u/PixiePuff90

Hi everyone - joined this community as I feel like it's time I kicked sugar for good. I'm 36 years old, and I've given up both smoking and alcohol, and - apart from caffeine, don't even get me started on that - sugar is the last beast.

I'm currently still eating fruit (although not a lot, as I've generally not got a big taste for it) and bread. Along with obviously pasta, rice and oats. Not sure if they count, but hey.

I'm 7 days in and feeling it today. Yesterday, I felt amazing. I've rejoined the gym recently and have upped my protein, and generally feeling better. I want to give up sugar for good because I also have hypothyroidism, and it makes me feel pretty terrible.

I did Sunday-Friday pretty easily, but I'm wondering if the sugar free energy drink I had after the gym on Friday has now resulted in the cravings I have today. I felt fine before that, no food noise, no cravings. Woke up today not feeling too bad, but as the day has gone on, the food noise has started again, and I can't stop thinking about chocolate. I'm wondering if the sugar free, artificially sweetened drinks are doing this.

I'm only a week in - the longest I have lasted previously is approx 3 months. I'm not going to cave, but this is so bloody hard. I want chocolate so bad right now I feel physically sick. It's ridiculous.

I've seen a lot of people say they also had to give up artifical sweeteners. Curious how many people here have been able to carry on having them vs how many had to give them up? I think I might be the latter, as I was doing fine right up until yesterday. Would love to know everyone's feelings on this. I'm sorry as this has probably been asked a million times already. Maybe the artificial sweeteners are a whole other addiction I'll have to beat!

"The new digital ID will look much like the old version, except that it will come with a blue embedded chip that will contain the biometric information of the holder."

It's just a conspiracy though, right? /s

Or atleast that's what they will say whilst the digital prison-within-a-prison is being built around us.

It has been very refreshing to come across this subreddit and find out that there are other people who think the way you do, as I don't know anyone irl who thinks this way, and if you voice your opinions, everyone looks at you as if you have two heads.

I was born and raised Catholic although my parents are quite relaxed and we didn't go to church growing up unless it was a special occasion (wedding/funeral etc).

I believed in God when I was younger and then later became atheist, however, this still didn't seem right, and following certain world events (particularly 2001 and then again in 2020) this led me to the belief I have now, leaning more towards PPT, which in my opinion looks to be the most realistic, considering how the world seems to operate.

From 2020 onwards due to the pandemic and all the talk about vaccine passports etc, this got me thinking about Digital ID and the ultimate goal, I believe, of them creating a prison within a prison, to make it even more difficult for people to escape.

I believe the ultimate goal is to merge humans with AI, so that when you die, your consciousness can be 'uploaded' to another meat suit, therefore making it impossible to leave this realm. Obviously this is very far down the line still. Digital ID is merely a stepping stone for this, to create your digital identity way before this happens.

There was news in the UK after the push back against Digital ID that the government had scrapped the idea, however if you look online you can see this is still being built in the background, and that they will still try and push this through.

Whilst it was good to see the pushback against it, after the events of 2020, I can't say I have much faith in humanity. Everything online seems to point to Digital ID being introduced on a voluntary basis, but how many people will happily sign up to this once their lives become the slightest bit inconvenient? Many of my colleagues at work took a jab just so they could go on holiday ffs. That was the line for them. If they were willing to do this, signing up to Digi ID won't seem a massive deal.

I'm sorry for the rambling, and I'm sure all of this has been said before. I've just been thinking about it a lot recently and would like to hear other people's thoughts on this and whether you agree or not/what your opinions are.

Hi all. I'm a 36 year old female, hypothyroid and on levothyroxine since age 15. Living in the UK.

I have no idea if I have Hashimotos or not, as I've never heard of a test for Hashimotos being done in the UK before. I'm also ashamed of how little I seem to know about the illness compared to others in this sub - everything I've managed to figure out, I've done so on my own as doctors don't seem to know anything about it.

Has anyone here been tested for Hashimotos in the UK, and if so, how did you go about it? Are there any typical signs of Hashimotos that don't typically appear in someone with Hypothyroid who doesn't have Hashis? (I hope that makes sense!)

I'm going to go on a strict GF diet as gluten makes me extremely tired and gives me brain fog, however for the past few months I've also had quite a bit of pain in my left hip, particularly in the morning (even when avoiding gluten). But I'm wondering if this is related to work (I started a more stressful job just over a year ago) rather than Hashimotos.

Obviously I know I'll never know unless I'm tested for it, but I wanted to know others experience - if you have Hashimotos, what kind of symptoms have you experienced (I know everyone is different) compared to someone who may be Hypothyroid without Hashimotos?

Thank you.