When I lost weight the last time, the successful time, I started out heavier than I am now but my body was pretty much the same size. The biggest difference is that my knee is in crappy shape and is seriously limiting my comfort level in standing or walking for any length of time.
Every once [...]
Filed under: Being fat | Tagged: Being fat, Knee problems, weight gain | 9 Comments »
There’s good news and bad news from today’s visit to the new orthopedist. Good news: very prompt, almost no waiting. Bad news: he is a joint replacement specialist.
Good news: He didn’t dismiss me or my problem as being caused by obesity. I was worried about that, actually, and did volunteer that [...]
Filed under: Medical Stuff | Tagged: Knee problems, knee replacement surgery, weight loss surgery | 7 Comments »
As I went to bed last night, my shoulder, side, and knees were beginning to be stiff from shoveling all the heavy wet slush/sleet/snow from the storm. My soaked clothes hung up in the bathroom, trying to dry out, making a little forest of wet fabric. The wet stuff outside had already solidified [...]
Filed under: Medical Stuff, Weather | Tagged: Ice, Knee problems, Muscle soreness, Shoveling, Snow | 3 Comments »
I’ve only been to the gym once this week but I’ve managed to get exercise in every day. This is progress. Monday was the gym with 40 minutes of cardio (bike, elliptical, treadmill). Yesterday I did some walking but mostly that was getting myself to my T’ai Chi class, which is downtown [...]
Filed under: Exercise | Tagged: , Knee problems, T'ai Chi | 5 Comments »
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