Hey guys,
I've got myself a bit of a situation on my hands, any advice would be appreciated.
A little background: I destroyed my knee playing Hockey when I was a teenager, I had an arthroscopic surgery done at the time to allow the knee to heal, it was fine for about 12 years after that. I gained a bit of weight during my mid-twenties due to weekend binge drinking and overall partying. Quite a bit of weight actually...
Last year I decided to lose all the weight and embarked on a heavy gym schedule (5 days a week, 3 cardio 2 strength). I lost about 40lbs in 6 months. Unfortunately my knee gave way again and after another arthroscopic surgery I find myself well and truly F'd. I can no longer walk without pain, which pretty much rules out any leg-exercises at the gym (even swimming..).
Anyhow due to the months of near immobility I did gain some of the weight back, and now here I am
needing to lose around 50 lbs at least which should relieve some of the pain on my knee.
What I'm doing now: I've decided to do a boxing-heavy (mostly punching, not much footwork) gym routine along with increased weight training. I hired a personal trainer who's got me on protein powder after each workout (Will protein powder reduce my ability to drop LBS?). In my diet I eat a healthy breakfast and lunch with little snaking and a reasonably healthy dinner. I've cut out booze during the week.
What do you guys think? Is this a good plan? Any advice would be much appreciated.
