The amount of weight one gains due to medical problems seems to be overestimated. I mean, there are medications out there that will hammer your metabolism. But then again, your average guy with Hypothyroidism, high blood pressure and below average testosterone levels won't take such medications.
A friend of mine has Hypothyroidism and he attributes gaining nearly 100 lbs to that because his doctor told him that might be the effect of it beeing not treated for so long.
I find that pretty silly. It may add some water weight and another 10 lbs due to that and skew the balance between lean body mass and fat. But the body has to follow the laws of physics and adding 100 lbs of mass in fat requires massive amounts of calories above your daily expenditure for extended periods of time.
A friend of mine has Hypothyroidism and he attributes gaining nearly 100 lbs to that because his doctor told him that might be the effect of it beeing not treated for so long.
I find that pretty silly. It may add some water weight and another 10 lbs due to that and skew the balance between lean body mass and fat. But the body has to follow the laws of physics and adding 100 lbs of mass in fat requires massive amounts of calories above your daily expenditure for extended periods of time.