Helllo, this is my first posting. What a great find! This whole site from 3fatchicks is fantastic! I have been battling chronic disease for years. I have sarcoidosis. Have it in lungs, liver, joints, eyes, and skin. I've had periods of remissions and exacerbations. I have not been able to work for over a year, now. I am an LPN. Although, I believe my nursing days are over. My doctors have agreed that I will probably not be able to return to the field. I am currently on disability and hoping to retrain in a home based job, once I am stabilized with my health. I have a good husband that helps me. He does most of the grocery shopping, laundry, and housework. I have been on prednisone since 1999. Although, I had a taper dose down to 5mg last summer. I was actually starting to lose weight. However, recently, my dose was increased up to 80. : I am currently at 30 mg. I am still having a hard time with the 30. I have turned into a human garbage disposal. I am repulsed by my overeating binges. Why do I do this to myself? I am like a drug addict with food. I hate the way that I look in the mirror. My face has the moon shape. (Cushings) I have been reading many of the forums on this site and checking out the diets. I am thinking about trying the Mayo Clinic (grapefruit diet), just to get a jump start, then follow a sensible plan. I wish that I could follow a high protein diet, but I really love my carbs. I don't know if I could handle giving up fruit and yogurt. I, also, do not like meat very much. Just the thought of eating a dead animal grosses me out. I would never last on Survivor, or that goofy Fear Factor. Once, upon a time, before I was ever put on prednisone, I was actually too thin. I had no appetite. I am not sure, if it was due to my disease, or if it was due to the medication that I was on. I think it was due to Methotrexate. I had to discontinue it because I have develolped cirrhosis of liver. Doctors are not sure if I have auto-immune hepatitis, or if cirrhosis is from methotrexate. Only, time will tell. I just wish that I could get off of prednisone. I know that it is saving my life, but it is also makiing me fat....
Well, I need to get over this, and start to do something. Does anyone have any inspiration for me? Losing any weight while on prednisone?