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Hello everyone! I just had a few questions I was hoping you guys could help me with. I am on a weight loss journey. I started at 262 and am currently 250. I have been eating mostly clean (following "Eat to Live" plan by Dr. Fuhrman, similar to Paleo), I use a Bodymedia Fit armband to track my burn, and My Fitness Pal to track my calories. I have been having a slow lose with the cardio. I do cardio 3-4 times a week 30-45 minutes. Mostly brisk walking and biking. I eat about 1200-1400 in calories, usually 1200. After complaining about cardio someone from My Fitness Pal suggested I check out this site, specifically the Beginner Body Weight Circuit Workout: They said it burns way more calories than cardio and I should be incorporating this into my workout. My question is, I have patellar subluxation in one knee, hyper-extended ligaments, basically my knee just randomly dislocates sometimes. It is awful pain. The last time this happened I was swimming in the pool! The ultimate "no joint strain" workout. I guess I kicked my legs wrong. Anyway, I would like to try the circuit workout but I am worried about my knee doing the squats and jumping jacks. I figured I could modify the jumping jacks so I am not actually jumping though I am not sure what I could do about the squats. I could hold onto a chair maybe? I am not sure if that will still put stress on my knee or not. Will I still get the same effect even if I modify the knee stressing exercises? Do you all have any tips on ways I could modify them? I am hoping as I lose more weight I will be able to do more since there will be less stress on the joint. I plan on doing this every other day with cardio. Could I also do this and cardio in the same day? For example, Monday, 30-45 minutes of brisk walking (roughly 2+ miles) and then do the circuit, Tuesday, just cardio, Wednesday, repeat of Monday... etc? Is that too much? Thank you for any help you can offer! I appreciate it Jen