Going from Obese to lean, I always thought I was in good shape. How wrong I was, especially when I am dismissed by strangers as a kid 
. I don't know at about 171cm weight training is better than aerobics I suppose. But if I were 180cm I would have preferred being lean.
Quote from: paco1 on December 14, 2015, 09:30:57 PMYou are in very good shape. I'm happy for you.
Now you are more happy with yourself and that is the most important, to do more things.
Thanks Paco. And you're right, feeling better has encouraged me to be more outgoing than I was before, and I seem to enjoy my days a lot more than previously since I'm not thinking about my height as much. Admittedly, I do still feel on the smaller side since I'm shorter than average and have very tall siblings, but I feel a lot better at 170 cm than 164 cm.
Quote from: Morpheus34 on December 14, 2015, 09:54:59 PMHey KiloKahn
Strong upper body and good arms (biceps/triceps). You are looking good! Congratulations 
Greetings Morpheus
Thanks, Morpheus! Triceps and delts are my favorite muscle groups to work. Eventually I will have to work these leg muscles though, because now I still have chicken legs compared to the rest of my body lol.
Quote from: Alittletooshort on December 15, 2015, 02:28:07 AMYou look great man!
Have you tried any kind of longer running or jogging yet?
I forgot to answer your question from an earlier post, the measurements were taken with an x-ray and were very acurate. Which is pretty annoying for me since I don´t really have a choice than to do femurs.
I haven't done any running or jogging because I'm paranoid about getting a stress fracture. Would hate to go back in casts after wearing those frames for a year. My local ortho recommended that I don't do any high impact sports or running until a year after frame removal, so at the end of June I'll get another x-ray and send those to Dr Parihar as well. If they give me the go ahead at that point then I'll start running and post some videos showing what it looks like.
Seems I just had particularly short tibiae to begin with, as others around my starting height have said that their tibs are around 5 cm longer. You could still do tibiae for 5.5 cm with your femurs still slightly edging them out in length. Unless you're thinking of lengthening a higher amount?
Quote from: 5.7to5.9 on December 15, 2015, 04:34:28 AMGoing from Obese to lean, I always thought I was in good shape. How wrong I was, especially when I am dismissed by strangers as a kid . I don't know at about 171cm weight training is better than aerobics I suppose. But if I were 180cm I would have preferred being lean.
It's not necessary to become a meathead, that's for sure. Being lean is great especially if you have good muscle definition. I do wish I was more vascular because I always liked the veined look on the arms, but it's just not on the cards for me as far as genetics go.
A stress fracture would indeed be horrible after being in frames for such a long time. How is your functionality in the everyday use? Walking longer distances or walking down some stairs?
I don't plan to lengthen more than 5cm's, but I'm afraid that my biomechanics get affected by increasing my already long tibias.
You had really short tibias before this surgery that's probably the reason why your legs look completely normal after doing 6cm's.
Hey congrats on doing this, your legs look great no homo. So this whole process took you a year? Is that how long you stayed in India?
I wish you the best man <3
how are you doing Kilo?
FINAL X-RAYS (1-28-2016)
Just picked up my final set of x-rays that I took last Thursday. My local ortho was surprised at how much dorsiflexion my ankles now have. Because I was in Ilizarov frames for over a year, he thought it would take me much longer to regain my flexibility. He was also surprised that my right fibula connected, as a while back it looked like the ends would only connect a narrow center, yet now the right fibula is thicker than the left one. I was told that it would be my final ortho appointment because he's confident I'll have no problems down the line. Of course I asked him when I could get back to running, jumping, and weight training on the legs. He replied that I should do the elliptical machine as much as I can and that I'll have no problem doing leg curls, extensions, or the leg press machine right away. However, I should do these exercises for two months before I start running again so I can train my legs to get used to the constant impact that comes with running. I haven't sent these to Dr Parihar yet but I wonder if he'll recommend the same thing.
I did my first leg workout in over a year a few days ago. I could do presses, curls, extensions, and elliptical without problem. No pain or anything, but the muscles in my legs are definitely a lot weaker, especially in the upper legs just above the knees. I think I'll stick to waiting two months before trying to run on pavement again and just focus on strengthening my legs with weights and the elliptical machine.
Without question, I can say that I'm very happy at taking the plunge with leg lengthening. A big sigh of relief that I didn't have to deal with any major complications. I'm thankful to the forum members for letting me share this process, thankful to my local orthopedist for removing my frames and helping me recover, and especially thankful to Dr Mangal Parihar, Dr Divya Ahuja, and the rest of Dr Parihar's team for their surgery and aftercare during the lengthening process.
It's really go to hear you're doing well mate. I'm happy for ya.
Remember to make those exercise videos one day 
Thanks, Alu. Will do. Dr Parihar also told me to do strength training and stretching with light jogging for two months, and after that I'm "free as a bird". So I'll get some videos done in a few months from now.
It's awesome that you're doing well.
How "back to normal" would you call yourself in terms of percentage? 95%?
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