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bolja_ja
bolja_ja Posts: 9 Member
edited November 2014 in Fitness and Exercise
Hello :)
I'm 7'6" and 198 lbs. I want to lose weight but it's very hard for me to eat less, so i tend to exercise a lot and eat normaly so i can still lose weight. But my knees are injured and they hurt when i bend. What kind of exercise would you recomend? I can not run, squat, it all hurts too much. Walking is ok but i burn around 250 cals per hour and i don't have time to walk 2-3 hours every day.
Thanks for all answers :)

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  • Shokei
    Shokei Posts: 71 Member
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    A stationary bike or spinning is a good way to exercise, and watch TV at the same time. Be careful not to hyper-extend your legs. Your knees will be stressed.
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,209 Member
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    You're 7'6"? Can you play basketball? :p

    Do you have access to a gym?

  • micheleld73
    micheleld73 Posts: 914 Member
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    Maybe try some Tae Bo or kickboxing. Also, jump rope or jumping jacks. You can also look into lifting weights, I'm sure there is some kind of alternate to squats.
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
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    I'm guessing that the 7'6 is a typo, since otherwise, you probably wouldn't be looking to lose weight at 198 lbs.

    I also have a bad knee that I have to be careful of. I would suggest swimming, or you could try riding a bike. I find that as long as I raise the seat up high enough on the stationary bike, I can minimize knee pain.
  • bolja_ja
    bolja_ja Posts: 9 Member
    edited November 2014
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    Cherimoose wrote: »
    You're 7'6"? Can you play basketball? :p

    Do you have access to a gym?

    Whoops :) i'm 6'7" hehe
    (In my country we have metric system so i swiched numbers calculator gave me :blush: )
    Yes, i have gym membership :)
  • bolja_ja
    bolja_ja Posts: 9 Member
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    blankiefinder wrote: »
    I also have a bad knee that I have to be careful of. I would suggest swimming, or you could try riding a bike. I find that as long as I raise the seat up high enough on the stationary bike, I can minimize knee pain.

    I have a pool in my gym so i'll try that :)
    But bike gives me pain :/
    My knee hurts whenever i bend it
  • brandigyrl81
    brandigyrl81 Posts: 128 Member
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    I have bad knees as well, and I'd recommend swimming and a stationary bike. I'd also like to add that at your height of 6'7 you probably shouldn't go below 198 lbs. but that's just my opinion. :smile:
  • kbanzhaf
    kbanzhaf Posts: 601 Member
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    At 6'7", I'm questioning weight loss from 195 pounds?
  • wilsoncl6
    wilsoncl6 Posts: 1,280 Member
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    Dude, at 6'7" you shouldn't be trying to lose even more weight. When I was 6'1" and 195 I thought I looked rail thin and so did my wife. I'm guessing your size calculator is a little off. However, I have knee problems too and love the elliptical because it is no impact and doesn't make you have to bend your knees too far. Otherwise, if you don't have access to a gym, walking is probably good if the pain doesn't come from impact or anything in the water.
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    edited November 2014
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    Are you sure you're still not miscalculating? 6'7 is still very very tall for a female. We do cm's here, how many cm's are you?
  • bolja_ja
    bolja_ja Posts: 9 Member
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    kbanzhaf wrote: »
    At 6'7", I'm questioning weight loss from 195 pounds?

    I'm an idiot :neutral_face: would all of you please forgive me :\
    I'm 5'7"
    I think i got it right this time... 172 cm
    So yes, i should lose weight :)
    I would be happy under 150 lbs :)
    I will definitely try swimming and light spinning :)
  • QueenKristine7
    QueenKristine7 Posts: 25
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    kbanzhaf wrote: »
    At 6'7", I'm questioning weight loss from 195 pounds?

    I was wondering this myself! LOL

  • kimmijo88
    kimmijo88 Posts: 24 Member
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    Hey, Have you tried the cross trainer? Im currently recovering from my second knee reconstruction, so i feel your pain.
    Pretty much anything hurts when you start, but when you get past 7mins you'll find that the warmer you get the less it hurt. My first 5 mins on a cross trainer are sore, but after that i can do 45mins pain free.

    Another major thing is to make sure that you build up the muscles around you knee too, the stronger they are the more they will support your knee, which will help with pain also.
  • socalkay
    socalkay Posts: 746 Member
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    Gazelle
  • chunkytfg
    chunkytfg Posts: 339 Member
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    Any exercise you can do is good but get yourself to a physio to check out the knee issues. It may be something simple.

    I had to take a few weeks off running a while back simply because one of my IT bands went crazy tight. I would start running and 400yrds later I had turned round and was limping home.

    Took him all of 10 mins to diagnose and another 20 to show and explain the stretches I should be doing. 2 weeks later back running with no issues
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
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    Good points, Kimmi and Chunky! I forgot that another thing that helped when I was starting was spending time with a foam roller rolling out my tight muscles that were contributing to my knee pain. And stretches. Both of which hurt, but the pain is just a sign of how tight you really are.
  • flatlndr
    flatlndr Posts: 713 Member
    edited November 2014
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    I've been there. I'm 5'10", started at 279 lbs, with *lots* of knee pain due to arthritis, torn meniscus, etc. Losing weight (down to 174 lbs) made a massive difference.

    My knee specialist recommended cycling, swimming and walking. I didn't have access to a pool, cycling bothered my knee initially, so I went for walking ... only a mile at at time at first, but now I can go for a 10 mile hike with ease. I also now 'run' on the elliptical machine for 35 mins, 2x/week.

    My physio put me through tons of stretching routines and various workouts, including bodyweight squats.

    In short, dropping weight and improving my leg muscles cut my knee pain. When I started in Jan, I was taking 400 mg ibuprofen 3-4x per day. As my weight dropped, the pain meds tapered off. Last time I touched any was in June, and that was a single dose in the whole month.

    For more details, and hopefully some inspiration, go to http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10021880/what-a-difference-a-year-makes
    where I give greater details.

    Best of luck!
  • bolja_ja
    bolja_ja Posts: 9 Member
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    kimmijo88 wrote: »
    Another major thing is to make sure that you build up the muscles around you knee too, the stronger they are the more they will support your knee, which will help with pain also.

    That's something my doctor said also :)
    I'll do my best to make those quads stronger but i'm not happy with it... I think my quads are huge, i feel like a man sometimes, the are really big for a woman and now i have to make them even bigger :(
  • bolja_ja
    bolja_ja Posts: 9 Member
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    chunkytfg wrote: »
    Any exercise you can do is good but get yourself to a physio to check out the knee issues. It may be something simple.

    My doctor said i have chondromalacia pataelle
  • bolja_ja
    bolja_ja Posts: 9 Member
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    flatlndr wrote: »
    I've been there. I'm 5'10", started at 279 lbs, with *lots* of knee pain due to arthritis, torn meniscus, etc. Losing weight (down to 174 lbs) made a massive difference.

    I really hope pain will go away along with pounds :D

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