I am sooo upset

twinni

I am sooo upset. I have pulled a groin muscle excercising last Thursday. I don't know exactly what caused it. As the evening wore on my groin/buttock area kept hurting more and more. After sleepless nights because i can't lay on either side without excrutiating pain ( i have to lay flat on my back) i went to the doctor today. He confirmed my pulled groin and probably pulled muscle in my buttocks too. He said no excercising for about a month. I have been sooo motivated since the beginning of the year and really started seeing results! I am so mad at myself for over doing it. In a month everything i did will be for nothing. I will have to start over!! I am very much in a pity party right now! Thanks for listening!! Any advice or help would be appreciated!! Thanks!!

fitniknik

Can you just walk? I broke my *kitten* snowboarding... thats about all I can do...
Just a thought? Or be very very stringent on your calories!

acknan

You can still work the right foods and maybe you can do weights and shadow boxing so that you burn some calories with the top half of your body... The month may be a bummer, but follow Doctor's orders so that you can come back full force in a month!

FEEL BETTER!!!!!

sarahtiano

totally understand your frustration! there are still upper body workouts you can do (seated weights, cardio punches, etc.) Also try swimming with a pull bouy between your legs. Non impact, non stress workout. Use this as an opportunity to get your upper body in amazing shape! you can do it

amr_227

sorry to hear this happened. just take it easy and watch what you eat. If you let yourself heal and do as the doctor says you will be back to exercising in no time!

Sugar1963

I have done this too and I can relate to being upset. Use some ice to deal with the inflamation -it will help a little. What about doing some upper body weights do build muscle and boost metabolism? I know its not the same but at least you could feel you are doing something and you can always maintain your diet. Good luck in your recovery.

Pebble321

Oh, that is upsetting!
But, remember that in the scheme of things a month is really not that long. It didn't take any of us a month to get overweight and it isn't going to take a month to get into shape.
You really aren't going to lose all your hard work in a few weeks, just eat within your calories and get back to exercising as soon as your doctor OK's it.

ladybu6205

I agree with the other posters... continue following a healthy meal plan and get in whatever workout you can using your upper body. Hope you get to feeling better soon... Keep logging in here for motivations to help you through...

TrudyMay

Keep your calories down and even if you don't lose, you wont gain. Good luck AND don't give up!

twinni

Everyone here is great! Thank you for the words of encouragement!! This is exactly why i come here every day!!! I will definitely follow the advice you all gave! Thanks Again!!!!!

nicroewert

It almost seems to me that you've been given a blessing in disguise. I know for me at least, when I'm really hitting it hard in the gym, and trying to change my diet and limit my caloric intake, I find myself wanting to cheat more because my body senses the need for more calories causing me to crave things like sweets or foods high in fat. It may be that you really work on being disciplined with your diet while you rest, that way you'll have developed proper habits and a ritual when you are back and ready to workout again. The key of course is limiting your calories so you continue to lose weight even while sedentary.

Cheers, here's to your health!

Goal_Seeker_1988

Just a lil extra advice, you could always do safe exercises that ppl who take therapy do. They are safe, effective and strenght training exercises. I am sure you can find some on youtube if you don't know therapy exercises or you can get a book that shows you the exercises. They are made for ppl who have hurt their backs and such. Trust me, you can still workout, just not as hard.

MsLisaB

Are you able to go see a physiotherapist who specialises in sports injuries? They'll be able to give you some exercises you can do and also diagnose if you have a weakness in any muscles which may be contributing to the injury and give you a program to strengthen those areas. I very rarely go to the doctor when it comes to these sorts of injuries. I have a great sports physiotherapist who I trust completely and is focused on keeping me moving and active.

marinnajoyyy

Try Swimming! low impact exercise that burns lots of calories Hang in there!

jimmydeanbakker

Listen,

The weight you're losing isn't determined by how much exercise you've done, but by the amount of calories you consume on a daily basis. I don't know exactly who said exercising was the most important activity that you can do when it comes to losing weight, but it's pure fiction. Fitness starts and ends with what you're putting in your mouth. It's wrong for so many professionals that know what it takes to lose weight to promote exercise over calories consumed when they know your weight is determined by the amount of calories you eat. You could easily drop ten pounds despite your injury if you don't eat your deficit calories. Besides, exercise is a subset of physical activity, and walking falls into a physical activity. Cleaning the house falls into a physical activity. Folding clothes is a physical activity. Raising your hands above your head is physical activity.

Let's take a quick look at the numbers behind what I'm saying. It's important to understand the numbers behind your weight-loss.

We'll start with your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR). The RMR is sometimes confused for your BMR, but the RMR is how many calories you'll burn if you never got out of bed. Let's say you're 35, 270 pounds, Female, and sedentary. You'll burn an estimated 1,954 to 2,104 calories to maintain your current weight of 270 pounds. Due to the different ways to calculate this number, I thought it would be better to give you a range. But since you're an able body person, I expect you'll like to get out of bed, go to work, and just hang out with family and friends every now and again. Since you won't be able to do any exercises because of a groin injury, you'll have to pretty much take it easy for the next month. We'll use the Harris Benedict Formula to calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).

BMR = RMR X Harris Benedict Formula

BMR = RMR X 1.2

2345 = 1954 X 1.2
2525 = 2104 X 1.2

We'll go with the higher number of 2525 as the amount of calories that you'll burn on a daily basis just doing your normal activities without doing any exercise. Since you have to go on a diet, you should only eat 65% of these calories which is about 1640 calories. It gives you a calorie deficit of 885 calories. You'll lose one pound of weight every 4 days without doing any exercise. You will not have lost all your gains if you continue to log your calories, don't go into the red, and you're honest with how you're counting your calories. Your weight-loss doesn't have anything to do with exercising. Using exercise to lose weight is like pushing a giant rock up a steep hill, once you're at the top, it'll come crashing down to the bottom. If you're losing weight by counting your calories, but using the exercises to stay firm and build a healthy heart, you'll last in this game for a long time.

Mrs_McFadden

I'm dealing with a similar issue...I've been very good about jogging..and I was too good and wrecked my knee. I'm going to the doctor next week and I'm fairly certain he's going to ground me from jogging and tell me to stay off of it if my pain is any indication.
Sucks to be us lol!

Mrs_McFadden

Listen,

The weight you're losing isn't determined by how much exercise you've done, but by the amount of calories you consume on a daily basis. I don't know exactly who said exercising was the most important activity that you can do when it comes to losing weight, but it's pure fiction. Fitness starts and ends with what you're putting in your mouth. It's wrong for so many professionals that know what it takes to lose weight to promote exercise over calories consumed when they know your weight is determined by the amount of calories you eat. You could easily drop ten pounds despite your injury if you don't eat your deficit calories. Besides, exercise is a subset of physical activity, and walking falls into a physical activity. Cleaning the house falls into a physical activity. Folding clothes is a physical activity. Raising your hands above your head is physical activity.

Let's take a quick look at the numbers behind what I'm saying. It's important to understand the numbers behind your weight-loss.

We'll start with your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR). The RMR is sometimes confused for your BMR, but the RMR is how many calories you'll burn if you never got out of bed. Let's say you're 35, 270 pounds, Female, and sedentary. You'll burn an estimated 1,954 to 2,104 calories to maintain your current weight of 270 pounds. Due to the different ways to calculate this number, I thought it would be better to give you a range. But since you're an able body person, I expect you'll like to get out of bed, go to work, and just hang out with family and friends every now and again. Since you won't be able to do any exercises because of a groin injury, you'll have to pretty much take it easy for the next month. We'll use the Harris Benedict Formula to calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).

BMR = RMR X Harris Benedict Formula

BMR = RMR X 1.2

2345 = 1954 X 1.2
2525 = 2104 X 1.2

We'll go with the higher number of 2525 as the amount of calories that you'll burn on a daily basis just doing your normal activities without doing any exercise. Since you have to go on a diet, you should only eat 65% of these calories which is about 1640 calories. It gives you a calorie deficit of 885 calories. You'll lose one pound of weight every 4 days without doing any exercise. You will not have lost all your gains if you continue to log your calories, don't go into the red, and you're honest with how you're counting your calories. Your weight-loss doesn't have anything to do with exercising. Using exercise to lose weight is like pushing a giant rock up a steep hill, once you're at the top, it'll come crashing down to the bottom. If you're losing weight by counting your calories, but using the exercises to stay firm and build a healthy heart, you'll last in this game for a long time.

Ok - I'm confused? I understand that you're saying we can stick to our calorie goals and still manage to lose weight. But are you also saying that exercise is not really the method to lose weight? I'm sorry if I'm being stupid here but I personally thought that being wise with your nutrition, calories and physical expenditure would combine into a vortex of losing weight like a pro. Am I delusional?

Azdak

Listen,

The weight you're losing isn't determined by how much exercise you've done, but by the amount of calories you consume on a daily basis. I don't know exactly who said exercising was the most important activity that you can do when it comes to losing weight, but it's pure fiction. Fitness starts and ends with what you're putting in your mouth. It's wrong for so many professionals that know what it takes to lose weight to promote exercise over calories consumed when they know your weight is determined by the amount of calories you eat. You could easily drop ten pounds despite your injury if you don't eat your deficit calories. Besides, exercise is a subset of physical activity, and walking falls into a physical activity. Cleaning the house falls into a physical activity. Folding clothes is a physical activity. Raising your hands above your head is physical activity.

Let's take a quick look at the numbers behind what I'm saying. It's important to understand the numbers behind your weight-loss.

We'll start with your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR). The RMR is sometimes confused for your BMR, but the RMR is how many calories you'll burn if you never got out of bed. Let's say you're 35, 270 pounds, Female, and sedentary. You'll burn an estimated 1,954 to 2,104 calories to maintain your current weight of 270 pounds. Due to the different ways to calculate this number, I thought it would be better to give you a range. But since you're an able body person, I expect you'll like to get out of bed, go to work, and just hang out with family and friends every now and again. Since you won't be able to do any exercises because of a groin injury, you'll have to pretty much take it easy for the next month. We'll use the Harris Benedict Formula to calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).

BMR = RMR X Harris Benedict Formula

BMR = RMR X 1.2

2345 = 1954 X 1.2
2525 = 2104 X 1.2

We'll go with the higher number of 2525 as the amount of calories that you'll burn on a daily basis just doing your normal activities without doing any exercise. Since you have to go on a diet, you should only eat 65% of these calories which is about 1640 calories. It gives you a calorie deficit of 885 calories. You'll lose one pound of weight every 4 days without doing any exercise. You will not have lost all your gains if you continue to log your calories, don't go into the red, and you're honest with how you're counting your calories. Your weight-loss doesn't have anything to do with exercising. Using exercise to lose weight is like pushing a giant rock up a steep hill, once you're at the top, it'll come crashing down to the bottom. If you're losing weight by counting your calories, but using the exercises to stay firm and build a healthy heart, you'll last in this game for a long time.

Ok - I'm confused? I understand that you're saying we can stick to our calorie goals and still manage to lose weight. But are you also saying that exercise is not really the method to lose weight? I'm sorry if I'm being stupid here but I personally thought that being wise with your nutrition, calories and physical expenditure would combine into a vortex of losing weight like a pro. Am I delusional?

Hypothetically you can, it's just not very effective and it tends to fail over the long term. Study after study after study has shown that, while diet-only plans can lead to short-term weight losses, 90%-95% of people regain the weight in the following 2 years.

Sometimes the effects of exercise are oversold, esp when people say you can work out and lose weight without monitoring food intake. Controlling intake is absolutely crucial. But exercise plays a crucial role in permanent weight loss--I believe that according to the national weight loss registry, 85% of people who maintain initial weight loss longer than 2 yrs follow vigorous workout programs. Personally, I prefer those odds.

Azdak

Groin injuries suck. Unfortunately, if you are not careful, they can persist for a long time. If the doc says 4 weeks, I would not try sooner.

OTOH, the longer layoff does justify putting in the time to do alternative exercises, like upper-body ergometry. It takes a certain amount of time to build up the muscle endurance to do it effective, so normally it's not worth the bother for a short-term injury. But if you will be off a month, it might be worthwhile.

rebecca_goss0

Look we are only talking a month, 4 weeks, you can do this. Just watch your intake of food, drink your water and walk. Just walk, not jog or run, walk. Take it easy, your body has got to heal. I know you can do this!

MsLisaB

Listen,

The weight you're losing isn't determined by how much exercise you've done, but by the amount of calories you consume on a daily basis. I don't know exactly who said exercising was the most important activity that you can do when it comes to losing weight, but it's pure fiction. Fitness starts and ends with what you're putting in your mouth. It's wrong for so many professionals that know what it takes to lose weight to promote exercise over calories consumed when they know your weight is determined by the amount of calories you eat. You could easily drop ten pounds despite your injury if you don't eat your deficit calories. Besides, exercise is a subset of physical activity, and walking falls into a physical activity. Cleaning the house falls into a physical activity. Folding clothes is a physical activity. Raising your hands above your head is physical activity.

Let's take a quick look at the numbers behind what I'm saying. It's important to understand the numbers behind your weight-loss.

We'll start with your Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR). The RMR is sometimes confused for your BMR, but the RMR is how many calories you'll burn if you never got out of bed. Let's say you're 35, 270 pounds, Female, and sedentary. You'll burn an estimated 1,954 to 2,104 calories to maintain your current weight of 270 pounds. Due to the different ways to calculate this number, I thought it would be better to give you a range. But since you're an able body person, I expect you'll like to get out of bed, go to work, and just hang out with family and friends every now and again. Since you won't be able to do any exercises because of a groin injury, you'll have to pretty much take it easy for the next month. We'll use the Harris Benedict Formula to calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR).

BMR = RMR X Harris Benedict Formula

BMR = RMR X 1.2

2345 = 1954 X 1.2
2525 = 2104 X 1.2

We'll go with the higher number of 2525 as the amount of calories that you'll burn on a daily basis just doing your normal activities without doing any exercise. Since you have to go on a diet, you should only eat 65% of these calories which is about 1640 calories. It gives you a calorie deficit of 885 calories. You'll lose one pound of weight every 4 days without doing any exercise. You will not have lost all your gains if you continue to log your calories, don't go into the red, and you're honest with how you're counting your calories. Your weight-loss doesn't have anything to do with exercising. Using exercise to lose weight is like pushing a giant rock up a steep hill, once you're at the top, it'll come crashing down to the bottom. If you're losing weight by counting your calories, but using the exercises to stay firm and build a healthy heart, you'll last in this game for a long time.

Yes you'll lose weight if you only monitor your calorie intake, but you won't necessarily be healthy. Regular exercise has many other health benefits than just fat loss.

debcarv

I did the same thing last week doing my first Wii Zumba session. Took it a little easy for a day or so, thought it was just muscle stress. Started back with my usual routines and should not have done that, difficult to even put my left leg forward to take a step without pain. This is one time I should have taken my husbands advice and rested my muscles at least a week. Our body seems to know best, it is dis-heartening to not continue when we've worked so hard to lose the weight. So what is there in cardio without leg use, is there any?? No more Zumba for me!