Comments on: What can I do to exercise and keep up weight loss while I have a foot injury?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:41:50 +0000

Since i don’t know how much strain you are capable of putting on your foot, it’s hard to say, but i would recommend using dumb-bells for your arms, and i’m thinking that you should still be able to lie on the floor and do crunches- but if it hurts your foot, don’t do it! This may sound wierd, but if you sit in a chair, you can clench your buttocks muscles together and hold for a count of 20 seconds- do as many reps as you can, and keep your stomach muscles tight. Also, since you’re not as active right now, your metabolism wont be working as fast, so make sure your eating small portions of nutrient rich foods.Grab a fittness magazine and see if they have any work outs you think you can manage. Another thing to keep in mind is that your body is working hard trying to repair damaged tissues, cells, muscles,etc. in your foot.This takes energy-energy from the calories you consume. I doubt that your going to gain back much weight. Don’t stress.

By: Suzie

Suzie — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:58:36 +0000

Keep up with your upper body exercises while sitting, including twisting at waist. You can also sit and tighten individual muscle areas— hold for count of 10—Then relax for count of ten. Start with 10 repetitions per body area.
This won’t do as much as your normal routine, but it should keep you from backsliding too far.

By: HonestOpinion

HonestOpinion — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:45:26 +0000

Try a workoout bike or an actual bike, you can use one leg if necessary

You can also do 1 legged pushups, situps, or try sit-bagging

sit-bagging (i came up with it) is when you get a punching bag (or a pillow from a string) you put a chair next to the bag, throw on gloves and spend time wacking away at the thing, its great cardio.

By: starfish

starfish — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:21:23 +0000

push-ups
crutches.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:48:39 +0000

I empathize with your situation. I know how frustrating injuries can be. You might want to think about doing upper-body exercises, including lifting weights, etc. And, doing sit-ups to keep your abs in tact.

Since you can’t exercise much, I think you should focus on your calorie consumption to at least maintain your weight loss. Eat a lot of fruits and vegetables and stay and eat healthy foods that your body will continue to burn. Here is a great resource:

By: imwithrebel

imwithrebel — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:25:08 +0000

You can ask your doctor for suggestions, since he will know about your injury and limits. If you cannot use your foot at all, then do arm weights and abs work. If you can stand on your foot, but not bounce around on it, maybe you should try some yoga or something else low impact and see whether or not your foot can tolerate it. Just remember to stop if it starts hurting, because you may only end up hurting yourself worse and not being able to exercise longer. Hope you feel better soon!

By: Flifin

Flifin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 20:33:53 +0000

Try swimming.

Swimming is great excercise because you have to work hard to propel yourself through the water, but since you don’t bump into any hard surfaces it won’t further injure your foot.

Also, you can try doing different swimming strokes that don’t require that much foot movement. (Like breaststroke)

By: winston.blain

winston.blain — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 08:29:58 +0000

pool exercises, upper body machines… mat and abb exercises, open chain exercises for the legs (like leg extentions rather then squats which are considerded close chain) walking if you can do it.

By: JeTsFaN

JeTsFaN — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 20:57:52 +0000

You can lift weights and do sit ups which will keep up your tone. but you wont be able to eat as much as you used to, count your calories and dont eat a lot of fat.

By: Billy Bob

Billy Bob — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 10:43:37 +0000

I had this problem the summer before my freshman year. I tore ligiments in my foot in mid-July, and I was trying to lose weight. STAY ON DRINKING WATER is about the best thing for you to do. If you can, try to walk on your foot, but not too much, and try to keep from laying around and doing nothing; get up, and even if you having to stay seated all of the time, do arm workouts, like work your biceps and triceps and that will help a lot!