Prednisone Weight Loss tapering.

brian, at least you are starting to work out again! that's great, especially when you feel like crap. just do a lot of high intensity cardio intervals and i think you'll see a difference.

my gain and loss was pretty dramatic on prednisone. i went from 92 lbs to 127 lbs in two days. it was insane the amount of water i gained. when i dropped down to 35 mg from 40 mg, i ended up losing all my weight in about two days again dropping down to 90 lbs. it was all through sweat and urine. i never had a fat/muscle gain on prednisone though. just all fluids.

For me once I get below 10 mg I feel like things start to slim down a little, but I don't feel like I totally lose the puffy look on my gut arms and face until I am totally off.

The first time I was on pred, it didn't start to come down until after I was off of it completely. The moon face goes away on it's own within a couple months of your last dose, but if you gained weight overall, you will probably have to work to get that off. If you're used to working out, though, it should be pretty easy for you. This is my third round of pred this year. I am an athlete as well, and I have a whole post dedicated to it in my blog if you want to read about how I'm trying to battle the weight gain and muscle disintegration. Click on the link below and find the post titled, "The Dread of Pred".