The Giant Fat Man

[jagape]

Been heavy for many years now. hit 396 once. down to 345 now. Was 275, lean, mean, blocking machine when I played ball (6'5").
Now I need both knees and hips replaced, can hardly walk and struggle with weight loss big time. I hit the weights (high reps (50) and low weight (50 lb bench) for my cardio workout. I hope to get some ideas how you all are losing the pounds. I'm 80% handicapped now and need all the help and advice I can get. Oh, i'm 58.

 

[core_elements]

Welcome to the forum GFM

There's lots of information available here in each section, so I'd suggest taking some time and reading through those threads that interest you.

Diet should be the primary focal point for you at this time ... then as you lighten the load off your joints, you can start to look at conditioning exercises.

Has your DR recommended any pre-surgery exercises to you?

 

[wishes]

We've had bigger men than you come in here, kick butt, and leave running. Amazing what weight loss can do for health problems, even knees etc.
There once was a guy called T2_Trucker who was somewhere in the really big fucken numbers whos now down to the 200-220 last time i checked.

Good job on the loss! keep it up!

 

[Omega]

I am so sorry that you are suffering so badly with your joints. That sounds really painful - and limiting on the exercise that can help you.

Well done on the weight loss so far. I see that you have brought your BMI down to 40.9. That is barely morbidly obese... As Wishes says - there are plenty of men that have come here much fatter than you and turned their health around.

Whether or not your joints are eased by losing the weight - one thing is for sure - the lighter that you are - the better when it comes to having surgery. Both Wishes and I have been under the knife since losing weight and I was most certainly thanking my lucky stars as I went under that the weight was not there to potentially cause problems. This fact alone should be a great motivator for you to lose more weight.

As has been said there is a great nutrition section with some great sticky threads that are well worth studying. Get a free account from and log your food to see what calories you burn and your nutritional breakdown. You can then hone it towards what you learn in that nutrition section. Most people have scope to tighten their nutrition a fair bit - even if they think that they are already eating fairly healthily.

In fitday you will also be able to see what calories you are burning each day - even if you have a fairly sedentary lifestyle because of your physical limitations. You should be able to log the exercise that you are able to do there too. The calorie balance shows you the weight loss that you have earned.

Be led by your doctors regarding the exercise that you can do both now and after surgery involving your knees / hips. I am sure that there will be physiotherapy staff who will be only too happy to help you work towards becoming quite active after surgery. An active lifestyle is an enormous help in our quest to retain control of our weight into the future.

Good luck.