SERIOUS PROBLEM!!!........ NEED HELP......

Stay under your calorie limits! Good luck!

Are you on crutches? Combined I've probably spent about a year on crutches in my life. As long as you make sure you use correct form (don't let your armpits touch the top, don't **** your wrists on the grip), it can be a great workout. By the end I could keep up with my soccer team when they went jogging.

If you keep your calories under control you will maintain. You can probably do some ab work and keep your foot out of the picture. I've also seen what appears to be an exercise bike for the arms--supposed to get your heartrate up. And what about bench work for your upperbody? Be creative. There are a lot of things you cannot do while your foot mends, but there are a lot of things you CAN do. Don't let your foot be your excuse to let yourself go for a month and a half!

You may try doing a 30 or 45 day Paleo Challenge. By setting yourself up with a food challenge you will be less tempted to cheat. I do this during stressful times at work when I'm likely to eat poorly.

Don't give up!! You still can exercise. Do anything that involves the upper body. Use weights, do torso twists, boxing, etc.. Remain w/in your calorie goal and you should do just fine! Good luck!!

You can always do seated punches. They'll help with cardio as well as tone your abs up!

Sorry about your ankle. I hope the healing time goes quickly for you! I would say to watch your intake and do arm weights, etc. Some don't even excerise and still lose weight.

being a klutz who can trip over air, i feel your pain! i often find myself in the position of not being able to move a whole lot. have you heard of isometrics? a lot of it is just using your muscles against themselves. okay, you can't move around. you can tighten your abs and release, 10 seconds tightened, 10 seconds relaxed. if doing a lot of arm movement hurts, try putting your hands in a praying position, elbows up, and push your hands against each other for 10 secs. then relax, repeat. and remember, your leg won't hurt this bad for long, and nobody was ever rendered completely immobile by a broken ankle. once the initial shock and pain pass, in a few days, you'll feel different, more able to work out your upper body and such. my uncle once broke his ankle in 3 places, needed a plate and 2 pins in it, and the (crazy) man managed to clean the whole house daily, including vacuuming on his knees! where there's a will, there's a way, so give yourself a few days to recover, change your profile to sedentary, stay under your cal limit, and find ways to get in some movement. bicep curls, butt clenches, things like this won't jar your leg and will help keep your fitness level up. i admire you for wanting to keep to your plan. me, i'd probably take it as a free pass to lay on my butt and eat bonbons all day! you can do this, you know you can! it's just about modifying your fitness plan for a bit.

In addition to all the stuff people have already said about exercise and calorie control, make sure you keep yourself busy. Do crossword puzzles, read books, make stuff - anything that keeps your hand out of the cookie jar. Something that keeps your hands busy and requires attention is a lot better than watching movies as it's tempting to snack when sitting still, but if you take up jigsaw puzzles or stuff like that, time will fly because you'll be distracted and before you know it you'll be healed.

your meds and such should have such nominal calories that you shouldn't worry about them. as for weighing yourself, i see two options: you can get a ride to your local vets office, and ask them if you can use their scale. vet scales have a big platform. weigh your walker alone, then get on with your walker, and subtract the difference. option B, which is better, is just don't worry about the scale until you can stand on one unaided. if you keep to your calorie allowance, and take the advice of the good people who posted, you should easily maintain or lose weight. also, you don't lose weight by weighing yourself, it just shows that you have lost it. keeping to your eating and limited activity plan is the important part. good luck!

First thing, don't stress about your weight!
Being immobile and in pain is hard enough, for now you have enough to deal with, so keep it simple.
Drink lots of water, adjust your MFP settings to lose 1/2 pound a week or to maintain, and find some healthy snacks and something to occupy your mind and your hands so you don't eat more out if boredom.
I know 6 weeks feels like forever, but it really isn't. Once you start to heal up and the pain settles, then you can try some upper body work or isometrics, but right now be kind to yourself and give your body a chance to get on with healing.