The only time I have gained weight without steroids, was when I was in the salad days of my marriage, and the wife and I were happier than ever. I tapered off the Pred, with a weight ~160lbs. I hovered between that, and 172; which was GREAT!! My wife's pregnancy may have played into this, as we were both very happy with eachother, and life in general. That lasted until we ended up with a really lousy neighbor, who was extremely stressful to our household. She would call the police when my wife and daughter would watch movies on the T.V., or when I would play videogames, or play music... you get the idea. We even had child protective services over, a day or so, after I scolded one of my kids... :ymad: All of this cost me ~27lbs over two months!
Today, I'm at ~144. Down from 158 at my last GI checkup. Back on the juice, hoping to gain 20-25lbs before my surgery. Not so optimistic however...