BEER BELLY NAW STERIOD BELLY AYE!!

[mattcass]

HI ALL, Hope all is well as can be, I am looking for any hints to try and lose my steroid belly I have cut steroids from 65mgs to 15mgs exercise and walk daily I eat healthy as this is good for my Rheumatoid Arthritis as well. exercises for the belly are agony for me and my lungs don't like it either, Mattcass

[KingoftheCocktails]

I don't know the answer to that,I have been trying for years but my nurse told me I will never lose it.That's encouragement!

Richard

[mattcass in reply to KingoftheCocktails]

Hi KOTC hope you are well, can you give me the name of your nurse so I can get Fran to phone her it is she who is giving me grief, Mattcass

[Is4bell4]

I have been on and off steroids, do not much like the Moon Face yet alone the weight gain! Strangely my mother was on them for years and was skinny as a rake. She did have a Moon Face but no extra weight. Barely 6 st.

Hmm this has always puzzled me. But I do know she did not each very much. So perhaps

I need to cut down of my food intake.

I have gone from 7st to 9.5 st. in 3 months. Phew all happened so quickly.

Well guess stopping smoking has not helped.

From today I am cutting down lol

'call me moon face' !

xx Ros xx

[Lynne1955]

You might all know more than me about this. My GP said that the side effects with tablet steroids are much worse than with inhaled. As you might remember I have just gone onto inhaled steroids.

I checked the leaflet and it says that moon face and weight gain are 'rare' being less than 1 person in a 1000. Those of you who suffer with it, are you on inhaled steroids?

Lynne xx

[Hidden in reply to Lynne1955]

Hi Lynne, tablet steroid is far worse than inhaled steroid. Moon face I get with tablet steroid not inhaled steroid. Weight gain more with tablet steroid too I think.

Having said that usually when we have a lung infection its more difficult to muster the puff and energy to incorporate exercise routine so my reckoning is this also plays a part especially when unwell for weeks at a time, and things become even more difficult the less active we become. But the good news is we can recover activity levels it just takes a while as we de condition so rapidly, hence the reason why exercise is so important however little we can manage.

BC x

[Lynne1955 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks BC. As you know I normally do a lot of gym work. And am itching to get back in there again after the infection from hell, but I will have to build up all over again now.

Lynne xx

[Hidden in reply to Lynne1955]

Just take it gradually Lynne, you will get there eventually.

BC x

[knitter]

been on steroid tablets on and off for 20years....now on maintenance dose all the time, but they keep me breathing!

I am very skinny, keep on losing weight....but not off my face or fat stomach

I do yoga and just started the Breathe Easy gym again, but makes no difference to the tum

[Hidden]

Two things that helped my after a period of steroid belly was avoiding white bread and anything with commercial white flour in and the introduction of Spiriva. I found both these did the trick and oh such a relief to be able to breathe without the lungs feeling squashed. Other than that just the walk as you are doing. Can't think of anything else.

[Hidden]

As far as I am aware (and my consultant told me this) high prolonged steroid use caused a shift in how the body stores fat. For women it's the face, back and belly. I certainly noticed it in all those areas. They make you retain water which obviously adds to bloating. So reduce salt intake and drink lots of water - strangely it makes you retain less water as your body knows its hydrated.

Apart from that there's little I can add but to wish you luck.

Marie x