Knee injury - Recovery progress

Burger2066
Burger2066 Posts: 126 Member
edited February 2016 in Success Stories
So here is my before/current pics... I have lost 3 pounds between the pics, I'm now at 206. I have been focused more on strength, feeling better, and dropping body fat. I don't care much what the scale says. haha. The before is when I decided to get back after it with the knee injury. I had a torn MCL which is no big deal, but I also tore the meniscus. The doctors decided it didn't need surgery even though it wasn't healing on its own. It got old waiting for it to heal up (I waited a year). So I just decided to get back to work and work around it. It is still torn and still gives me problems if I do any impact moves on it. Which is why I do a lot of minimal or no impact moves. This is roughly 1 year of work without being able to do everything I was before. My nutrition wasn't always great for the year, which is something I am putting more focus on this year, using MFP. I expect to see and feel a lot of improvement this year. I have a long ways to go to reach my goals, but I am getting there.
I am 35, 5'11" and 206 pounds. (the JBurger2066 is my instagram)

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  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    congrats on the 3 lbs loss and new body gained, you look great!
  • Burger2066
    Burger2066 Posts: 126 Member
    SonyaCele wrote: »
    congrats on the 3 lbs loss and new body gained, you look great!

    Thank you. I'm looking forward to what using this site will do with regards to helping my progress.

  • madube84
    madube84 Posts: 135 Member
    Definitely doesn't look like just 3 pounds. Another example showing that the scale doesn't tell the full story. You look great!
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Keep doing what is working for you. You are doing great. :mrgreen:
  • Burger2066
    Burger2066 Posts: 126 Member
    Thank you both. That was one of the points I was hoping to show with this, the scale isn't everything. My body fat percentage has changed a lot while my weight hasn't. Still more to go!
  • jusbar71
    jusbar71 Posts: 117 Member
    You look great
  • Chupiite
    Chupiite Posts: 55 Member
    Well... No beer belly! Everything is in right places hehe! Congrats! :)
  • Burger2066
    Burger2066 Posts: 126 Member
    This might sound stupid, but seeing my progress has caused me to ramp up my workouts this week. It got me fired up to see what I've been doing has been working and my workouts feel like they've been even better this week. Haha. My nutrition has been on as well. Hopefully I can keep this going and not get to the "Ok, I'm at my goal I can slack off" point.
    Thank you @jusbar71 and @Chupiite for the kind words.
  • Shull_rachael
    Shull_rachael Posts: 430 Member
    You look awesome!!
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