# Weight Reduction: Human Edition **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 12, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-reduction-human-edition/262266 "2012-01-12T12:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 35
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-reduction-human-edition/262266/35 "2012-01-12T21:12:19Z")
> [@\--- GRAND THEFT AUTO IV --- Thread!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/grand-theft-auto-iv-thread/47618/464): > > J.d I’m in the same boat u are . I ain’t got the gout though lol . I have scoliosis and degenative joint disease so if I don’t drop to 190 soon my back is gonna be done for . I’m at 240 now gonna be at the gym once my doc gets me a routine to follow etc . Kinda the same deal with me. I have degenerative disc disease in my L4-5 and L5-S1 (right at the waist line) sections of the spine. So…I can’t lift stuff or sit certain ways for more than minutes at a time. Hell, depending on what shoes I wear…I can’t even do a mile walk without my back tightening up and becoming inflamed. That being said, up until my back started going out (when I was about 19-20 - I’ll be 25 in a few months) I was around 170 (I’m 5’10") and now I’ve been at around 205 the last couple of years. I’d do anything for a healthy back so I could get back to playing basketball for hours at a time. That was why I was so in shape when I was younger…if you couldn’t find me, I was on the court. > [@whats up kids:)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/whats-up-kids/47861/29): > > I’m looking to help someone in this type of situation. I’ll be going for my PTC this spring and want to undertake people with goals such as yourself. I’m 100% interested in following your progress. Is this all cardiovascular/diet work? Or is there a component of weight lifting? I can do the diet (I think) and cardiovascular…but I’m not allowed to (and don’t want to) lift anything due to my health (above). --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/weight-reduction-human-edition/262266)._