This Dang Knee

I feel your pain. I too have been fighting injuries, gained all 17 lbs back that I lost and am struggling to get back my mojo. Joined a MyFitnessPal fanatics db that starts on Tuesday. I am making it my goal to lose a couple of pounds before it starts (my usual would be to just have fun before it starts) because my clothes are so tight I am miserable and depressed. I easily get caught up in all the hard core training lots of people do and I want to do that. I want to train like an athlete but I am prone to injury so I have to know AND REMEMBER my limitations. Good luck on your DB Trishanna... I am back too! Let's do this.

You can do it Trishanna! I took a holistic health (HH) class last semester (on my 20 year plan to graduate) and it really opened my eyes to how food affects our bodies. My teacher talked about a study that was done on surgery and if it was actually beneficial. They did a double blind study, no one knew except the doctor I think. They took the group of people, half actually got the surgery and the other half just got an incision to make it look like they had surgery and the results were really similar. Not saying this is the case for all surgeries, but that sometimes it's not the surgery that changes someone, it's the changes they make after because of the shock.Also learned that the bacteria in our GI tract impacts us more that you would think. He told us about someone who had a fecal transplant, I know, it sounds gross, but that the receiver of the transplant got better and started to receive characteristics from the donor; the donor was a overweight and so the receiver of the transplant gained weight. There's a lot more, but too much to post. You can Google about it. I think it would be beneficial for you to do some research on HH, seems like something that could benefit you. Good luck with everything!

I am so sorry to hear about this. Can you alter your diet big time to help you while you're more sedentary? I saw your weight loss time graph on your profile. SO impressive! If I were you, I'd look at that board daily to help motivate you! You go girl!

I feel for you! Have been there myself a few times with knee/foot injuries. My new favorite is bouncing on a yoga/Swiss ball, swinging my arms at my side like I'm running. You can also do this with hand weights or add Tae Bo-style punches. Make sure to wear non-slip shoes, so your knee does not have to work for extra balance. Try it with music or the Eugene videos (see below), it will get your heart rate up! You could even try it with one leg elevated. Other options: I collected a few ideas for injury-friendly workouts here: https://www.dietbet.com/community/posts/general/29-wounded-but-working-it-2-injur

You are doing great and an example of finding what you CAN do and to just keep going. Detours do happen. I admire your strength. Try FitnessBlender.com great free workouts (search for low impact). Chris and Heidi are awesome and very motivating. Good luck!

Trishanna, I hope your knee troubles heal soon so you can try the low impact. I know how depressing it can be to loose a transformer, but you're back. Chris and Heidi appear to give out motivation and advice more, regularly, then other game hosts, so that will help. Weigh in is 28 days from now. You can do this.