TAN #64 - A Case of Temporary InTANity (Page 41)

It depends where the tear is.  I was non-weight-bearing for 6 weeks after my first knee surgery.

so every day at 12 you had to sit down?  but the rest of the day you were OK?

No, I was noon-weight-bearing.  Meaning I had to get UP at noon and walk around on it for an hour...

You missed my ninja edit...

I really do think I'm going to pull my Raleigh application. You have to look at the total picture from a lifestyle perspective, but Raleigh is smack dab in the middle of the Piedmont - basically near NOTHING. For all the drive times listed, well, I can go to the Pacific, Yosemite, hot springs, Monterey, Santa Barbara - and there's nothing like those places on the East Coast (I'm not slamming East Coast people, OK?) IMHO.

I've kind of been big-citified. Sacramento is 2.2 million or so, but it has more of a core feel to it than the Triangle does (and yes, I've been to the Triangle).

i can lose 20 pounds without losing muscle mass in about 3 months, is that fast enough for you?

stupid TANners.

Your special "MEH" chicken and green beans diet?

I would like it to be more permanent and not lose muscle, especially at my age.

I really packed it on this fall while hurt. I didn't cut back eating when I wasn't really able to work out. I can't really buckle the pants on a 33" waist and that's my warning sign. I should be able to get into a 33" comfortably.

Just curious as to what your symptoms were - my knee was diagnosed as "tendonitis", but considering where it hurts (like where the medial meniscus is, inside the knee), I'm not so sure. Mine doesn't seem to be as bad as yours, or Jen's (Artemis), but I'm prepping myself for the worst, so just trying to compare notes. Seems like it's differed with everyone I've talked to re: meniscus issues. My ex did something to his back when we were dating, but never had surgery for it and still manages to run just fine - he's a crazy-good cyclist though, so that probably helped "cure" it by keeping all the stabilizing muscles nice and strong.

Atkins will strip it off - I've done that before. But it gets BORING... its a hard way to eat permanently.

I don't drink hardly at all. MAYBE 1-2 screwdrivers a week at the jam session. That's it.

I think Diet Coke is killing me... when I don't drink it, I stop swelling up... doesn't that stuff have a lot of sodium in it? I have a 3-4 cans a day habit at work.