For about 3 months I’ve been on a diet to try and loose the 150 pounds I’ve put on from the Prednisone.  I decided to do Take Shape For Life/Medifast because it seemed like a very safe diet as it is often doctor prescribed for weightloss.  Also my mom had done it and quickly loss the amount of weight she wanted to loose, and, when I had tasted the prepackaged food that makes up most of the diet, I really actually (and much to my suprise) liked it.

I didn’t really expect it to work at all with the Prednisone working against me.  But it really has!  Last time I was weighed (about a month ago in the hospital) I had lost about 20 pounds!  And as of today I am down 2 inches off my chest, 3 inches off my waist, 3 inches off my thighs, and 1 off my upper arms.

I haven’t been perfect (in full disclosure, I’ve been pretty bad this week with the Jewish holidays), but overall I’ve been very good.  It really helps that the bars taste like candy.

It’s not easy trying to loose weight when you are struggling with a chronic illness and constant pain.  Food can be a big comfort during such stressful times.  Especially when you have 25mg of Prednisone a day making you ravenous.  And it was so easy to blame the weight gain on the Prednisone and not take responsibility for it.  But deep down I felt really guilty about my weight.  Since I’ve started this diet, a lot of the guilt has gone away because I know I really am doing the best I can to loose the weight and keep from gaining more from the meds.  I still feel unhealthy though.  I also feel really unattractive and unlikable by the opposite sex at this weight.  I finally got motivated to try to loose some of the weight.  And though it won’t be easy… but when were things worth doing ever easy… I plan to eventually get back down to my 110 pounds self.

The other day I saw this site called Daily Mugshot and decided it would be the perfect way to track my weight-loss visually overtime.  So far I’ve only taken two pictures, but I’ll add a new one everyday.  Should be interesting to watch what happens!