Women over 50 with injuries/exercise limitations

grwardlaw
grwardlaw Posts: 13 Member
in Motivation and Support
Problems:
Knee injury
Shoulder injury
Thyroid disease
Love sugar!
I need to really get on a plan that I can do with a multiple dietary requests in my family.
One eating pescatarian but cant eat fish every day. And eats junk.
Other will eat chicken now but he has diverticulitis and wont eat red meat anymore.
Me....I dont eat alot, I eat slow, and love to exercise but cant do certain things. Housework is becoming a problem.
Need to lose 30-50 pounds
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  • chulipa
    chulipa Posts: 650 Member
    I have 2 bad knees that need knee replacement and both feet have problems like one had achilles surgery but still hurts. I just try and get as many steps as I can do but mostly work on my diet try to keep calories at or around what im supposed to eat. With your family do what I do a lot of days I eat different from my husband its a little bit of work but it can be done.
  • knitbarb3
    knitbarb3 Posts: 6 Member
    Hi!! I feel like we could be the same person (I am about to be 48 though lol) We can do this!! It may be uphill, but we can!
  • elliejayneday132
    elliejayneday132 Posts: 12 Member
    I'm not 50! But I have a knee injury and I'm looking for a good plan to use
  • grwardlaw
    grwardlaw Posts: 13 Member
    Thanks ladies for your input and inspirational commentary that it can be done. I hope we can share our journeys here. I'm not sure of all the tools here and how to keep in touch but I hope to try harder
  • grwardlaw
    grwardlaw Posts: 13 Member
    Hmm.my posts arent making it on here. Not sure why. I'll tryagain tomorrow
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Are you using emoticons? They may be crashing the response.
  • grwardlaw
    grwardlaw Posts: 13 Member
    No....maybe it's because I am replying not posting?
  • grwardlaw
    grwardlaw Posts: 13 Member
    Yay! I'm down 1 pound this week! 2 days I was not logging either. Plus 2 days I went way over calories! Do you think trying to do the faster weight loss is a bad idea? 1200 calories vs 1500? I was hoping to try 1200 and if I go over some I wont beat myself up. If I do 1500 I probably will over eat all the time and since I am not able to do vigorous exercise I cant count that as calories out. Suggestions and advice welcome. Still learning how to.use this community.
  • grwardlaw
    grwardlaw Posts: 13 Member
    Jgnatca....I dont know how to reply to your post on the Venn diagram. But just realized you did that! Thank you and hope you get my message!
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Nope, no messages but nice to see you posting on your thread!
  • grwardlaw
    grwardlaw Posts: 13 Member
    Had a bad night of stomach pains. Didnt eat anything til nearly 2pm. Went over calories because of the crackers I had to eat to get the pain to stop. Anyway there is always tomorrow. I stayed under 1500. Its ok.. Happy 4th yall!
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    The crackers were important. Good to see you didn’t beat yourself up.
  • grwardlaw
    grwardlaw Posts: 13 Member
    Going to regret today.....2.88 miles, 3.0 mph, 7100 steps in 1 hour. Knee is throbbing! Orthopedic is putting me in Physical therapy pre surgery. Hoping I can prolong it. May want to rethink.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    What are you rethinking; surgery or overdoing it? Are you using RICE on that knee?
  • FreshStart54
    FreshStart54 Posts: 1 Member
    edited July 2018
    Bad knees and diabetic. Blood sugar is out of control.In order to have knee surgery I must lose 100 lbs and of course get my blood sugar stabilized. Would help if I could walk more.but I've begun to shuffle,barely lifting my feet due to knee pain. I've joined the Y. Now if I can make it to the pool...
  • sharonedix
    sharonedix Posts: 28 Member
    To each of you ,life has issues, lol I have issues . However to each of you I hear a determination not to give up that is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing apart of you with each of us. Fill free to add me .. i would love new feiends with a desire to grow change and overcome
  • chulipa
    chulipa Posts: 650 Member
    FreshStart54 wrote: »
    Bad knees and diabetic. Blood sugar is out of control.In order to have knee surgery I must lose 100 lbs and of course get my blood sugar stabilized. Would help if I could walk more.but I've begun to shuffle,barely lifting my feet due to knee pain. I've joined the Y. Now if I can make it to the pool...

    Where do you live In in NC and we have doctor's that don't care about your weight they say its hard to lose it before but afterward you can lose it. Maybe there are doctors like that where you live. Im going to get mine done as soon as we can get my achilles to stop hurting
  • grwardlaw
    grwardlaw Posts: 13 Member
    Jgnatca, I was supposed to have a partial knee replacement in December. I postponed it due to the holidays and the fact I was in the middle of remodeling a bathroom and replacing all my floors. Not to mention I teach 3 year olds. I just couldnt be in rehab during this time. I just cant seem to do the things I enjoy and that's when the Dr says it's time. Otherwise he said he could co tune with shots as long as they help. Well the walking made my knee swell and then tonight I swam and certain kicks are now hurting. Anyway I asked if I could get PT For a little while to see if we could narrow down what's going on. I start on Wed the18th. So we will see.
  • cowleyl
    cowleyl Posts: 169 Member
    FreshStart54 wrote: »
    Bad knees and diabetic. Blood sugar is out of control.In order to have knee surgery I must lose 100 lbs and of course get my blood sugar stabilized. Would help if I could walk more.but I've begun to shuffle,barely lifting my feet due to knee pain. I've joined the Y. Now if I can make it to the pool...

    I'll be having bilateral knee replacements in the near future. I could barely walk without walking sticks. I've been using a recumbent bike for a few months to strengthen my knees and leg muscles. The difference is amazing. I of course still have pain but no longer need sticks. I still need the surgery because of my longstanding obesity. I've lost 60lbs very slowly and have about 40 to go. I'm 65. I wish I had applied myself years ago. Recumbent bike wasn't too expensive and as it is at home it's easier to commit to.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    grwardlaw wrote: »
    Jgnatca, I was supposed to have a partial knee replacement in December. I postponed it due to the holidays and the fact I was in the middle of remodeling a bathroom and replacing all my floors. Not to mention I teach 3 year olds. I just couldnt be in rehab during this time. I just cant seem to do the things I enjoy and that's when the Dr says it's time. Otherwise he said he could co tune with shots as long as they help. Well the walking made my knee swell and then tonight I swam and certain kicks are now hurting. Anyway I asked if I could get PT For a little while to see if we could narrow down what's going on. I start on Wed the18th. So we will see.

    It sounds like you are doing what you need to do.

    Your knee is saying the amount of walking you are doing is too much. Dial it back. And RICE it.

    Summer is ideal for surgery considering your occupation.
  • grwardlaw
    grwardlaw Posts: 13 Member
    I'm down 7 pounds. But I am having a stress attack and feeling I need something sweet! Heeeelllp!
  • bikecheryl
    bikecheryl Posts: 1,432 Member
    FreshStart54 wrote: »
    Bad knees and diabetic. Blood sugar is out of control.In order to have knee surgery I must lose 100 lbs and of course get my blood sugar stabilized. Would help if I could walk more.but I've begun to shuffle,barely lifting my feet due to knee pain. I've joined the Y. Now if I can make it to the pool...

    I've been in the exact same position.... luckily I had a DR refer me to a surgeon for knee replacement even though I was 288 lbs.

    Walking and even standing wasn't an option so I started on a recumbent bike and rowing machine.

    But it was really committing to weighing & logging my food daily and keeping to my calorie deficit that made the difference. I'm happy to say I'm scheduled for a double knee replacement in January. Can hardly wait to be pain free. :):)
  • RAinWA
    RAinWA Posts: 1,980 Member
    grwardlaw wrote: »
    I'm down 7 pounds. But I am having a stress attack and feeling I need something sweet! Heeeelllp!

    Take a deep breath. Is a sweet really going to solve your stress? Try diverting your attention. When I get those feelings I like to clean something - windows, floors, counters, walls.

    And I totally get trying to lose with having health issues - not going to go into the gory details but after 3 major operations in a year I now have to have (another!) disk in my neck replaced. And I had just lost the 20 pounds I gained from the last go around :'(

    And congrats on the 7 pounds! That is awesome, you are doing something right!
  • trucker743
    trucker743 Posts: 394 Member
    I Read You Loud and Clear!

    I’m a 75yo woman who has had eight discs fused due to a back injury years ago. I have had both knees and my left hip replaced. While they were doing the hip replacement, they found a gluteus medius tendon that had apparently gotten detached a while ago.

    I have not been able to strengthen enough to do without a cane. I also have shortness of breath - likely due to my weight and 36 years as a smoker, though I quit in 1995. I can do only about 750 steps on the average day.

    I’m on a four month track pre-bypass surgery. I weighed 262 at the outset before I had my assessment appointment. I now weigh 253# and need to lose a total of at least twelve in the four months. I started this whole thing July 16th.

    Since then I’ve seen a nutritionist and gotten lots of information, been to a group session for folks in Overlake’s weight management program, and have an appointment for a psychiatric evaluation, another appointment with a nutritionist, and two appointments with the surgeon to go.

    I’m scared I won’t be able to make the changes, so looking for folks who are on this path is important, whether they’re just starting or several years past it.
  • trucker743
    trucker743 Posts: 394 Member
    By the way, how do I join this group?
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    @trucker743 you are responding to something called a "thread". It's not a group per se, and the comments are public. You joined the thread by commenting. You can keep commenting to this thread if you like.

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