Taking off the prednisone weight.

[GI-Jane]

I lost 15pounds while I was sick and seemingly overnight my prednisone finally started to work and I gained it back.
I'm not majorly overweight but this was a goal I had (a year ago now) before I was even diagnosed. Maybe it was a combo of feeling so thin 15 pounds ago, but now that I'm off the pred and the moonface is gone I'm still feeling bloated and more uncomfortable in my own skin than ever. Even my old clothes dont feel comfortable. I have the WORST sugar and comfort food cravings, I'm still not 100% better but my body is obv absorbing now. Any tips to curb the cravings while your in a flare? Or fight the bloat? I heard lglutamine helps with sugar cravings (and gut healing) anyone tried that or others?

 

[UnXmas]

I have no experience with being overweight, but I did try L-glutamine for its supposed gut-healing properties and found it to be absolutely useless.

 

[mere282]

I've been on and off steriods for about a year. I
Got the worst sugar cravings! I would eat
Bags of jawbreakers. I had to just stop cold turkey
And the weight came off. It wasn't a lot but
I think it's like you said been smaller than bigger
It messes with your head. Chin up

 

[VeganOstomy]

Would fruit, like ripe bananas, help with your sugar cravings? Berry smoothies?

I gained a lot of weight with prednisone, but I was very underweight before starting, so it wasn't a big deal. What was a big deal was the rapid water retention, which was so bad that I temporarily lost more than half my vision because of pressure in the eyes. Scary stuff.

The cravings were bad, but do your best to eat healthy and you won't gain weight - even baked potatoes to replace the comfort food (just make sure it's not loaded potatoes. Lol).

 

[UnXmas]

I've been on and off steriods for about a year. I
Got the worst sugar cravings! I would eat
Bags of jawbreakers. I had to just stop cold turkey
And the weight came off. It wasn't a lot but
I think it's like you said been smaller than bigger
It messes with your head. Chin up

Do you mean you stopped the steroids cold turkey or the sweets cold turkey? (Because stopping steroids cold turkey can be dangerous.)