NSV - Gardening, back and knees
Today I planted all my planters on the back deck and it was easy and painless. Before surgery I had to sit on something to garden and would still have a very painful back before I was done. AND for the first time in a long time I felt a twinge in my knee WHILE I was carrying some extremely heavy pots (probably weighed less than the fat I used to carry). Once done carrying the pots my knee was fine!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
That's great Liz!
I was carrying a 40 pound bag of topsoil the other day, and thought about how it was a TINY fraction of what I used to haul around in fat. All day, every day.
6'3" tall, male.
Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.
Right there with you Liz! I used to have this "seat" thing my Mom bought me from a gardening store I used to sit on when planing flowers, I mean who "sits" to plant flowers. Because there was no way I was going to get down on the ground to plant flowers as I would never get back up!! And I second your sore back & knees, now no pain!
Yay for getting back in the garden again, good for you!!!
Daisy 
5'5" HW: 290 SW: 254 CW: 120
Nov 15, 2013: RNY - Toronto Western Hospital, Nov 2, 2017: Gallbladder removal & hernia repair
Sept 7, 2023: three +1 hernia's repaired in bowel
10+ years post op, living & loving life! 
