Prednisone Weight

Sounds like you are doing a good job of bringing your weight down.  More exercise, limit your calories and eliminate those high calorie foods and substitute them for more nutritious ones.  If you diet you can lose the weight but most dieters regain the weight because they did not change their eating and exercise habits.  Try to identify all those foods that are high calorie and not necessary. 

Try some light weight training as well.  It will build muscle and that will help to burn more calories.

I lost 40 lbs of weight due to polymyositis and had significantly less muscle to burn calories and was a quadriplegic for several months.  The weight but not all the muscles came back and now I watch what and how much I eat and exercise regularly.  Now my challenge is to continue to gain strength and increase my activity....so I can eat more.

Just remember to reward yourself at least once a week with something bad so you don't go crazy and fall back into bad habits.

Good luck.

Bill

Glad you are doing some strength training as well. 

I also lost a lot of weight, 40 lbs, but it only took about a week.  Now back to where I started but not as much muscle.  I overshot my weight goal by 10 lbs but have lost the weight in the last 3 months.  Now, it is just maintain and turn more of my old body into muscle again.

In the rehab hospital I was introduced to Tai Chi and continued a little on my own.  2 months ago I started taking instructor led classes.  Great exercise...balance, strength, flexibility, and like Yoga it is very calming.  Can be done at almost any level.  The therapists are now teaching a wheel chair version and they have a waiting list for the classes.

I have been volunteering at the rehab hospital and now assist the therapists to teach tai chi (and other things) to severely disabled people.  Lots of fun and very rewarding to realize I was there just a little over a year ago.

One "trick" I learned a long time ago was to determine those "comfort, high calorie foods" that we all love to eat and try to eliminate them except for 1 day a week.  You would be surprised at how many calories you can eliminate just by doing that and not having to eat broccoli and cauliflower.  Some might love those but not me.

Have a great 4th. 

Bill