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Sigh. If you think I've had a dramatic weight gain in a very short space of time, no, I guessed my original weight as it's not something I normally do, weigh myself. So I'm heavier than I thought. The last time I was this weight was 5 years ago after I originally broke my ankle. I did a really good job, broke every bone and some more besides. It meant I was over 3 months non load bearing and quite a few more after that with minimal exercise. Hubby was feeding me, he's not a cook so it was ready meals, or pies and chips but he did a really good job of looking after me. The weight went on.
Now this time, after my operation on said ankle in early November last year,I was completely non load bearing for nearly 2 months and am still only able to get around with a stick for limited lengths of time. Hubby has been far better on the cooking front but still the occasional pizza, ready meal when he's been pushed for time.
I'm normally a very active person, am on my feet from early morning to late evening at times, 7 days a week because of my line of work. So given that my diet in this period of incarceration has been better,I'm beginning to surmise that I need quite a good level of exercise as well.How to do that with an ankle that is still weak, painful, won't bend and not keen on load bearing a lot of the time?
I've started with some arm exercises - and my own version of press ups!I'm shockingly bad at them.....!
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82.6 kg
Lost so far: 0 kg.
Still to go: 12.7 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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View Diet Calendar, 21 January 2015:
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1179 kcal
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Fat: 76.72g | Prot: 46.35g | Carbs: 24.64g.
Breakfast: Co-Op British Double Cream, Coconut Oil. Lunch: Fried Egg with Fat, Butter, Bacon (Cured, Grilled, Pan-Fried or Roasted, Cooked). Dinner: Butter, Cooked Brussels Sprouts (from Fresh), Cooked Cauliflower (from Fresh), Cooked Broccoli (from Fresh), Co-Op British Double Cream, Fresh Lemon Juice, Tesco Red Pepper, Morrisons Passata, Total Greek Yoghurt, Chicken Thigh Meat. Snacks/Other: Shiraz Wine, Butter, Sainsbury's Cheddar Cheese, Tea with Milk. more...
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Gaining 7.4 kg a Week
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Intrigued to know what your own version of press-ups is? Other exercises you can do are situps, leg raise, there are two upright dumbell exercises you can do such as side raise, and front raise, and sholder press. (Sit in a chair to do them) or dumbell press and dumbell flys on your back, use low weights and high reps for this to be more of a cardio workout than muscle building.
Also see this: http://scoobysworkshop.com/working-around-injuries/
21 Jan 15 by member: GilesBathgate
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Ha, ha, lets just say if I was ever shown on YouTube I would go viral! With a rather large air cast on a lot of the time still, its difficult getting up and down to floor level without looking like a beached whale, I can't then keep my legs straight because I can't put weight through the foot. So when I do get down there, it's a press up with bent knees taking most of the weight, albeit as far back as I can get them. There is then fun and games getting back up...
I'm shocked at how the strength has gone from my arms so quickly. I have some small dumbells, so I will add them in to my exercises, thank you for the suggestion. I will look at the website as well.
22 Jan 15 by member: Glennith
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Since you are doing these exercises for cardio, I would recommend you do kneeling pushups, and just do more of them ;) http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/PectoralSternal/BWPushupKnee.html I also recommend you get push up stands, because it can put a lot of strain on the wrists with hands flat. There is a scooby video about that somewhere. (These are actually recommendations that I am passing on second hand after following them myself.)
22 Jan 15 by member: GilesBathgate
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