14-01-13, 08:03 PM
I've had knee issues for years.
I used to cycle a lot - umm many years ago. But I can't run and I can't cycle any more. I'm sort of hopeful I'll be able to cycle again one day, but I've been saying that for many years.
I can still walk, so that's what I do, it's still a battle with the knees and sometimes I have to lay off it now and again. Hoping I'll build some strength into them. Plus working on my muscle balance around the knee, it could all just be down to a long term patella tracking issue. But as some of you may know the knee can be a bit of a mystery.
When the knees might be up for it, I watch the weather forecasts like a hawk looking for windows of opportunity;
![[Image: 8230050675_171fbb7ba7.jpg]](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8198/8230050675_171fbb7ba7.jpg)
At least once a week I try to get up the wee hill behind my town, which helps me keep a little leg strength and hopefully keeps the knees going,
![[Image: 6453819181_bd5bb221ea.jpg]](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7159/6453819181_bd5bb221ea.jpg)
Fat - food. If you are fat eat smarter and eat less. I find this fairly easy bar one small factor. All over our work site are vending machines, I can't resist the crisps and chocolate bars, plus the rest of the lads love their biscuits, the workshop is littered with biscuit tins. Sometimes my discipline holds, but all too often I'm eating crisps chocolate bars and biscuits at work, stuff I hardly touch outside of work.
Oh if there's not much happening at the weekend I can't resist a cooked breakfast;
![[Image: 6999131550_bfbbfbc6b0.jpg]](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7077/6999131550_bfbbfbc6b0.jpg)
Weight? I could with losing a few pounds. But as far as weight goes I'm getting more and more obsessed with what I carry in my back-pack, and more and more interested in light weight everything. Less weight in my pack, less strain on my knees.
I used to cycle a lot - umm many years ago. But I can't run and I can't cycle any more. I'm sort of hopeful I'll be able to cycle again one day, but I've been saying that for many years.
I can still walk, so that's what I do, it's still a battle with the knees and sometimes I have to lay off it now and again. Hoping I'll build some strength into them. Plus working on my muscle balance around the knee, it could all just be down to a long term patella tracking issue. But as some of you may know the knee can be a bit of a mystery.
When the knees might be up for it, I watch the weather forecasts like a hawk looking for windows of opportunity;
At least once a week I try to get up the wee hill behind my town, which helps me keep a little leg strength and hopefully keeps the knees going,
Fat - food. If you are fat eat smarter and eat less. I find this fairly easy bar one small factor. All over our work site are vending machines, I can't resist the crisps and chocolate bars, plus the rest of the lads love their biscuits, the workshop is littered with biscuit tins. Sometimes my discipline holds, but all too often I'm eating crisps chocolate bars and biscuits at work, stuff I hardly touch outside of work.
Oh if there's not much happening at the weekend I can't resist a cooked breakfast;
Weight? I could with losing a few pounds. But as far as weight goes I'm getting more and more obsessed with what I carry in my back-pack, and more and more interested in light weight everything. Less weight in my pack, less strain on my knees.