I used to be 6 ft 3 in tall and used to weigh 225 pounds before PMR and Prednisone. My weight was "muscle weight" instead of adipose. I needed 40 mg of Prednisone to start with and I was still on 30 mg after 5 years. I gained about 15 pounds every year for the first 5 years and peaked out at 300 pounds. It was all belly fat. I had skinny arms and legs and no butt because of muscle loss.

I'm down to 260 pounds now. People say I have lost weight. I'm shooting for 250 pounds because at that weight people said I didn't look fat. I knew I was overweight at 250 pounds but nobody noticed. I guess I had a large frame and carried the excess weight well.

Even my large frame seems smaller at 70 years old -- more like 6 ft 0 inches presently. I'm hunched over because it hurts to stand up straight when I walk any distance. I use a rollator if I need to walk very far or I need to stand up for a long time. Gravity tends to work against me so I aquacise in the swimming pool. I can do aquacise for hours so my endurance has improved. The water resistance has helped my muscle tone too.

I don't think I have bone loss because my DEXA scans are abnormally high for my age. My rheumatologist says my DEXA scans aren't that reliable because of arthritis. He says the excess bone is arthritic bone and probably not dense bone.