Injured but still fighting the calories :)

Hi I All

My name is Val. I'd just like to share my "work in progress" success here, purely due to the fact that I couldn't have done it without mfp! If hope my story can inspire anyone with an injury and wants to lose weight but thinks they can't, I'm here to tell you that you can and will do it! With the support of these wonderful members at myfitnesspal, counting the calories and moving about as best as you can to burn more energy, before you know it, you'll be posting your own success story!

At the age of 2, I fell through the balcony of our apartment building from the fourth floor. I was living in Romania, and being the communist country that it was, good medical help was hard to get... for one, it was the early seventies... and secondly, If you didn't pay a little extra under the table to the fine underpaid communist doctors, you'd be lucky to get off the surgery table with your limbs intact.

Four bad operations later, and a lot of sitting in bed immobilized due to having a cast on my leg, I've put the pounds on.
We then moved to the U.S. for further treatment on my leg, which resulted in two more operations, and of course, more pounds pilling on due to not being able to move.

After all the operations, I was left with a manageable limp, limitations to hip movements, but a happy go lucky 240lb overweight kid. (well, the teasing didn't help, but it made me who I am today )

Fast forward to the age of 37, now the weight is around 104kg, and no more cartilage where my hip bone is...leg is at least another 1 or 2 inches shorter and I'm in massive pain from time to time.

After all the yo-yo diets, starvation diets... I thought I'd do it right this time. Myfitnesspal has been nothing less for me then a perfect god send. Counting the calories has never ever been easier, managing how much I eat, what I eat and making inspirational/ motivational friends as I go along is the perfect combination for success!

As for my exercise, I walk (never jog, that would kill me) as much as I can... every little bit counts... If I couldn't walk, I'd swing my arms... what I am saying is, don't let yourself put up walls, try, think a little bit outside the box as to how you can be active without endangering your self.

Currently I am in Australia and awaiting a hip replacement, I say waiting because I am on a public health waiting list. I sometimes use a cane to walk, especially when transitioning from sitting to standing and then walking... not a good feeling, its it's bone on bone action

I hope I've not bored anyone to death God bless and believe and achieve! You WILL SUCCEED

personally, another 5-10kgs to go and I'm done with the new me I can't wait!!
Val