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Maintaining while injured

notgivingup5SOS
notgivingup5SOS Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Goal: Maintaining Weight
how do I maintain my weight while im injured? I can't exercise at all so should I stick to eating 1340 calories a day or eat more or less? I'm 5"9 and weigh 123.

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited February 2015
    You eat less...your energy expenditure will decrease so you eat less. It's just a math equation.

    That said, I'm highly skeptical that at 5'9" your maintenance would be 1340 calories. My wife is 5'2" and oldish and without exercise maintains around 1700 calories...2200 - 2300 with exercise.
  • notgivingup5SOS
    notgivingup5SOS Posts: 4 Member
    Thank you
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