I had to join weight watchers and cut sugar(constant battle) just to maintain my weight. I was so hungary I was wanting to eat food on computer ads.
It is the sugar...it triggers our starvation feeling.
we become borderline diabetic.So if you want to solve the problem....eat protien, fruit and veggies.
Sugar just makes you want to eat more.

It's very important that you change your eating habit. The Prednisone is the culprit, so you have to stay clear of the fried food, sugar(snacks)and soda's. It will be hard but you have to think of your health. I will pray that your health will improve. God Bless you. Cabbage7

Before I got really ill I was marathoning, so I was used to eating huge amounts of food and staying skinny. Now I restrict and remain hungry. I struggle with sugar like Ann but am encouraged that cutting back could get rid of hunger, because I try to go to bed hungry every night. So far it has kept me from gaining more than 3-4 pounds. I tried a vegan diet but became anemic, though I did lose weight. A diet mostly made of plant sources should help to fill you up without too many calories, though.

My wife Margo, really liked TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly), the local inexpensive Weight Watchers alternative. The group support was what she liked. Also the weekly weigh in where pounds gained or lost were made public were a wonderful motivator! She put a photo of the TOPS members on her refrigerator to remind her that she would see them every Tuesday evening;-)

A quotation i already used in another post today seems right here too:

If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!
Sarah Dessen, Keeping the Moon

I find walking at the mall, the big stores, and library quite reasonable for exercise. The goods and people are interesting to look at and I can shove around a cart and spend an hour without being bored and reward myself with a diet soda or coffee and salad. I even take advantage of doctor's appointments to roam the vast subways and skyways of down town Rochester MN at Mayo Clinic--many miles of them.
Sometimes the goals we set for ourselves are too ambitious.. My current goal is 2 lbs a month weight loss for a year and a 30 minute walk each day. Something that is doable!

My eyes are open for some helpful tips too. The last few months I've become so unable to move and can't stand up or use my arms long enough to cook (even a sandwich requires lots of starting and stopping and resting, so my mom cooks for me now but she can't do much more than I can with her own problems). The weight has been piling on so fast it's unbelieveable.

Pilates was my best friend in excercise before I got so bad. I've got a machine, and you lay on your back for most of the excercises -- how great is that, you're already laying down if your muscles give up on you! Even on bad days I'd get on it and just stretch a little, maybe do some slow gentle leg pushes or something just to move my body a tiny bit.

When I could manage just a little cooking, my rice cooker was incredible. I did a lot of Japanese mixed rice -- chicken and veggies and a little seasoning cooked right in with the rice (tons of fresh ginger and garlic taste great). You can be very healthy with very little effort that way. I'm pooped out now if I even start a small pot of plain rice, and I can't chew it very well so it's a bit pointless right now.

What I do find helpful is drinking my coffee and tea black. I keep a lot of different teas on hand. Now I'm realizing I lose my voice most often after having hot drinks, so I switched things around a bit. Coffee I let cool, then add cold milk for good old fashioned 'coffee milk'. My newest is cold brewed peppermint tea, it's delicious (cold brewed in the fridge). Never add any sugar, but sometimes a little honey from my friend's beehives.

Before I was diagnosed I lost 22lbs om weight watchers. It took awhile, but it worked. Now that I am less active, I've gained 4 back. I don't like the trend so once again, even for 5 lbs, I'm going to do it again. I did it online so I could count points on my computer or phone or iPad ..what is great is that fruits and vegetable are 0 points. I ate what I wanted, but counted in the points. I don't like that I'm trending up again. Oh, and cut out as much salt as you can. I can laugh with you Ann...
Be well,

I read this thinking that I could relate but turns out, I have the opposite kind of thing going on. My mouth tires from chewing and anytime I'm in front of people, I hate to eat because it's so hard to chew with my mouth closed. So I eat slow and never fill myself up when around other people. So I've remained very skinny for the past 6 years with MG without exercise and the only thing I think I can attribute it to is the smaller intake of food due to slow eating (likely to fill up on less) and the avoidance of food in public. I understand this doesn't help you much but figured I'd share a different side of things. Goodluck!

I was very active, including biking about 18 miles a day, had little problems with weight, but as I got further down the MG road activity all but stopped., Weight went up 45 lbs. I now believe that losing that weight is more of the key to leading a normal life that anything I can do except take my meds. The switch to Cellcept has eased up on the hunger that predinsone caused. {PS Bear said "it may also grow hair"} hope so. Happy new year Will