Very depressed.Need some motivation.

I’ve never had that injury. Never had those circumstances. Don’t have any advice about getting around.

But I have done this- I’ve let an injury to my foot take over my head. After days of pouting on the couch I took some action.

If you don’t keep a food diary, I’d start one to help keep eating in check.

Then I’d look on YouTube for some kind of exercise program to keep something going during recovery. Bet there are a lot of floor routines designed to avoid involving an injured foot.

Be proactive. It feels a lot better than feeling defeated and depressed. If you’re going to lead an active life, working around injuries is part of the package. Wishing you a speedy recovery.

crazypoundstolose wrote: »

I just had multiple fractures on my foot (2nd bone snd cuboid bone). I might need surgery. I have an overactive 4 yr old toddler and an extremely busy workaholic husband. Our whole routine is out of place rite now. How long did it take for you to revover from a similar injury? How did you manage? How dod did you get around? And what did you do to keep weight in check?

My first suggestion: Get some help!
You can't take care of yourself, your foot, your household, money-grubby-hubby*, and your Toddler-nado all by your lonesome.

Can Hubby take some FMLA (family medical leave act) time? Does his workaholism net enough dough that you can hire someone to help with childcare & household chores? Any in-laws or other relatives that you can grit your teeth and put up with for the sake of caring for yourself when you need to? Sanctimonious church people who Want To Help*?
(*Sorry for the cynical tone, I seem to be in Snark Mode today.)

Ditto what @88olds said: find floor or chair exercises to keep your activity level up. (Also, if you think you might be on crutches at some time, any upper body strength you can build up now will help immensely then.) Keep your food diary, and try to keep your protein and calcium levels up to help you rebuild those bones.

I'd also suggest a project or activity of some kind to keep you from making your recovery period The Time of the Cheeto-Slayer (or whatever). Do you knit or crochet? Always wanted to read the entire works of Stephen King? Have you ever thought about taking up bird-watching, especially since your the couch has a such great view of a perfect place for a feeder?

(This is different from your situation in all sorts of ways; but, FWIW, when my sister shattered a bunch of bones in her right wrist and needed several surgeries, it was about six months before she could use her arm enough to drive again.)

Good luck; and again, sorry for all the snark.

Eat within your calorie deficit You can do that sitting down. I recently got a mini exercise bike for when I don't feel up to doing exercise on my feet. You could do arm pedalling. Definitely not as demanding as more mobile exercise, but much better than a kick in the guts.