, do not pressure yourself to accomplish a whole lot.

With lethargy or that weakness feeling, I found it hard to lift my body outa bed in the morning; if I dropped something, it took me 3 times reaching for it, going from the parking lot at school to the building, wore me out;

I felt better with an increased T4 (Levothyroxine) but it never really helped me. When I started taking Armour (T4 & T3) then it gave me a normal stamina, feeling lethargic disappeared and I could exercise every day and I actually FELT like it.

I hope your endo can help you and give you better treatment than you're getting right now.

I agree with what energylost wrote...just do the best you can, I totally feel you.......no one understands unless they experience it. It is so frustrating. there is a fine line between exercising and gaining energy and exercising and loosing so much energy that it sets you back. I think we all know are own limits the best and we need to stay in tune with our bodies and really listen to ourselves the most, when it comes to exercising :) I think swimming is best, you can workout, and then rest in between and it is low impact :) Great stress buster too :) All my best to you :)

My problem is my legs feel as if they don't want to carry me most days. MY sleep pattern is horrible so mornings is out of the question and by the evenings I'm exhausted. I park further away at the store. Since i ride with my husband on the 18 wheeler we take short walks at the rest areas when we can find the time. If I walk to close to bed time then I don't sleep any so i have to really plan it.

I know exactly how you feel because I too am supposed to be exercising and instead I feel like I have no energy and I don't sleep well at night either.

Now, the last week and a half I have been fighting with this viral stuff that is going around and my energy level is even worse. I am so tired of being fat, I never thought I would let myself get in this condition. They say the older you are the harder it is to lose the weight. I want to prove I can lose the weight and get back in shape!

I just graduated from college and now I really want to get serious about getting into shape.

I think it helps to encourage one another who face the same kinds of issues.

I switched about a year ago from Synthroid to Armour and STILL no improvements in weight or energy. I am overdue for blood work. I can't seem to get my doctor to understand that something is not right with my energy, my body aches, my weight gain (eat well, and sometimes gain a pound a week).....it is getting depressing. I don't know whether to try to find another doctor or what. This is my second endo.

Well, I just forced my way through 90 agonizing days doing that tap out xt and did not lose a single pound so maybe you just saved yourself the grief! Grant it, I do feel I have some muscle tone now but I pushed myself so hard... just don't know if it as worth it, to be honest. I hope we both get our meds right and actually feel good enough to want to exercise soon!

With the treatment of Hypo, my doctor added some thew things that I think, are very helpful:
A supplement of Vitamine B (Milgamma) - I take those by mornings, with an empty stomach, or ome hours before exercising. And I feel very much more energy!
You know, Hypo causes swollen everywhere, even in your digestive system, so your body have difficulties absorbing important nutrients.
Vitamine D - because mine was very low in the exams.
A diuretic - Ok, that one is quiete controversial. I don't have it everyday...
Glutamine to help the intestin work better.

I've been in the treatment for hypothyroidism for two weeks. Since I've started, it is still very hard to do exercise, and I feel like a fat big too :( The saddest thing, even with very restrict diets, It has been imposible to lose weight so far.
And worst! I am going to live in France for 6 months by septembre, and I wanted to go feeling well with my body!
Pilates is an exercise that I can still do without difficulty, but running ( I used to run A LOT) is quite too much. I still can play tennis too, if I have my Vitamin B pill near the time of practice.

You know, even exercising, the body is still swollen. I can lose 3 or 4 kilos, but after that, I get stuck, as it is not fat, it is water!
So I think we can just hope that the treatment starts working, and do its job fast.

*few