{{{{{ LONG POST ALERT! }}}}} Ok so this is SOOO HARD for me to post this but if I can help someone with my story and perhaps inspire then its totally worth it. As you may remember that I was horribly sick with Bronchitis a month ago, so much that I couldnt teach my Zumba class for 3 weeks and couldnt do any of my at-home workouts. When my doctor told me that he was putting me on a steroid and he said the name of it which I was like Ok doc whatever to help me feel better right? which I ended up doing 2 ROUNDS of it. The drug that was prescribed to me is called Prednisone and I know after reading quite a bit about online, that its a very useful drug to many with disorders or even cancer. But WOW! I never had a medication to make me feel better but do such horrible things to my body. READ ON... I had no idea what the side effects were until I noticed a CHANGE in me physically and even emotionally. My face totally changed! Thats one of the side effects. They call it moonface and basically your face fills out to a rounder shape. OMG I was horrified! (reason for lack of Selfies! lol) Another side effect, the increased appetite! ANOTHER side effect, it can also cause the redistribution of fat, which makes even a small amount weight gain more intolerable. The weight gained during prednisone therapy tends to be located in the face, back of the neck, and the abdomen. YUP I gained some weight! WHATTTT? Then the sleeping... I would wake up at 4 in the morning. That never happens! I literally felt DEFEATED! I work so hard to stay in shape and teach my classes and then this happens. I was to a point where I didnt want to even get in front of my class and teach it but I picked my chin up and sucked it up. I have been off of it for almost a month and it can take up to a month or more for it to fully leave your body and for me to be back to normal. The good news is my face isnt as round or puffy as before. LOL! Also I am back to teaching and my workouts too and my appetite isnt as CRAZY as when I was on the stuff. I will have to WORK really hard and get my weight back in check which I am working out very hard every day and eating my balanced meals including my Shakeology. So to end this CRAZY post..... As an ABSOLUTE motivator I saw a casting call for Body Beast for their infomercial, so I am going to GO FOR IT! Body Beast is a Beachbody program that is basically weight lifting. So I am going to build and sculpt my body and with that shred a lot. They even have the Beachbody Classic coming up in June, which is like a body building show that I could do too, but I am not focusing on that at the moment. I was doing Insanity Max 30 which I will put on the back burner for now but will continue to SUPPORT and MOTIVATE my CHALLENGERS that are kicking ASS btw! You know who you are! :) Maybe this happened for a reason and its making me go WAY out of my COMFORT ZONE a lot!! I am so nervous about this because I dont want to FAIL! So far I am on Day 2 of Body Beast and so far so good. I certainly could use your SUPPORT for me during this journey!!! Have you ever been on Prednisone? Did you have any of these side effects?
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 20:16:51 +0000
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