Calorie Intake During Injury Recovery

born_of_fire74
born_of_fire74 Posts: 776 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Not getting any action in the other forum I posted this in. Not sure it was in the correct place so I'll give it a try over here:

I managed to mess up my knee last month. Old sports injury back to haunt me. I'm out of the acute phase, getting into recovery with my physiotherapist and things are coming along fairly well. I've taken an entire month off at the gym to focus on getting my leg into a good condition before going back to CrossFit. I've also been doing a small cut/hovering just below maintenance (~150 cal deficit/day) for most of the summer to recomp/lose those last few vanity pounds--gawd my legs carry a lot of fat! LOL

My question is this: since I want to repair and strengthen my quad and hamstrings to best protect my knee, should I stop with the small cut? I feel like the answer is yes because I want to build muscle however I've also reduced my activity while not attending the gym so maybe I don't need to...

I'm currently 5'4" 130lbs +/- 2lbs depending on the day and something like 23% BF based on photo comparisons although I've never had it actually measured. Maybe I should even consider a bulk/cut cycle? I really don't want to get fluffy again but my knee is my knee for the rest of my life so that kind of takes priority.

What say you?

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    Calories for healing. Eat at maintenance.
  • psychod787
    psychod787 Posts: 4,099 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    Calories for healing. Eat at maintenance.

    Yep... from what I read. Maybe even a slight surplus. Ok gain a pound.. feel better maybe. Best of luck on recovery. Hugs... purely platonic... lol
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    Body burns a lot of energy repairing injuries. Don’t run a deficit if you want to heal properly and most efficiently
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