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Honestly I've seen too many people gain their weight back after surgery and have additional problems to boot. Even after surgery (at least the ones i have seen) you still have to watch what you eat for the rest of your life. So you might as well just go straight to watching what you eat. There are plenty of people here…

A combination IMHO. I think this should be in the excursive section as well.

When I first started working out again I felt pretty tired and dizzy at the end of the workouts and really tired the next day. A few weeks into working out I had an appointment with a trainer at the gym. He asked me about my eating habits. I didn't eat breakfast just a snack at work, then a medium lunch, and my dinner was…

try this site if you are looking for examples, it was posted a while back: http://mybodygalleryformen.com/ There are also sites like bodybuilding.com that have success stories that might help.

Recumbent bike (for me) works the best not to aggravate my knees. I still do leg curls and extensions BUT I do low weights. 3 sets of 15 and I dont start to feel a burn till the last 2 or 3 per every set. I dont get super big legs this way but keeping the muscles around the knee strong will help your knees out a lot. I…

Honestly if I trusted my daughter enough to be on her own at the gym (Or anywhere) I shouldn't be so sensitive to anyone (adult or peer) talking to her unsupervised. What I mean by that is if she was not next to me the whole time and out doing her own thing. The father is at fault here IMHO. He should have gone to an…

I just started working out about 3 months ago but I have been using the jabra street2 for about a year (Working around the house). I'll be picking up the jabra play when I wear these out. I use it like a necklace so all of the weight is supported and they feel just like a regular pair of ear buds. I can't speak for the…

Thats killer man. It sucks trying to get in shape with injuries!

Honestly if its just a snack I dont worry about it. As long as I'm comfortable while doing my routine I dont give it much thought. After a meal I just wait long enough to not have that full feeling while doing cardio. I go 5 days a week so my diet as far as calorie intake has to be pretty spot on and I try not to under eat…

Usually I get to the gym by 9:30. Im home by 11pm.... When I go there at 10pm I'm usually home by 11:15pm and in bed by around 11:30. By 10pm the gym is pretty quiet and I can get it done fast. Anything earlier and I'm waiting for machines.... Its about a 15 minute drive home so I usually only need another 15 to 20 minutes…

My trainer had to move my calories around so that roughly 3/4 are gone before dinner. I found this worked out well because I now can go before or after dinner and not have to worry about being starving or too full when I work out. I have been mixing up my times during the week because of family life and I find no hunger…

3 questions... 1) Do you sit for most of the day or stand mainly still? 2) Is one of your legs shorter than the other? 3) Do you do a ton of stomach exercisers like crunches? I have the same problems that you mentioned (Although I am male so I cannot comment on some things). It feels like a bone pain which it kind of is…

Calories may be too low but I'd suggest looking into protein absorption and digestion (Plus increasing protein intake). I wish I knew more on the subject myself tbh but the little I do know is you want to eat the protein all day and not in big chunks because you can only absorb so much protein per hour. What I started…

Do you go to a gym? Do they have trainers and can you afford a few sessions? If so I'd start there, they usually will work with you on diet and exercises to meet your goal. They may not have all of the answers but its a great start and being shown how to do an exercise as well as adjusting the machines is important IMHO.…

Let it heal (Work upper body only) or go to the doctor and get some physical therapy and have them work with you on it. Take it from someone who has bad knees ( 2 surgerys).... Dont exacerbate the wound its not worth the long term affects.

Even if you didn't lose a pound I bet you are feeling better? After starting to watch what I eat (I still eat some fast food but I pay attention to what I order), I noticed more energy, less headaches, and that feeling of being bloated all the time went away.

This sounds like every diet I have ever tried. I lose the weight, hit a plateau or "goal weight" and then pile the pounds back on. This is just my theory and not scientific but here it goes. All of the "diets" I have ever tried were specifically to lose weight and usually were not a sustainable life style. Once the goal…

This helped me a lot. If you gym doesn't offer anything they usually have someone you can contact. It's going to cost a little $$ but if you get a good trainer you can save months of aggravation, trail, and error. Plus most of them will help you tailor your diet to you work outs.

I would suggest going to a trainer and finding out what will work for you. I've seen people lift 6 days a week all the way down to 2 days a week. But the routines are what matters and finding one that will work for you. Its just one of those things, 6 days a week might be 45 minutes to an hour of actually workout time…