Mahray reporting in

[Mahray]

Hi everyone.

 

My name's Mahray (at least, I've been called that on and off for better than a decade now). I'm here for a couple of reasons. Firstly, because a good friend of mine (hi CeeCee!) suggested I join. I also had the joys of an ambulance ride and hospital visit last week due to chest pains - turns out while my heart is in awesome condition, I still think I need to improve the rest of me.

 

I work as a secondary teacher, so while not exactly a desk job I'm not too active at work (a lot of standing and moving around). I'm also carrying a knee injury, going on nearly three months now. It is making some activities more difficult, but my surgeon's advice (or part of it) is that the knee takes a force equivalent to seven times the body weight. I see that as a chance to do a great deal of good for my knees by losing weight.

 

At the moment I'm an adventurer, but I'll probably spend some time as a warrior in the future.

 

I also live in Australia (so my hospital trip cost me nothing), which means all my measurements will be in the metric system

[CeeCee]

<Tackle Hugs!>

[Laureleye]

I have a bad knee also.  It is a bit of a balancing act building it up without reinjuring it, but it can be done.  Losing a few pounds will definately help.  Glad CeeCee talked you into joining.  I hope you'll join the challenge, even though it already started. 

[iAtlas]

Welcome to the rebellion! I can speak from first-hand experience how beneficial it was for my knee pain to lose some weight, was literally day and night. Good luck!