In no way am I saying that I am a super woman, or that I run
around in a cool outfit with other hunky superheroes. I am feeling super energetic and kinda crazed
though. Since Monday I have been taking
Prednisone, a steroid that my doc prescribed for the nasty bacterial sinus
infection that I’ve had for a week and a half. He said that I will feel great, and that I
will have a lot of energy. Well, he wasn’t
joking! Since I started taking it, I
have been doing basically two workouts a day!
Tuesday it was Pilates in the am, and then Zumba class in the pm. Yesterday I ran in the afternoon and did
Zumba [so fun!] at home later that evening.
What is going on???!!! I am
usually falling asleep on the couch watching TV with the hubs at 9:30! Not this week. It’s been a week of not sleeping much and
going a little crazy with my workouts. [BTW
prednisone can cause insomnia too…yuck]
Apparently this is pretty normal for people taking
prednisone or other steroids [not the creepy other steroids that meat-heads
use]. Weird, right?! AND it is supposed to make you GAIN
weight! I read one thing that said you
would gain because you are more hungry [that’s an understatement]. I want to eat everything in sight, but I’m
trying to stick to my calorie limits. Another
article said it was because prednisone increases cortisol, a stress hormone
that can make you add or retain fat rather than melt it away. Yikes!
I actually just lost my 2 beer fest pounds when I weighed in on Tuesday,
but I’m afraid they are going to come right back with this. I guess we will see
tomorrow…
So here is the game plan.
Drink more water to suppress the hunger and bloating [another lovely
side affect]. Eat within my calorie
restraints. Exercise as much as I want,
as long as it’s something each day.
Maybe that will keep me to my goal to actually lose weight this
week! I hope so!
This is such a weird post…sorry for the disjointed thoughts!
I’m sure when I stop taking them I’ll crash, and that may be
a better post…or not.
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