多琳·吉（Doreen Gee）一生都很喜欢走自己的一生。即使到50多岁，她几乎每天都在不列颠哥伦比亚省维多利亚的家乡进行了几乎每天的骚动。但是，随着她接近60岁的一切，一切都改变了。两个膝盖的严重骨关节炎影响了她的生活质量，与身体，尤其是体重的关系。
到三年前的62岁生日，她发现自己超重60磅，痛苦近乎痛苦。前进的唯一途径是双膝盖替换。Gee意识到她需要做出改变。
The simple solution was that the closer she could get to her ideal weight before surgery, the better the potential outcome of her knee replacements would be. The easy answer was changing her diet — if only it were easy. She admits she was “not into dieting,” but the time had come to take it seriously. She first learned about MyFitnessPal by way of theArthritis Society, a Canadian nonprofit organization devoted to patient education.
When she started tracking her calories and exercise, she couldn’t even walk a block due to severe pain in her knees. Within weeks of sticking to a restricted-calorie diet, she shed some of the weight and felt better physically — and more motivated psychologically — almost immediately. Steadily, she began losing 1–每周2磅。
她真正的启示,然而,当她开始the practice of recording her food intake every day, which she describes as a learning experience. “I thought I was eating healthful foods, and I was, in part,” she says. “But in recording my intake, I woke up to how many calories I was consuming, especially in healthful foods like nuts and cheese, but in quantities too large for my optimal daily intake of 1,200 calories.”
在2014年的剩余时间里，她勤奋地遵循了该计划，本能地意识到了哪些食物最适合自己的身体和减肥。万博彩票下载安卓狗万体育买球她说：“记录我的饭菜有助于我负责。”“它就像发条一样工作。如果您坚持使用该程序，则重量会减弱。这很简单。”
当她在第一次膝盖替代之前与外科医生进行咨询时，他们的谈话帮助她开始意识到与整体健康相关的重量 - 更具体地说，肥胖与健康状况不佳有关。她收到了消息。到2015年7月，她进行了第一次膝盖置换手术时，她已经减轻了30磅。日常运动和理疗对于她的成功康复至关重要，她发现减肥后更容易控制。但是她仍然走得很远，因为她需要第二个膝盖替换。
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But then came the challenge of the second surgery in January 2016. Her recovery was more intense, which made her rehabilitation process more arduous. So did her day job: As a freelance writer, Gee spends most of her work hours sedentary. That didn’t help her bounce back physically (though plunging back into her work helped her mentally). By last October, she had gained back the weight she had lost and was virtually unable to exercise again.
Recommitting to the same weight-loss plan required more work, but Gee took the plunge: It’s the only process that had ever worked for her, she says. She quickly realized the discomfort in one of her new knees eased when she lost weight, and she was tired of her weight draining her of energy. So she began again.从第二次手术中康复后，她能够立即开始运动，这进一步增强了精神。她从短暂的步行开始，每天增加时间和距离。几周之内，随着膝盖的愈合，她每天都在走路。
Today, she has since lost 20 pounds, is down a pants size and is able to walk to her local rec center for Zumba classes regularly. She thinks of her new knees as “deserving less weight on them — the miracle for me is to be able to walk again.”
What she likes best about integrating MyFitnessPal into her life is that it focuses on balance, not deprivation. She has been able to decrease her intake of sugary, nutrient-poor foods while increasing protein and fiber and rebuilding her physical stamina.
Now, at 65, she feels like she’s regained her health in many ways. “Life is already better because I’ve lost the weight,” she says. “I plan to stay healthy for as long as I can.”
