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If you are on syntroid, be careful using other supplements. I have seen people who are on synthroid and doctors often want to underprescribe to the point that it does nothing for a person. My advice would be to try resistance training at first to get your basal metabolic rate up with what your thyroid can do on its own. Do lighter weights with higher repetitions. You could start out doing whole body workouts for the first 2 weeks then split the body parts up for upper body and lower body splits for a couple of weeks, then move to 3 splits, etc... As far as cardio, try something a little lower impact like a stationary bike or an elliptical machine. Eat lean (lean meats) with lower glycemic carbs (perhaps 20 to 25 carb grams per meal), and try to eat small portions or meals 5 to 6 times a day because if you shock the pancreas with too much, it will just turn what your body can't use at that moment into fat. However, with smaller meals spread throughout the day, the pancreas won't be over taxed and should put the calories where they are needed the most rather than storing them in fat cells. As far as veggies go, try eating green veggies and only get simpler carbs at breakfast when you can burn those calories throughout the entire day if need be. The simpler carbs at breakfast could be a small portion of fruit and a half a cup of cooked oats or brown rice. You could do lean meats for your protein each meal, but you could leave them out of one of your 5 or 6 meals. The amount of meat would be 3-4 oz of very lean meat such as albacore tuna, lean ham (if you can deal with the nitrates), chicken, turkey, or very lean beef. For fat, if you choose to do a salad, try using Paul Newman's Own Olive Oil and Vinegarette (about 3 tablespoons) for a salad once per day, and take in a tablespoon of flax seed oil once a day (maybe for your next to last meal).

Hope this helps to get you started.