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muirkelsi
muirkelsi

I have Polymyaligia Rheumatica for about 18 months, and have put on nearly two stone of weight. I probably eat more than I should, but not huge amounts, My biggest problem is that I eat lots of grapes. I started on 15mg of steroids, and am now down to 6mg. I have not had a flare up, and apart from have aching arms at times, and feeling exhausted, I am not too bad. I feel absolutely huge, and few clothes fit me now.

Just wondered if anyone felt like this.

Regards,

Grace

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  • bronwyn97278
    bronwyn97278 muirkelsi

    Posted

    Hi, I have not had an issue of weight gain, except in Very beginning (but know that was more from Antidepressant at time....which caused fluid retenion)...but I do know that steroids (especilly Prednisone.)..or equivalent, does also cause Bloating.  Many Asthma patients, taking Prednisone following a major attack, develope what is referred to as "a Moon Face", as a side affect.   Could this be the case for you?
  • pat38625
    pat38625 muirkelsi

    Posted

    Hi, I have PMR just diagnosed November 2014 and started on 20mg of pred.  I know that I have gone up a size in clothes and face is rounder and have quite a number of double chins.  I rejoined my slimming club and overall I lost 1lb in 7 weeks and it really messed with my head.  I have been with the slimming club off and on over 5 years, so I know the plan inside out.

    I even stopped carbs for about 3 weeks and still didn't lose an ounce.  sad  Good luck.  Pat

  • davidmelville
    davidmelville muirkelsi

    Posted

    Those carbs are 'bad boys' . . . the trouble is that they lurking everywhere! Just as I talk myself into cutting the carbs I find them waiting in vegetables and fruit it's not all cake and pasta.

    Many years ago I went in the first Aitkins diet and fell in love with it and lost loads of weight (was still well covered) but bad breath was a real problem that never left and I changed my diet . . . tis true the weight took a long time to come back but so did my heavy carb eating. I tried it again recently but firstly the weight loss was not in there and so neither was the accompanying encouragement. 

    I think Eileen has it right 4/5 oz protein with 'med' style vegetables and salad and no bread. Breakfast is a big problem, sitting  by the sea in Crete fruit for breakfast is great but her in England you pay the earth and wait patiently for it to ripen only to find it 'did' it overnight and is now 'over the top'.

    Whats this got to do with Polymyalgia rheumatica [PMR]? Everything as looks like I'm in for the very long haul, so Prednisolone is going to be around for some time yet and in all honesty I dare not add anymore weight on the contrary I MUST loose some, really.

    So I'm going for another go. Goodbye bread and cake and cereal . . . . . . . get that bid under control then try the next step.

    Thsnks for the encouragement Eileen . . . you are f

    good for me.

    • davidmelville
      davidmelville

      Posted

       . . . Want to edit that as there is glitch in the last paragraph.

      Thanks for the encouragement Eileen . . . . you are good for me.

      Thats better😊

    • EileenH
      EileenH davidmelville

      Posted

      Yes, fruit in the UK is expensive - but it also has lots of carbs and doesn't fit in a low carb diet for that reason. Lots of leafy veg - and grow some lettuces of your own ;-)

      Perfect low carb breakfast/lunch? Ham and eggs, cheese omelette, scrambled eggs (with very little milk), as a Scot: smoked haddock and poached egg, kippers, bacon, sausages made without rusk and stuff (gluten-free ones are pretty good or bratwurst).

      The possibilites are there, you just have to forget a lot of the rubbish from the manufacturer-backed nutritionists who wanted you to go low fat and make them lots of money as they added HFCS to anything you could think of to make it low fat but tasty (bleugh) and long-lived. You make a cake and it lasts a few days, just look at the best before dates on packaged food. It's horrifying.

    • constance.de
      constance.de EileenH

      Posted

      "Smoked haddock and poached egg".  Yummy!  Have you ever come across smoked haddock in Germany?
    • EileenH
      EileenH constance.de

      Posted

      No - but there are companies in Arbroath that mail smokies all over the world.  
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