Guest guest Posted October 21, 2001 Report Share Posted October 21, 2001 Hi, Everyone, Russ here. OK - It's finally time for me to ask the weight question. I have been steadily gaining weight on this lovely Prednisone, and I want to STOP ! ! I have gone from 185 to 250, and from a pants size of 32 to 48! I DON'T WANT TO GAIN ANY MORE! ! ! Do any of you have any suggestions on getting this weight off while on Pred? I am taking 10mg of Methotrexate, and only taking the Pred when I have a flare. Dr. Herman says I should not concern myself with the weighty problem right now. We will look at that later. But I keep looking at it now, because it is getting easier to see all of it. So, any ideas on diet, what to eat and what not to eat, what exercise to do and how much. Anything any of you can offer will be greatly appreciated. I must do something, because the next time the Phone Bandit calls, I will not be able to waddle over to the phone to get the cal. Thanks, Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2001 Report Share Posted October 21, 2001 Hi, Everyone, Russ here. OK - It's finally time for me to ask the weight question. I have been steadily gaining weight on this lovely Prednisone, and I want to STOP ! ! I have gone from 185 to 250, and from a pants size of 32 to 48! I DON'T WANT TO GAIN ANY MORE! ! ! Do any of you have any suggestions on getting this weight off while on Pred? I am taking 10mg of Methotrexate, and only taking the Pred when I have a flare. Dr. Herman says I should not concern myself with the weighty problem right now. We will look at that later. But I keep looking at it now, because it is getting easier to see all of it. So, any ideas on diet, what to eat and what not to eat, what exercise to do and how much. Anything any of you can offer will be greatly appreciated. I must do something, because the next time the Phone Bandit calls, I will not be able to waddle over to the phone to get the cal. Thanks, Russ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 Hi, Russ - I think we all sympathise with your problem, because we have all been there!!! I don't think there is just one answer, but what I do is try to increase my general activity (e.g. not saving everything for one trip upstairs, taking everything separately, and therefore going up and down more). i have an exercise bike in front of the TV and try and get on it when I want to watch something. The hardest thing to deal with is the carbohydrate cravings, I try (emphasis on try) to eat fruit and non-fat yogurt rather than chocolates and ice cream, although I am not always successful!! The other thing is try and increase veggie intake, as that fills you up. A dietician doctor I know in Beverly Hills suggests for kids smothering veggies in tomato ketchup - it may help those of us who are not that keen on straight greens!! None of this will make a dramatic difference, but overall IT DOES HELP. I also find when I am on higher doses of pred I have more energy so I am able to exercise more. Only you can decide how much exercise you can do, but if you build up making increases of 10 minutes aerobic (i.e.walking, swimming, cycling,most days of the week) plus somemoderate weights 3 or 4 times per week. You could ask your rheumy about increasing your metho, I wasn't able to start reducing pred until my metho dose was about 17.5. I haven't had to go over 10mg pred for about 18 months, and have had no big flares, just, moderate ones which respond quickly to a small increase in pred. Hope this is of some help, but as your doc says, don't worry about it too much, it is one of the things we have to deal with long term. Feel better, love Liz --- OBrien wrote: > Hi, Everyone, > > Russ here. > > OK - It's finally time for me to ask the weight > question. > > I have been steadily gaining weight on this lovely > Prednisone, and I want to STOP ! ! > > I have gone from 185 to 250, and from a pants size > of > 32 to 48! I DON'T WANT TO GAIN ANY MORE! ! ! > > Do any of you have any suggestions on getting this > weight off while on Pred? I am taking 10mg of > Methotrexate, and only taking the Pred when I have a > flare. Dr. Herman says I should not concern myself > with the weighty problem right now. We will look at > that later. But I keep looking at it now, because > it > is getting easier to see all of it. > > So, any ideas on diet, what to eat and what not to > eat, what exercise to do and how much. > > Anything any of you can offer will be greatly > appreciated. I must do something, because the next > time the Phone Bandit calls, I will not be able to > waddle over to the phone to get the cal. > > Thanks, > > Russ > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2001 Report Share Posted October 22, 2001 Hi, Russ - I think we all sympathise with your problem, because we have all been there!!! I don't think there is just one answer, but what I do is try to increase my general activity (e.g. not saving everything for one trip upstairs, taking everything separately, and therefore going up and down more). i have an exercise bike in front of the TV and try and get on it when I want to watch something. The hardest thing to deal with is the carbohydrate cravings, I try (emphasis on try) to eat fruit and non-fat yogurt rather than chocolates and ice cream, although I am not always successful!! The other thing is try and increase veggie intake, as that fills you up. A dietician doctor I know in Beverly Hills suggests for kids smothering veggies in tomato ketchup - it may help those of us who are not that keen on straight greens!! None of this will make a dramatic difference, but overall IT DOES HELP. I also find when I am on higher doses of pred I have more energy so I am able to exercise more. Only you can decide how much exercise you can do, but if you build up making increases of 10 minutes aerobic (i.e.walking, swimming, cycling,most days of the week) plus somemoderate weights 3 or 4 times per week. You could ask your rheumy about increasing your metho, I wasn't able to start reducing pred until my metho dose was about 17.5. I haven't had to go over 10mg pred for about 18 months, and have had no big flares, just, moderate ones which respond quickly to a small increase in pred. Hope this is of some help, but as your doc says, don't worry about it too much, it is one of the things we have to deal with long term. Feel better, love Liz --- OBrien wrote: > Hi, Everyone, > > Russ here. > > OK - It's finally time for me to ask the weight > question. > > I have been steadily gaining weight on this lovely > Prednisone, and I want to STOP ! ! > > I have gone from 185 to 250, and from a pants size > of > 32 to 48! I DON'T WANT TO GAIN ANY MORE! ! ! > > Do any of you have any suggestions on getting this > weight off while on Pred? I am taking 10mg of > Methotrexate, and only taking the Pred when I have a > flare. Dr. Herman says I should not concern myself > with the weighty problem right now. We will look at > that later. But I keep looking at it now, because > it > is getting easier to see all of it. > > So, any ideas on diet, what to eat and what not to > eat, what exercise to do and how much. > > Anything any of you can offer will be greatly > appreciated. I must do something, because the next > time the Phone Bandit calls, I will not be able to > waddle over to the phone to get the cal. > > Thanks, > > Russ > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2001 Report Share Posted October 23, 2001 In a message dated 10/21/01 12:06:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, shepherdsway1@... writes: << I have been steadily gaining weight on this lovely Prednisone, and I want to STOP ! ! >> Russ, I agree with you... I want to STOP gaining too. I thought that by decreasing my pred the weight would magically fall off... NOT!! Guess once the fat is deposited there we have to work to get it back off. If you find any miracle cure, please let me be the first to know...LOL I think we are all in the same boat... We have to learn somehow to accept it. It is hard for me when I see someone I know and say hi and they look sooo shocked and say " I didn't even recognize you " . Know that we are all here for you and we will get this pred weight deposted somewhere else besides our bodys. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 23, 2001 Report Share Posted October 23, 2001 In a message dated 10/21/01 12:06:58 PM Pacific Daylight Time, shepherdsway1@... writes: << I have been steadily gaining weight on this lovely Prednisone, and I want to STOP ! ! >> Russ, I agree with you... I want to STOP gaining too. I thought that by decreasing my pred the weight would magically fall off... NOT!! Guess once the fat is deposited there we have to work to get it back off. If you find any miracle cure, please let me be the first to know...LOL I think we are all in the same boat... We have to learn somehow to accept it. It is hard for me when I see someone I know and say hi and they look sooo shocked and say " I didn't even recognize you " . Know that we are all here for you and we will get this pred weight deposted somewhere else besides our bodys. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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