Prednisone, weight gain and excercise.

Hello all. I was on vacations and am just now getting back to posting. I have been on 6mp for 3 weeks now and Prednisone for 3 weeks as well. I havent had prednisone in 4 years so its a weird thing to be back on this stuff.

I have noticed my wieght increasing everyday...my thighs mid sectio and stomach especially seems constantly bloated. My coworker said I looked two months pregnant (Im a guy!) LOL

Anywho I was wondering if I should try to control the weight gain by excercising and stuff because in previous years I noticed the weight would simply fall off after the pred was stopped. But as I am now in my late 20's I am scared I might be left with a tummy of some sort. Which is a far cry from the lean slim six pack I am use to sporting...I just feel like my body is not my own right now.

If I did hit the gym again and started doing cardio would it actually fight the weight gain or would it be a useless battle at the prednisone is so strong?

Thanks

Definitely try to exercise if you feel up to it.  Even though Prednisone has horrible side effects it does actually speed up your metabolism so working out will help get rid of some of the bloat.  Exercise also helps speed your recovery in terms of getting back to your normal life (or helped me anyway) and I did notice a difference in my digestion.  Once my flare up ended and the D started to go away I ended up having constipation issues (which my dr said was ironically very common) - walking helped a lot with that (as did metamucil and about a gallon of water a day).

Try to really cut back on your sodium intake (not even so much from the shaker, be on the lookout for hidden sodium and don't go near canned soup or frozen dinners).  I have read that even a little celery a day helps tremendously with bloating, if you can tolerate it.

Good luck!  Remember this too shall pass!!