Day 3

I can do this, I can do this!! :) I am inspired for more!

Weekly Weigh-In: Lost 10 lbs!  I know a lot of this is water, but I'll take it!  Prednisone makes you cranky hungry, and adds a bunch of water weight. Although my face is quite a bit puffy, swelling in the rest of my body is down! (This is the normal Moon-Face thing that happens while taking prednisone.  It will go away when I'm done with these meds.)  I'm really glad that I've been exercising and eating right, so the weight loss is honest! :)  WOOT! :) <3

I am on Prednisone, because I have an inflammatory disorder that causes acutely watery eyes (To the point where it looks like I am crying all the time.   I appear unhappy and miserable all the time, but I'm not.  It's embarrasing.)  This inflammatory disorder is also what has caused me to gain 65lbs this year, over the span of months.  It also is why my allergies turn into anaphylaxis so quickly; ( Click here to read about anaphylaxis. )  why my asthma gets so bad; why my ear drums rupture all the time; why my blood pressure is really high right now.  This inflammatory disorder is a symptom to something going on in my endocrine system.  That phase is next.  In the mean time, I am eating a lot of anti inflammatory foods, and exercising a lot.  I had to take some time off of school because of everything going on.  I'm just getting through the disaster from last spring, and my body hasn't really had any time to recover.  Now that we are entering another spring, I'm doing my best to avoid internal chaos that the spring and summer season bring.  Hopefully,  we will be able to replace the prednisone (steroids) with something else.   While predinsone is great for my inflammation disorder, it has some nasty side effects.  One of them is that I don't have an immune system.  I am hoping that all of these anti oxidant foods will help.  While I'm waiting, it's good to know that I can still lose weight while being on it. :)