Sick and taking steroids

Kcinnamon
Kcinnamon Posts: 26 Member
edited October 4 in Health and Weight Loss
So i've been sick, and today was the first day i've been to the gym in a week. I've been under my calories every day by a couple hundred, but i've been on steroids for a week. I've gained 3 pounds! Do you think that it'll go away as soon as i get back on track? so frustrating, as if being sick isn't bad enough. I just don't get it, I mean I haven't been eating that much, never over and it's been a week

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  • jessashcher
    jessashcher Posts: 155
    if you have been on steroids then the 3 lbs. that you have gained is probably more muscle then fat, hence muscle weighs more than fat and steroids help to produce larger muscles.
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    probably just water weight?

    if you haven't eaten over, you haven't gained any real weight.



    and I'm assuming you mean corticosteroids?
    "steroids" usually conjures up the thought of anabolic steroids used to bodybuilding. especially on a fitness site.
  • ladybug1620
    ladybug1620 Posts: 1,136 Member
    if you have been on steroids then the 3 lbs. that you have gained is probably more muscle then fat, hence muscle weighs more than fat and steroids help to produce larger muscles.
    She didn't gain 3 lbs of muscle being under her calories by several hundred each day. It's probably water weight. Drink up that water, it will fall off.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    So i've been sick, and today was the first day i've been to the gym in a week. I've been under my calories every day by a couple hundred, but i've been on steroids for a week. I've gained 3 pounds! Do you think that it'll go away as soon as i get back on track? so frustrating, as if being sick isn't bad enough. I just don't get it, I mean I haven't been eating that much, never over and it's been a week

    Corticosteroids are notorious for causing people to gain weight. Talk to your doctor about it. He/she may be able to switch your dosage or help you find ways around this nasty side effect.
  • mallorybriann
    mallorybriann Posts: 1,380 Member
    It is probably water weight and the steroids. They will cause fluid retention and weight gain.
    It takes 3200 to 3500 calories above what you burn in a day to gain a pound.
    I'm sure once you stop, you will be back on track. No worries.
  • ilovedeadlifts
    ilovedeadlifts Posts: 2,923 Member
    if you have been on steroids then the 3 lbs. that you have gained is probably more muscle then fat, hence muscle weighs more than fat and steroids help to produce larger muscles.

    they both weight the same.
    muscle is more dense than fat.

    its just water.
  • Goal_Seeker_1988
    Goal_Seeker_1988 Posts: 1,619 Member
    my sister was once put on a type of steroids for her back pain she went from a size 0 to a size 6! Within a year. She developed hips and boobs. That didn't last long she became an exercise freak and lost it all off within a year and then some. She got so small she looked sick!!! Her ribs even stuck out!

    It'll most likely be muscle as long as you continue to work out. But if you don't like she didn't then you may gain some fat...
  • cherokeetracey
    cherokeetracey Posts: 49
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    Corticosteroids are notorious for causing people to gain weight. Talk to your doctor about it. He/she may be able to switch your dosage or help you find ways around this nasty side effect.
    [/quote]

    ive told my doctor i dont want to take these steroids. I'm on my 8th (yes 8th) chest infection this year and so far have been able to avoid the steroids. Flu jab next week so that will knock me for sixty, but i will not take the steroids no matter how bad i get.
  • brimir
    brimir Posts: 72
    probably just water weight?

    if you haven't eaten over, you haven't gained any real weight.



    and I'm assuming you mean corticosteroids?
    "steroids" usually conjures up the thought of anabolic steroids used to bodybuilding. especially on a fitness site.

    lmao I was thinking that too, I'm on a drug called entocorte which is a cortocosteroid and i haven't gained any weight because of the meds and i've been on them for a month and a half. I hope that it evens out for you!
  • AnneGenevieveS
    AnneGenevieveS Posts: 441 Member
    Steroids don't make you gain weight for no reason, they make you hungry. If you stick to your calories, you can still make it through, but it will be hard. I had to take prednisone for 6 months, and I felt starving all the time while just maintaining my weight.

    I took it before bed, so that the worst hunger was when I was asleep.

    Plus the sick thing could be throwing your body off.
  • chevy88grl
    chevy88grl Posts: 3,937 Member
    I was on prendisone for my asthma. I wasn't overly hungry on them - but I did gain weight. When I asked the pharmacist about it - she told me that they cause you to retain water and can make you want to eat more. Each person is different. I felt so horrible from the asthma attacks - that food wasn't a big deal to me. I did however notice a significant amount of water retention. Within a week of going off the steroid, I was back down to my normal weight.
  • rodneyderrick
    rodneyderrick Posts: 483 Member
    When you stop taking the steroids, your weight will go back to normal.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    Steroids don't make you gain weight for no reason, they make you hungry. If you stick to your calories, you can still make it through, but it will be hard. I had to take prednisone for 6 months, and I felt starving all the time while just maintaining my weight.

    I took it before bed, so that the worst hunger was when I was asleep.

    Plus the sick thing could be throwing your body off.

    I was on prednisone in March after a massive lung infection had me in the hospital for 4 days. I didn't eat much for a week (less than 700 calories per day), had no appetite, slept almost 18 hours per day, and gained almost 6 lbs in water weight. It also turned me into a raving biotch. It all came off as soon as I quit taking the prednisone and got back to eating regularly.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    if you have been on steroids then the 3 lbs. that you have gained is probably more muscle then fat, hence muscle weighs more than fat and steroids help to produce larger muscles.

    Corticosteroids =\= "the juice"
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