I am a 34 year old female, I work full time, have three young boys and have been trying to work out to lose weight but continuously run into problems with my ankles, and knees.
I used to walk / run 3 to 5 miles 6 days a week with no problem whatsoever. After winter hit (I live in Maine), I didn’t work out for about 4 months. When I tried to get back to my walks, I would have sudden pain in my ankles and archs of my feet. I tried to take it slow, and space out my walks – but the pain would come back.
I stopped the walking and tried to just work out at home. But the jumping around or step ups again aggravated my ankles.
This was so disheartening especially since I was so successful with weight loss prior to this ankle situation.
Recently I bought a stationary bike – the kind where you pedal out in front of you as oppose to below like a regular bike. I was getting awesome results and the weight started dropping – but then my knees started to feel strange. Almost like my kneecap was floating or rubbing – from what I was told – this is what water in the knee is. My ankles have started to hurt again.
I am so depressed that this is holding me back. I have the drive – the motivation – but I don’t have the time to go to gyms or pools.
Is there anything I can do to exercise / get enough cardio to lose weight at a good pace? I am eating healthy – great water intake daily – but I need a burn…. Please help
I used to walk / run 3 to 5 miles 6 days a week with no problem whatsoever. After winter hit (I live in Maine), I didn’t work out for about 4 months. When I tried to get back to my walks, I would have sudden pain in my ankles and archs of my feet. I tried to take it slow, and space out my walks – but the pain would come back.
I stopped the walking and tried to just work out at home. But the jumping around or step ups again aggravated my ankles.
This was so disheartening especially since I was so successful with weight loss prior to this ankle situation.
Recently I bought a stationary bike – the kind where you pedal out in front of you as oppose to below like a regular bike. I was getting awesome results and the weight started dropping – but then my knees started to feel strange. Almost like my kneecap was floating or rubbing – from what I was told – this is what water in the knee is. My ankles have started to hurt again.
I am so depressed that this is holding me back. I have the drive – the motivation – but I don’t have the time to go to gyms or pools.
Is there anything I can do to exercise / get enough cardio to lose weight at a good pace? I am eating healthy – great water intake daily – but I need a burn…. Please help