Steroids and weight — the temporary maths you can outlast
A short course of steroids like prednisolone can spike your hunger and add water weight, so the scale jumps in days. It is temporary maths. Keep logging, do not panic at the number, and the weight leaves as the dose tapers down.
18 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
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Your doctor gives you a 5-day course of prednisolone for a bad cough or a swollen knee. On day 3 you step on the scale and you are 2 kilos up. You panic. You think your whole deficit is ruined. Take a breath. Most of that jump is not new fat. It is water and hunger, and it is temporary. This short read is about what the steroid scale is really doing, and why you keep logging through it.
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