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HELP!!! I'm gaining sooo much weight from all these meds...I really need to get a handle on it. I've always been active, physically fit and ate balanced. But now I can barely move due to joint pain and inflammation. I don't really have an appetite so why are the pounds piling on?
Does anyone have any recipes, juicing, or tips to share that has helped you to maintain a healthy weight and lifestyle. Thanking you in advance. Sydnee
After 10 years of lupus I finally figured out how to control my weight. I did two things, started eating half the lunch and having the second half after i get back from work. Then something light for dinner as i cant go to sleepnif im very hungry. The second thing is i started walking on a teeadmil religiously. At first i only managed 4-5 mins since i havent beed doing much for years due to feeling sick all the time. Now im at 30 mins and to make it harder slowely increase the incline. Now i stopped increasing the time and incline and my weight stabilized ( 10 less pounds) and im ok with it. Now i stopped doing half lunch as walking seams to do the trick without food deprivation
Sydnee, I have the same problem plus the body inflamation. I do not take prednisone anymore.
I eat fruits and vegetables, nuts, veggie proteins, and sometimes I eat chicken and tuna.
For a few weeks I prepare a natural lemonade with ginger. Also, I just started taking 2 spoons of cider apple vinegar with water before your meals.
I try my best. Let see the results.
What is the best for us is aquaerobics. I feel like a fish in the water, and it does not damage the articulations...
The limitation of the movement and the meds are the 2 factors that affect us.
Hi @A MyLupusTeam Member I try to eat really well ... lots of fruit and veg, minimum carbs, and I've really cut down how much cheese I eat. I also try not to snack but only eat at meal times as I could easily snack particularly if in during an evening and watching TV.
Doing this has stopped me gaining any more weight, but to lose any I have to exercise as well .... I like aquacise as the water supports your joints ... At first I only went occasionally to a class as it took a while to build up my stamina but now I manage a class a week (sometimes even twice a week).
Sometime I also go to gym .... just walk slowly on a treadmill but try to do 10-20 mins with it on an incline to get my heart rate up..... again I had to build up slowly re how much I could do, how fast i could walk, how long I could do the uphill walk bit, and even now I usually only do 40-50 mins in total (including warming up and down).
Exercise does make my fatigue and aches&pains slighly worse than doing nothing but exercise helps me feel better about myself, and I'd rather have faigue & pain as the " exercise reason" than it just be due to my lupus
Just to add a little levity, but I'm kind of serious..............I think anyone on Prednisone should be given a free machine in which they are fastened to, that moves( exercises) our body for us so we can at least keep circulation moving and to give us a little boost to get more in shape for actual exercise. Plus we'd get some nice happy edorphins :) I know - I'm crazy huh???!!! Really though ;)
@A MyLupusTeam Member I'm as frustrated as you are Darlin' Hang in there Lupie Sister :) XOXO
i took it too years ago and went off and went off and started doing water workout at YMCA for joint issues and chair yoga and stop drinking too much soda and ice coffees and etc stop eating bread alot lost over 100 pounds.
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