Excess weight is especially aggravating to hip & knee joints. For every extra pound of body weight you carry, you put over three times as much load on your hips & knees. so if your're carrying an extra 20 lbs, your knees have to bear an extra 60 lbs every time you take a step. Nutrition is the first step. Make a change to your diet. Are you eating too many calories or not enough? Are you eating fast foods and processed foods? Do you drink soda? These are questions to ask yourself. Drink more water and less of the sugery stuff, eat more fruit instead of the sweets, add nuts and yogurt to your snacks instead of chips. Make 1 or 2 substitutions to your diet and see how it goes. When you're ready, make 1-2 more and so on. How sedentary are you? If you can get up and walk, you can get enough exercise to burn some calories. If you can do more, than do it! As much information as there is about how to get healthy, I believe it comes down to motivation and that push to get started. Joining a gym, getting a freind with similar goals to go walking or workout with you, exercise DVD's, etc... You want healthy joints and you dont want to mess with the knees. Although there may be other underlying issues going on with your knees which only a doctor can diagnse, there is no doubt that losing wieght will take away some of that added pressure and may give you some releif.
Hugs&Health
Bernadette xoxo
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