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Hi All!! I starting using MFP in 2011 and with using MFP and exercise I lost 40lbs., became a marathon runner and a SPARTAN!! AROO!! Fast forward to 2016 I was involved in a really bad on the job injury which required 2 reconstructive ankle surgeries, the first in 2017 and the second in 2018. After each surgery I was not mobile for 3 months and I had to undergo extensive physical therapy, heck I am still in physical therapy!! In the last 4 years I have gained 80lbs, chronic pain, depression and anxiety. I have lost some feeling on the bottom of my right foot and overall my right foot and ankle no longer feel or function how they used to pre-injury. To top it all off I was in a major car accident at the end of 2018 in which my left hip was involved and after completing physical therapy for the injury and not being 100%, I had a MRI done and it shows I have a tear in my hip socket...FML right!?! Anyhow, the surgeon wants to do a cortisone shot first before doing any surgery which I understand but can you see how this last 4 years has been exhaustively FRUSTRATING!! I try to stay positive but its hard some times to do so. I miss all the activities that I used to do pre-injury, I miss the active life I had but what I have come to realize is that although I may not be at the same level of activity as I was pre-injury I can still be active and I can still control what I put in my mouth!!! I'm looking to use MFP as a means to stay accountable in my fitness journey!! I've done it before and I can do it again, I just need to learn new ways of getting there!! Anyhow Good Luck to EVERYONE who has decided to make a change in their life for the better!!! WE CAN DO THIS!!