Losing Weight Gets Rid of Knee Pain
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008Do your knees ever hurt? Clearly, there are many contributing factors to knee pain, but one common factor is excess weight.
Recently on a CNN segment, a reputable doctor reported that for every 1 pound of weight you lose, you take 2 pounds of pressure off your knees. Think about that for a minute. Let’s say you are 10 pounds overweight. That is like having a 10-pound weight strapped to each leg everyday as you walk around - 20 total pounds of pressure on your knees.
What happens with a lot of us who say we’d like to lose weight, we look at too big an amount to start with, and we get overwhelmed. Bite-size chunks (no pun intended) is the way to lose weight. Don’t start with “I have to lose 60 pounds.” Start with, “I am losing 2 pounds per week.”
Ray Burton wrote an excellent book entitled Fat to Fit. I am a big fan of Dr. Phil’s approach to psychology - and Ray Burton reminds me of Dr. Phil (which is probably why I like his book so much). His approach is very sensible and absolutely doable for anybody. But it is all up to you - as the saying goes, “No one will do your pushups for you.”
Bottom line on weight loss is simple math: (more…)
