Recently I received an email from one of my subscribers, Nan C. Loyd, who took my advice to heart and applied the fat loss information that I teach. This email was a follow up to a question that I answered for her a few months ago in regards to her ‘Bad Knees’ and how it was limiting her ability to exercise. I don’t think that she was expecting the advice that I shared, but she took action and is way better off now than she would have been if she followed her doctor’s advice. If you have sore knees that have been limiting you, I highly recommend that you keep reading and hear Nan’s experience with developing a powerful mindset…

When I asked Nan if I could share her story this is what she said:

I’m sure there are other people out there who need to know that this principle – speaking the result you want – is REAL. The thing is, if it has happened for just ONE person, it can happen for them – and here there are two stories (Shane’s and mine). I went over 8 months starting August ‘06 with continued increasing pain in my knee (I did not know at the time that the cartilage had deteriorated), spent boo-koo bucks on that Synvisc shot but until I applied the Law of Confession (which is a Biblical principle, by the way), I was looking at canes and knee surgery.

And soon I will have better “after” pictures to go with those strong knees – you know – after the weight is off! Yay me! Just think – if speaking to the knees has changed how my knees feel and act, imagine what speaking to my fat and weight can do now?? Commanding it to go and speaking the weight I want to weigh. Yep, I am going to have another “praise” report very soon.

This was Nan’s question to me earlier in the year:

Last year I had a sudden knee pain. I tried to work through it at the gym on the leg extension machine, etc., to no avail and had to quit. I finally broke down and went to the doc last week and he said, “cartilage is worn down and there is slight arthritis in knee.” He said no lunging, walking on uneven ground, jogging, pivoting, wearing heels, kneeling, etc., and no treadmill until I lose at least 30 pounds (I need to lose 90 all together).

I know I can continue weight lifting with my arms and do the crunches and ab machine – any suggestions for cardio that won’t work against my knee? I’m 54 and healthy (i.e., good heart, lungs, etc); have been going to gym (until recently) for the past 2 years. Learned to eat right and correct wrong portion sizes this past year.

Anyway, that is my question – since cardio is necessary for fat loss, what can you suggest that won’t be hard on the knee?

Thanks for your help!
Nan Loyd

After reading this question from Nan I gave her some basic guidelines as to what kind of exercise she should do with her so called ‘bad knees’. But the message that I really drove home to her was how a shift in mindset and how she thinks about her knees can have a dramatic impact on her health and well being.

I directed her to this article:

Do You Really Have Bad Knees?

This is Nan’s response and results since taking action and applying the information in my blog post:

You gave me such a fantastic answer to my question last May. You shared Shane James’ story so I began “speaking” to my knees and calling them strong, sound and that they both have new cartilage. In June, the Synvisc the doc shot into my knee was supposed to be settled and be working great. At that time, my knees began hurting instead of feeling better (not as badly, but uncomfortable enough). I was unable to sit in a chair normally with my knee bent (I had to elevate it a little). The rest of stuff the doc said (down below) I couldn’t do, I still couldn’t do.

Now it is September. I have been speaking to my knees, taking oils – coconut, flax seed and omega-3, along with glucosamine sulfate and drinking more water since your email in May. All the things below the doc said I couldn’t do, I can now do. I am able to walk on the treadmill and walk on uneven ground, pivot, WEAR HEELS. I began walking more and more. I even fell the other day while hanging clothes on the line – there was a hole in the ground I didn’t know was there. I stepped in it, turned my leg and fell. Hubby helped me up – I had no pain in my knee. Just 3 months ago, that would have sent me to the hospital with the shape my knees were in. I am now able to do the exercises you mentioned below (was just able to start a week ago, but I started).

By applying the story you told me about Shane James, I am in far, far better shape than I was last May. I just have to say THANK YOU again for sharing that story. While I am a strong proponent of speaking what you want instead of what you have, the doctor report had knocked me for a loop and I was very down. Your answer was exactly what I needed.

Now I am determined to get the rest of the weight off – and go buy that book your email just mentioned. The most important thing is that I had to say thank you again.

THANK YOU!

Nan C Loyd

Isn’t that totally awesome? Limiting beliefs are a huge factor in preventing you from achieving your dream body. Don’t let anyone tell you what you can and can not do. We look up to doctors and when they give us advice we are supposed to listen. It’s unfortunate that so many of them are giving advice that limits our abilities and instead they opt to give us drugs and shots.

I hope that you have learned from Nan’s experience as well as the article that she read. I’ve had knee surgery myself and I continued to empower myself and push through my threshold to the point where I can do this very effective leg exercise:

Great Quadriceps Building Excercise

My wife has literally no cartilage in her knees yet she can still perform this exercise as well:

Great Exercise To Build Firm Thighs

You deserve the body that you desire. Don’t let anything get in your way!

Have a totally amazing day!