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Then until you can see a doctor or the pain goes away, rest. I mean completely rest, nothing putting any stress on your knees, like not even bodyweight squats or lunges, not even bodyweight bridges. If you must exercise to maintain your sanity, focus on core and upper body, from a seated position. Either you will see…

Not everyone is extremely active and young. I maintain at this number :(

You will not get any meaningful answer if you do not visit a dr. And you never ever push through joint pain.

Most newbies and especially overweight newbies to fitness, hate cardio because they find it harder and are looking for an excuse to avoid it. It is easier for most overweight out of shape beginners to lift some small weight than jog at a slow pace. So, they pick the blogs and rumours that emphasize the importance of…

My maintenance is a bit higher, around 1500, but I eat around 1200-1300 to lose a bit of weight. Also middle aged woman, not very tall either and not overweight. For me, it is mainly portion control and since I am mostly hungry in the evening, no matter what I eat earlier in the day, I usually eat a small breakfast, small…

If you cannot comfortably walk, focus on that. Pushing limits too soon simply leads to frustration and injuries. Walking is an awesome exercise, both for fitness and weight loss. Try to walk more every day. Focus on duration, not pace. When you can comfortably walk for whatever you consider a reasonable duration, be it 30…

Your dr sounds weird to be honest. Unless there other health issues, and not just diabetes, I would recommend getting a second opinion.

Not what you asked, but are you saying you are doing 5x6 = 30 squats but 5x8 = 40 deadlifts ? It is a little weird ratio, why not follow an established lifting program?

Try googling pilates seated roll downs, or half roll downs. It is an exercise for absolute beginners, to start figuring out form for core work.

1000 calories per hour for swimming is what I would expect from a professional athlete. I would not trust these numbers.

I aboslutely agree there are very easy stability ball routines, it is after all even used for mild exercise routines for people with disabilities. But most people figure out they will just sit on the ball or do somethign very simple with it, like hip circles, and get the awesome results they have heard others having. Which…

Do you regularly use the elliptical in the gym? I hate it with a passion, so for me, it would be a piece of equipment I would not use even if someone gifted it to me. On the other hand, I used to be a runner and also enjoy walking, so I have invested in a treadmill, for when outdoors is not fun (heat, rain etc). If it is…

What are you doing with the ball? Can you share?

Portion control: when there is a calorie-dense food, active kids and teens get a bigger portion, less active members of the household, a small one and lots of something filling and low cal, like a green salad. I do not think it is worth the energy to try and make something really low calorie with too many substitutions.…

Calisthenics or whatever is definitely not sitting. Sitting on the ball is what you do for a few seconds between sets to catch your breath and relax. If you are already doing bodyweight exercises, like planks, bridges, push-ups, squats, jacknives etc, then when you have masterd bodyweight routines and are no longer…

If you use the stability ball in an exercise routine, you log the routine. Usually this will be either pilates or somen sort of circuit, which are the most common type of workouts with a stability ball. If you use the stability ball as a chair, obviously there is nothing to log.

I have a close relative who is I suspect on the same or similar meds as you and initially gained a lot of weight. He got to the point where he stopped meds without informing his dr, which ended in a 2 year really dreadful period. After getting again more or less stable, he became vegan on the advise of another patient. He…

This is also easy to make, full of protein and uses a lot of yoghurt. It is something between a custard and a crustless cheesecake: beat 4 eggs, add 50 grams of honey, 250 grams of plain yoghurt, 10 grams of cornstarch. Mix well, place in a baking dish and bake for about 20 mins in medium heat, warm oven. The custard…

Get jelly, the kind you make with boiling water. Use half the water, replace the remaining water with yoghurt and use egg beaters to make sure there are no yoghurt lumps in the mixture. It looks like white-ish jelly when it sets, flavour is more or less something between custard and the jelly you used and it lasts for…

You do not lose fat by weight training. Assuming you are following a specific program, youi are gaining strength and slowly some muscle. If you are not losing weight, you need to cut back on calories. Whether these calories will be from a balanced diet or junk food, it affects your health, not your weight loss.

google pilates mat workouts. It should be easy to find workouts almost exlusively on the floor with no need to add weight on your foot.

eat less, move more, count calories you need nothing more, I was first diagnosed with pcos almost 30 years ago, it works

If you are looking for other exercises for your back that in general target the same muscles, maybe reverse flyes, with dumbells? But I would still be concerned something is wrong if you are in pain because of rows.

Are you exercising enough your abs? usually back pain means either doing the exercise wrong, or having a too weak core (which results in bad form)

Use MFP, log carefully, be patient

Fat is the easiest way to add calories. If you eat recipes high in fiber as you stated, olive oil is something you can add to most vegetables/legumes when cooking or even raw when serving and it adds calories.

No. It is just one day. Rest. Do not go for a walk until you are pain free. If you cannot do daily things around the house, listen to your body

I would start by making a list of types of exercise you can realistically do, considering time, money and availability in your area. Then see which ones sound more interesting and give them a try. No need to be disappointed if you do not like something you thought was interesting, just keep trying different things and pick…

If you can do it for 40 minutes, I would log it as circuit. HIIT, after 10 or so minutes of intervals, you want to die.

Τhere is a HIIT option actually. If it lasts 40-60 minutes though, it is most certainly not HIIT.