How much does a cast weigh??

AuddAlise
AuddAlise Posts: 723 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So I broke my wrist in 3 places on tuesday the 22nd. I did not stop exercising; just am taking it slower and eating fewer calories.

I am just wondering how much I should deduct from the number on the scale. Right now it is a plaster cast. This week I should be getting the lighter fiberglass cast.

Any exercise tips? I love to swim but it is kinda hard right now. I did swim yesterday but it threw my shoulder out. Thank goodness I work for a chiropractor.

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  • stronglikebull
    stronglikebull Posts: 402
    dude don't even weigh right now. you need to be resting and eating properly for your body to heal itself.
  • runfatmanrun
    runfatmanrun Posts: 1,090 Member
    you need to be resting and eating properly for your body to heal itself.

    This. This is an example of when you need to know how to eat because you can't/shouldn't always exercise.
  • AuddAlise
    AuddAlise Posts: 723 Member
    I am eating very healthy. This morning was 1 cup spinach, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1/4 cup mangos, and 1/2 cup cranberry juice. It was a yummy smoothie!
  • AuddAlise
    AuddAlise Posts: 723 Member
    BUMP, anyone?
  • sarahrbraun
    sarahrbraun Posts: 2,261 Member
    honestly, there isn't any way for us to know. Someone *might* be able to estimate if they knew how many rolls of the different cast materials were used in your case.

    what I would do is continue weighing in if you really want to, and write down what the scale actually says ( make a notation for later that it was a casted weight)...when your cast comes off, ask your doctor to weigh the cast. Then you can go back at a later time and subtract the weight of the cast from the weights taken while wearing the cast. Does this make any sense?
  • AlwaysInMotion
    AlwaysInMotion Posts: 409 Member
    Did you happen to weigh your self the day or so prior to being casted? (Call it your "day 0 pre-cast" weight.) If yes, now take your "day 1 w/cast" weight and subtract the difference (say it's 3 lbs). As long as have that same cast, continually subtract the same "difference" weight. Or just go with your cast weight and work with that... Remember that a baseline is a baseline. You can work just the same with a "me+cast" baseline as you could with a "me-cast" baseline. It's just data.

    FWIW: I'm 8 weeks out with a broken fibula (MTB bike accident while race training). I've been splinted, cut open, plated & screwed, casted, re-casted, booted, you name it. To be honest, I didn't even weigh myself for the first 3 weeks - I was so consumed with the surgery and the pain and the swelling and the doctor's appts and the torture of not being able to walk that I didn't need to be freaking out about my diet. Just so you know, I went from biking hard 2-3 hrs daily to totally stopping all physical activity and didn't automatically blimp up.

    If I may suggest, continue to focus on eating healthy and be sure to get lots of calcium and Vit D from your diet - you'll need it for the bone rebuilding process.

    Good luck and heal well!
  • emmy3111
    emmy3111 Posts: 482 Member
    I'm guessing not more than two pounds... any more than that and it would be really hard on the rest of your body.

    I agree with the other posters, though - don't worry too much about losing weight right now, you need to heal. Just watch what you're eating and go for lots of walks to keep it under control.

    Hope you feel better soon!

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