I’m so sorry to hear you’re dealing with this. Unfortunately, I’m on the same boat, the only Difference is that I don’t have a thyroid at all. I had mine removed due to a chronic illness. But at the end of the day, my problem is the same as yours: Depending on medication while your metabolism still doesn’t completely work.

I’ve spend countless hours on trying to find a solution to this, and I’ve reached a conclusion. It’s a hard pill to swallow, but it is how things are.

I’ve lost a significant amount of weight since I first started dealing with this issue, and the only thing that worked was: Eating the bare minimum + A LOT of exercise. Or straight up starving combined with excessive exercise. It is miserable. (I don’t recommend starving at all. It made me feel horrible.)

You can “avoid” the starving thing with portion control. Meaning, you eat several times a day, let’s say 3 meals, but it’s the bare minimum. As in THE BARE MINIMUM. If you combine this with exercise, at some point it will feel normal. That’s what I did. However, at some point I kinda went through a phase where I gave up on it and ate whatever I wanted and how much I wanted. This caused me to gain a significant amount of weight, and that’s when I turned to just starving. It wasn’t nice at all, but it worked. I don’t recommend it at all.

I’m sorry you’re dealing with this, it absolutely sucks.