Will I gain weight after getting surgery for hyperthyroidism?
Hi. My question is slightly more nuanced than the title says.
Heres the context. I was always skinny growing up and tall. Only finding out recently i have a hyperthyroid and may need to get surgery to ablate it.
Couple things here. After researching it a bit more. kind of explains why ive always been so skinny and could eat all i want without seeing much weight gain.
Secondly, from 18-25 i lifted weights and went from 140lbs 6'1" to 185 lbs at 12% bodyfat. But i noticed between 22-25 that i kind of plateued at 180-185 and found it extremely hard to get beyond that. My goal was to hit about 210-220 12-16%body fat. could never do it.
Now im in my early thirties. Finding out i have a hyperthyroid. Could that possibly explain some of my plateauing back then? I definitely do not work out as often as i used to, and now im at about 180 20% bodyfat around. But if i were to get this surgery, and i started lifting again would i potentially see it more easy to gain weight; or rather a better word would be to gain muscle mass?
Has anyone out there tried this after getting their surgery? What happened to those of you out there who were skinny like me; did you see really great results in the gym after the surgery?