Weight loss without working out due to medical reasons--anyone else?

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  • bisky
    bisky Posts: 1,090 Member
    Piety - I have an older friend on MFP who can't exercise as he is very crippled. He lost weight slowly over two years, more than a 100lbs but he was meticulous in weighing his food and logging.
  • Zara11
    Zara11 Posts: 1,247 Member
    FattieBabs wrote: »
    Hi there. I have to lose weight for a hip op and am down 20 lbs in nine months. Very slow but a lot better than nothing. Eating fairly low fat but not cutting out any particular food group. Seems to be working. Good luck! I am trying yoga but still finding it painful but helps with movement and stops me from stiffening up. Consultant has advised me not to exercise although swimming helps until the bit where my leg seizes up!!

    I want to try swimming more, but the cost of a gym with a pool, and one that isn't hours out of the way, isn't cheap. Am scared something will go wrong and then I'll get banned from the pool...
  • Zara11
    Zara11 Posts: 1,247 Member
    piet77 wrote: »
    Hi. I have cerebral palsy and rheumatoid arthritis and am very limited in the exercises I can do. For me, stretching is exercise. I have tried to limit my calories even more (1000 to 1100 per day) but then I struggle mightily with hunger and giving in to cravings. I have been looking into adaptive yoga, which seems somewhat doable and is specifically made for people in my situation. Some days I hurt too much to do anything. And the chronic fatigue is hard to explain to people. The struggle is real and daily. But I am very slowly losing pounds and refuse to give up.

    I'm so sorry you have this and it sounds amazing. I can stretch my upper body--lower is more complicated. I should explore yoga options more.
  • bptrav
    bptrav Posts: 1 Member
    I've had a painful skin condition plus a couple other things for 15+ years and am on disability. To make matters worse this condition gets significantly worse with SWEATING and heat, so I can almost never exercise. One thing that can help (not cure) it is losing weight too so I am determined to succeed this time. I'm down 64lbs so far from my heaviest point about a year ago, 289lbs (33.4 BMI) down from 353lbs (40.8 BMI). With almost no exercise at all, and not always being "good" and sticking to it 100%.

    For me the only way I can seem to keep losing weight is to track EVERYTHING and stay as consistent as possible. My brain has a way of tricking me into thinking I'm eating way less calories than I really am if I don't strictly log every single thing I eat.

    I imagine those last few pounds might be a bit harder to drop without exercise too but if you have a lot of weight to lose in the first place you can drop A LOT of weight just by eating better. Exercise has additional health benefits too of course, but unfortunately for some it's just not really an option.
    piet77 wrote: »
    SHi. I have cerebral palsy and rheumatoid arthritis and am very limited in the exercises I can do. For me, stretching is exercise. I have tried to limit my calories even more (1000 to 1100 per day) but then I struggle mightily with hunger and giving in to cravings. I have been looking into adaptive yoga, which seems somewhat doable and is specifically made for people in my situation. Some days I hurt too much to do anything. And the chronic fatigue is hard to explain to people. The struggle is real and daily. But I am very slowly losing pounds and refuse to give up.

    I don't suffer from the same conditions as you but the thing about fatigue is so true. Constantly being in pain just totally sucks all the energy out of you emotionally, mentally and physically. It's so much more than just the pain, it's living with it every day for years that really takes its toll. Anyway I wish you the best with your weight loss and your pain. You can do it!
  • Zara11
    Zara11 Posts: 1,247 Member
    @bptrav The pain/fatigue is so frustrating, too. Feels like my body is constantly betraying me.
  • Luvmyhubby222
    Luvmyhubby222 Posts: 149 Member
    I'm kind of in the same boat-knee surgery last month has me out of my running addiction...um, I mean habit. ;) Trying to stick to the calorie deficit without the extra boost from running has me bummed, and hungry! Yes, I know there are other exercises, and I am doing as much as I can with this recovering knee. But it sucks!
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