Okay, I totally had a brain fart and forgot about this in my series of posting yesterday but two questions/concerns.

First off, about 8 years ago I was involved in car accident, blah balh ,etc.

Now I have two metal plates, in each leg, by my femur, on the outer thigh area and inner thigh area, I totally forgot, that could account for maybe 5 to 10 pounds of my weight maybe? all four of the plates run about from knee to hip, the length of the femur.

The next concern, also occured in the wreck. My right arm, I don't have full extension at the elbow, like say I can curl all the way up and touch my shoulder if I want to, but I can't fully extend my arm. This is due to my elbow dislocating multiple times and the doctors not being able to stabilize it.
The other problem is on that same arm, I cannot rotate my wrist fully to knuckles down palm up, the most I can get is going from palm down, knuckles up, to sideways, thumb up pinky down, with knuckles and palm side ways.

My concern on the arm and wrist was, I dont do bicep curls, I do hammer curls as to work each arm equally, but when I do pushups, or bench presses, I have no way to get a full extension, so I hinder my other arm and go for an equal extension on each arm, so I get equal chest/pec exercise.

I was just wanting opinions on how I could work that area more effeciently as well as if the plate weight is a big factor. (if so I wouldn't be 205 I would be more like 195 probably)

If you need or want pictures as well to show you more info about my arm and rotation, let me know.

Okay...well does anyone at least know anything I can do with the arm, extensions, and getting equal workouts?

Didn't see this one yesterday for some reason.

This is a good reason to not use scale weight exclusively for a goal. Work with measurements or body fat % in combination with the scale. I've come to realize for myself that while I use the scale as the primary way I measure progress, it's less about the actual number than it is about finding a weight that I feel comfortable at, if that makes sense. I don't care if the scale says 120 or 130 or even 150, if I feel in shape, slim, and my clothes fit. I came to that realization when I started lifting weights and my body proportions changed while my weight stablized for a while.

Now I measure my body fat once a week and I take measurements once a week. As long as those are going down, I don't freak too much about the scale.

As for the other, I'm really really hesitant to make any suggestions, just because I have no formal education as a trainer, and especially not as a trainer dealing with this kind of rehab/injury issue. Is there possibly a therapist you could work with on this - or someone local to you who could examine you (or who has examined you) and who you could get some guidance on?

IN general I'm not afraid to make exercise recommendations over the 'net, but when there are health issues involved, I'm out of my comfort zone. Sorry!!

Thanks, and no I haven't yet but I plan to contact a medical physician and/or a personal trainer or just a trainer at the gym to see what I can find out.

Thanks again.

Oh and as to my post the other day you helped me out with, I found out my main issue, it is either not taking in enough calories, not being active enough, or a combination of both. (the not being active enough is changing though, I just started the cardio/weight loss a few days ago, when I first posted). I took measure and wrote down the calories I had taken in for the day and it was only around 1100 to 1300 calories, based off of the package readings. for the past year or so, my usual intake was about 3 to 4 sandwiches, 2 or so for lunch and 1 or 2 for dinner, and then 2 or 3 packets of oatmeal for lunch.

So yeah lol, going to start getting a lot more calories in, around 1900 to 2100 and with the exercise and muscle activity, metabolism should get better.