Figure some of you can guide me.
Been trying to loose some of my extra padding since September. And I'm having some mixed results...
Gone from 290lbs in 50x34 pants; Now 10 months later - I'm at 325lbs and 40x34 pants. Yes, buying pants at normal stores is a lovely thing again - but the goal was to drop weight get the knees less unhappy. Seems like every inch I've lost off my waist has ended up in my chest/shoulders/arms - as I've graduated from 2xl to 3xl shirts to avoid skin tight across the upper body.
Was following the typical "1200 cal / day" meal plans - but that was resulting in nods on the evening commute every day. So ended up bumping up 300 cal (add nutrigrain bar late afternoon) to avoid that. Now trying 'curated' delivered meals to make sure I'm not "accidentally" mis-measuring because I'm hangry every night...
Not exactly sedentary; my fitbit before it got smashed in Feb, showed I'm averaging 15000 steps / day; work is still mostly heavy lifting and up and down ladders all day every day. Was doing 30-40mins on the elliptical 4-5 nights a week. I can't manage that anymore - knees aren't tolerating more than 15-20min 2-3 nights a week. "Suck it up and push through the pain" doesn't work, just results in swelling/limping and need for codeine. Physio came up with the genius idea of laps at the pool - unfortunately that's not a realistic solution for weekday exercise.
Any ideas on how to adjust what I'm doing to get the results I'm actually looking for?