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Struggling to lose weight

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anne28129
anne28129

I was doing agonised with PMR and GCA last November and prescribed 40mg of Pred. I have managed to reduce down to 7mg but not without its problems.

I initially gained nearly a stone in the first three months which made me feel depressed so, I have attended Slimming a world for the past eight weeks! I have followed the eating regime carefully but have only managed to lose se 5pounds! 

I have been told that the steroids don’t increase weight it’s the fact that you eat more! Is this correct? At this rate it’s going to take me till Christmas to get back to my original weight😩

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  • liz12234
    liz12234 anne28129

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    Just saying--- I take ab a 1/3rd at 2am and the rest sometime after 8am and it has worked well for me. Good idea to try before you go. Because of slightly raised markers i put myself on 20mg ( i tried 15 a few months back) as i was going to Canada and i wanted to be fit as i knew we would be doing a lot of walking (did 23,000 the first day). Anyway i felt wonderful on 20mg didnt realize how bad i had got. Im now on 15mg and will try to go to 12.5mg tomorrow. 5mg then 7.5mg. I will be going into my 5th yr with PMR but whose counting it is what it is! Have a lovely holiday.
    • lynda62707
      lynda62707 liz12234

      Posted

      Hi liz, not long after I started pred. I started 2 split my dosage (15mg) 2x p/day as I felt taking it all at once didn't get me through a 24 hr. period. It didn't work! After about 1 week I went back to taking it all at once which now is working just fine. Btw...I'm in the US, and don't understand the weight references. I can only assume you gained weight at 1st...right??? Have a wonderful, safe vacation!

  • lynda62707
    lynda62707 anne28129

    Posted

    To any of you folks out there whom aren't too busy at the moment to listen to my pitiful woes, (which are embarrassling NOTHING compared to so many others. I'm just feeling so danged emotional and teary right now, I can hardly stand myself! I'm in such a "Funk" and I don't see it ending anytime soon. I'm sure it will, it just doesn't FEEL that way right now. Unfortunately, every person I'd normally confide in right now is unavailable. So you, lucky folks, are kinda Stuck with me (or not, whatever). I'm sorry, just needed to take a moment for a pity-party. Hope you're all doin' better than me! Have a nice rest of your weekend!

  • lbh
    lbh anne28129

    Posted

    Hi Anne, I think you have your answers now but just to add my pennyworth - I am an experienced dieter, having all my life struggled with weight. I usually sit at about 10st and a bit. I started on 15mg pred in May and am now at 10mg. My weight went up to just about 11st. Like you, I have actually managed to lose some weight, about 7lbs, but it has taken me soooooo much longer than it would normally. I have accepted the very slow speed of weight loss, I try to stick to 1200 calories (bearing in mind the carbs) but it's not easy. Very best of luck to you, patience is essential. I'm off to France this week for 2 weeks, I expect it will all pile back on again as I don't have much intention of sticking to 1200cals!!!

  • anne28129
    anne28129

    Posted

    Thanks for all the words of support! 

    I’ll keep going and hopefully, once I am more active, the weight will return to pre GCA and PMR 😀

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