Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm sorry you also ended up with GCA. I hope you're doing better now. I've watched my husband go down from the high 190's to the mid 170's. He's never been this weight in the 44 years we've been together. But, having said that, since we finally got a doctor to agree to split-dosing the prednisone for GCA (he's currently on 80 mg per day, higher than most per our doctor - this following three IV infusions of 1200 mg each of steroids) he's finally headache and pain free. He's gotten his appetite back so I'm hoping he can gain some of the weight back. He's had no energy for actual exercise and I think we were both afraid it could make matters worse, especially when his inflammation levels were so high. We'll see next week if they're coming down. We've been going to large grocery stores to get in some steps. I own a childcare/preschool working from home and it's dark by the time we close so walking outside during the week has not been practical. We live on a steep hill so our neighborhood isn't a good place to walk. We'll get it figured out. We've considered a treadmill.