Prednisone Pudge!

zoomybird

Hi all!

I'm new to MyFitnessPall, but I'm not new to dieting. I'm a big girl... I've always been big and I'm relatively at peace with that. After a year of stress related slow weight gain (about 20 lbs in a year), I was put on Prednisone for six weeks and turned into Pac Man. I've never had a compulsion to eat like that in my life. I put on over 20 lbs during that time so I'm plus 40+ from my usual acceptable fit overweightness.(I did 275 kms of the Camino de Santiago two years ago; I might be big but I'm usually pretty fit.)

So this is where I am! I want to lose the 40, and after that, if I could lose another 40, that would probably be a good thing too! This is my year for some self improvement!

thegreatcanook

You can do this! Add me and I'll cheer you on!

dragonfire12601

You can do it! My mom was on Prednisone and she also. Gained a lot of weight. You are not alone. Feel free to add me!

singingflutelady

I'm an odd person. I was on high dose Prednisone for a long time, but didn't gain except for water weight which I lost as soon as I got below 50. It did make me ravenously hungry but I took it for a horrible flare of Crohn's so eating was quite unpleasant. You can do it! Glad you are off Satan's tictacs (what we in the IBD world call Prednisone)

zoomybird

Satans tictacs!!! I love that!

It really is a terrible drug. It made me sad, hungry and really lethargic, which I'm told is pretty rare. And then because I was having an uncontrolled pain problem and we went through all the other drug options, I asked my doc if I could try pot. So that gave me the munchies too.

I'm now on day 4, kept to my calories each day and I'm feeling a lot better. Baby steps, but any steps are good steps.