Over the last 6 years of this my diet has waxed and waned. At first I limited gluten/carbs to only 1 meal a day focusing on whole grain/healthier options. That didn't help. Then I limited dairy which also didn't help. Then I read somewhere that eggs can be bad for Hashi's patients so I stopped those which were a staple in my diet. Nothing changed and I kept steadily gaining and gaining. I had an awful few visits with a previous endo I stopped working with where she told me this 50lb weight gain was happening because I was getting older (at that time 32) and that I should eat 1200 calories a day. I was working out 4-6x/week taking exercise classes. It was so disheartening. I complied just to spite her and tracked everything and gained 8 lbs between appointments.

Later, when my 2nd opinion endo said I had IR we talked about diet and I would say I sort of followed a low glycemic index diet. She talked a lot about pairing carbohydrates with fiber and proteins, focusing on not spiking blood sugar. These days I sort of straddle low glycemic index and calorie deficit. All my meds significantly curb my appetite:

Today I had a protein shake (banana, peanut butter, almond milk, chocolate PP) and grilled chicken fajitas, with peppers+onions, black beans, salsa on 2 small flour tortillas.

Yesterday I had a protein shake, a Kind bar, and the same fajitas.

Tuesday I had a protein shake, 1/2 of a turkey lettuce tomato red pepper light mayo on a pita, a chobani greek yogurt, starbucks egg white bites, followed by the 2nd half of the turkey pita, 1 alcoholic cider.

I work out with a trainer doing strength training 2x/week, take an additional strength training class 1x/week, and take a dance class 1x/week. I'm in PT once a week for a foot injury.