Fat weight vs Muscle weight

I pretty much ignore my weight (Scales) and only pay attention to my size and how my clothes fit. But yesterday I went to the Dr and when I got on the scale I was "crushed" that I have only lost 40 lbs (from 265 -> 225). I thought I had lost a LOT more than that since last month, after my wife was complaining my clothes looked like drapes on my smaller body, I had to go buy all new clothes (4 sizes smaller). Is it possible that I have lost OVER 40lbs of fat, but gained 10-15 pounds of muscle? My entire body shape has changed - from flabby pot belly to looking more like a "bear" (arms, shoulders, chest, back all 'full' and visible). My diet for the last 2 moths is basically only fish, beef, and vegetables with an occasional treat of plain yogurt and fruit. I might enjoy some fruit a couple of times a week, but very limited. No bread, starches of any kind, or crap (McD's, TacoBell, chips, etc). Has anyone else found their weight not dropping but their body bulking?

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Shoulder explosion amidst gains - what do?

So I finally found out why I had the most ridiculous struggles at 135 lbs. on bench press, and 90 lbs. on OHP...I've apparently been working out with a torn labrum and two minor torn rotator cuffs for some time. I'm currently in my second week of PT in which after four weeks completed, they will take another set of MRIs and if I'm prehabbed well enough, I may go into surgery then. One traumatizing thing they told me was I should pretty much stay away from doing dips for the rest of my life...what the hell, man?

This is all obviously super frustrating, and even depressing. I've had the so-called "iron bug" for over two years now, and really feel like it's just now largely affecting my life positively. Okay, I'm getting a bit dramatic I guess, but I bet many of you can empathize.

So to get to the bottom of this, I really don't want to stop StrongLifts. I obviously have had to recently, which was just before I could hit the 20-week mark in my second run through this program (I was doing it last year, but had to quit due to a leg injury) though after my PT session yesterday, my therapist said my shoulder should be stable enough to safely go and do anything in the gym that doesn't involve pressing, lifting my arm overhead, or reaching forward. Right away, that eliminates Bench, OHP, and Rows. I feel like I never had any pain Deadlifting so I'm willing to try it, but obviously will stop the moment I sense it being unstable or the pain. I'm also sure I can get under the Squat bar pain-free as I recently widened my grip to accommodate for my shoulder to where it wasn't bothering it.

My question is basically whether I should continue "counting" my progress on the lifts I can do, while I'm having to skip so much of the program? Or should I just go in the gym and maybe just mimic the progression of SL 5x5, but not actually count it toward my progress in the actual (entire) program? Maybe there is another routine someone can point me in the direction of that I could use with just squats and deadlifts; accessory movements, etc.?

I suppose I'm just worried about the delay I've had in my progress with my upper body already without the injury, now being further compounded with an injury. There really isn't any reason why I should worry so much about it besides just my own desires to get stronger I guess.

Sorry for the long post, you can consider this a partial injury-rant, too. Thanks in advance for any advice or support.

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Form check x2

Update to this post

The knee has gotten a bit better but the pain in the hip flexors has isolated to my left hip. I'm doing a lot of pigeon and couch stretches, started doing some ankle rotations before workouts too, to warm them up.

I went to accupuncture yesterday and he worked on it a bit but if it doesn't go away I guess i'll go see my orthopedist (I should get a frequent shoppers club card from him at this point).

Here's my squat, same weight as last time. I think I'm going to go up to 125 next time. first rep second rep

Anyway, let me know what you see.

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What to do when injured? (Bum elbow)

I've been doing SLs for a little over 4 months now. Around a month ago, I began having some pain in my elbow. Eventually it got bad enough that I decided to see someone about it. I saw a sports therapist yesterday and he said that it was medial epicondylitis, aka golfer's elbow.

I'm not sure how or why I wound up with it. I suspect it's likely I have bad form on one or more of the lifts. I intend to record myself and post it sometime in the future for a critique.

Ice, advil, and rest was the recommended remedy. Ideally I'd like to keep up on as many of the lifts as possible. I tried the lifts with an empty bar and it seems like I could still do the squats without a problem, but all the other lifts wound up twinging the elbow. This is with a wrap and/or strap on the elbow.

I've pretty much resigned myself to just cardio and squats for the next few weeks but I figured I'd check to see if anyone else ever had this problem and if they figured out either a remedy to continue the lifts or alternate lifts that could be done temporarily.

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