Melly

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I read your post and want to hear more. Hope your weight stabilizes...sending

you a wild flower to keep you strong!!!

Love

Liz

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Dear Murali, Liz and others,

I remember when I was on steroids the weight gain was very hard to deal with. It

was depressing. As the medication was reduced I was able to lose weight. That

was many years ago though and the weight gain was all from the

medication/steroids at that time.

1995 was when I gained so much again I think it was a combination of

circumstances that were the cause. One day I was at my rheumatologist

appointment and the Tylenol Company had a booklet about diet and exercise for

better health with arthritis. Perhaps I will write the company and see if they

still have those books available. Anyway, some of the first suggestions were to

start slowly cutting portions of food and moving with isometric movements for

the joints sitting from your chair or lying in bed, house work even or walking

to start. Something just clicked for me and I started working on it.

First I started using one less spoon of sugar on things. Then only half a

sandwich at a time. I didn’t eat out often because where I live and there

isn’t fast food places but if I was where there were, I would only order the

children size meal. I don’t drink sodas. I started eating at least a breakfast

bar for the morning. The half sandwich for lunch. Small dinner plates with

reduced amounts for dinner and eating earlier in the evenings. As I ate less my

stomach didn’t need as much to feel full. Oh and more water especially a glass

before dinner.

Then I started doing Tai Chi, an oriental art form, for arthritis, I used Amazon

the site for the CD’s and did it at least 3 times a week for just 10 – 15

min at a time. I do not like to walk for exercise because it’s boring to me

and often gets painful so I rode my bike a bit. I did leg lifts from my chair.

The internet has some good sites to get arthritis exercises. They also have a

site called the food pyramid by the US food and drug administration. It is

wonderful and will take your information about size and weight and you enter

what you eat ea. day and it will give you the nutrition information as well as

how much activity is needed from what you eat to balance your activities. I also

used the rubber stretch bands to help build strength in my arms and upper body.

I also walk in the forest where I live and by the creeks because it’s more

beautiful than just walking down a street for me. Each month I started losing a

little at a time. I did have a spell of gastric inflammation so couldn’t eat

much but yogurt and soups for a while but that was on and off. My doctor changed

my medications for the condition and it got better. It took over two years to

lose enough for a healthy weight for my height. YOU MUST TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR FOR

HIS/HER RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU START ANY FOOD AND EXERCIZE PLAN. I’ve

never thought of it as dieting. Just a healthy lifestyle of eating and moving. I

really don’t believe in dieting because it puts extra pressure and failure

feelings on me if I don’t lose. I also have deserts if I want but not a lot. I

don’t keep sugar and snack foods in the house but buy them occasionally if I

want them. I don’t get on my scales but maybe once a month or when I go to the

doctors.

I hope any of my experiences help others but it is just what has worked for me.

Each person has different medications and degrees of illness and so what works

for one may not be the same for others.

If we share how we are doing then maybe it will help. The foundation also has

FREE informational brochures about Still’s disease and you may ask for some by

emailing Bob at oldgoat378@... sending your request with your name and

postal address.

Good wishes,

From: Murali Dutt

Subject: Re:

hi group

Would like to know how to reduce the weight which i am gaining due to cortico

steroid. Hope someone can help me