Uh Oh...Steroids

A little bummed today. I finally went to the doctor today after a week of being sick. On a positive note, their scale registered 274.5 pounds, so either the doctor's scale is really generous and doesn't match the Weight Watchers scale, or I've managed to lose weight despite all of the mucus in my body right now. (That was gross. I'm sorry. But seriously, SO MUCH mucus. Ew.)

The bummer is that I was prescribed prednisone to treat a nasty case of bronchitis which, of course, started last Tuesday as a terrible sinus infection. I got a steroid shot today, and then picked up the 12 day prescription at the pharmacy. I'll be taking 40mg for the next three days, 30mg the next three days, and so on. I've been on prednisone quite a few times (there's my weird luck...or bad luck...) and one thing I know is that it always causes weight gain for me. That could be due to all of the usual subsequent variables--reduced activity from being sick and immobile, increased appetite from the medicine, water retention as a result of the leached potassium--but are these all things that I can control by sticking with the Weight Watchers plan? We'll see. I'm nervous. And, as I said, a little bummed. I feel better bronchitis-wise already, but I still have 11 days of steroids and a Weight Watchers meeting coming up on Wednesday.

Speaking of which, I'm still a little nervous about this new 360 plan they're supposedly telling us about on Wednesday. I knew Weight Watchers was making a big announcement, but after the meeting two weeks ago, I just thought that new activity tracker thingy was it. Not sure how I'm going to fare with the combination of a revised plan and steroid therapy. This should be an interesting couple of weeks. And then...CHRISTMAS. Yikes.

I think I'll use my last four points for some Wild Turkey now...I just freaked myself out even more. Oy.