New to UC - weight loss problem

Hello all,

I was diagnosed with UC 2 months ago and after the usual drugs I read about here I am still not in remission, but the simptoms are much milder. I was on Prednisone for 1 month and because the doctor recognized the condition as mild to moderate (very little bleeding and somewhat good blood tests) he got me off it and now I am on 5-ASA Salofalk 6 a day. Now, during the Prednisone therapy I expected to gain weight (everybody says they do), but instead I continued to lose weight. I am very careful with my diet, pretty much avoiding heavy fats and sugars, but I can't explain the weight loss at all. In 2 months I lost almost 35 pounds (I was a bit heavy before that anyways). However, now I am starting to consider getting some more fat into my diet because of that!
Can somebody share if they had a serious weight loss during flare up's and maybe has anybody put the weight back when in remission???

Thx!

I haven't considered myself in remission since I was diagnosed, but I had what I felt was a big time flare in Oct. and lost 20 pounds from Sept to Oct and still haven't put them back on.  Those were 20 pounds that I could easily do without, lol, and I could lose about 10 more easily, but bizarrely, I feel a little nervous now and would rather have some to lose if I hit another flare. 

I've always been a weight yo yo person, and I'm at my lowest weight since 2001 when I quit smoking, and I'm a little puzzled why I haven't started gaining since I've improved from the Oct flare.  Plus I'm still on pred.  I figure when our bodies feel healthy enough they'll start storing fat again, but maybe we're just eating healthier, too...  I know I am.