How to lose weight when you can't work out due to an injury.

Weight loss is mostly calories in vs. calories out so you can definitely lose weight while not exercising. If you've always been active you'll need to eat less than you have been, of course, and that's probably where your weight gain has been coming in.

Simply use MFP to figure out your calories to lose weight at a specific rate then stay as close to that goal as possible each day. I'm guessing you'll want to be in the 1/2 to 1 pound per week range, especially since you won't be able to exercise. If MFP tells you 1200 calories per week for a female or 1500 (I think) for a male, you've set it too aggressively and will need to change it to a slower rate per week.

Find something to do with yourself, especially your hands, when you're bored. Take up a hobby or craft that will keep your hands busy so you can't eat at the same time. That has worked for me in the past.

this has been a delema of mine. I used to be a very athlectic active person before I became chronicaly ill and disabled. consider yourself luck if your injury will heal. mine never will. I have cut my calories way back and eveyrthign and cant seem to lose the weight. when I try to increase my exersize I pay for it dearly with even more disabling symptoms, and this leads to frustration and then I want to give up not care what I eat and stuff myself with comfort food, because whats the point? its a real struggle I know well. because of my disabilities , my hands and brain dont function well any more and there are so few things I can do any more that I enjoy except eat. Iv ebene just trying to gorge on healthy stuff and greens, and learing to eat salad in a million differnt ways but its not helping. until now I never thought I coudl gain weight on a salad diet! lol