I am sooo upset

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!!!!!

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!

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.