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Having a willpower wobble!

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Firstly I have a mildly injured calf. I tried to ignore it but have concluded I need to rest it so it doesn't get worse and take me out from exercising for longer than a week or two. But it's hard to "rest" as if I sit around I want to eat more!

Yesterday I fell off the wagon and ate a few naughty things but I managed to rescue it and still stay under my calorie allowance. I haven't actually started resting my leg yet. Yesterday I still went for a 30 min walk and 30 min bike ride and 30 min adapted aerobics- only doing moves that didn't agitate or stretch my calf.

My mind is in two! To rest completely or try to do some exercise. To give up this week or try to stick with everything! The scales are not moving so that's also sapping my motivation (my weigh days Friday so still time to lose but if I was going to lose 2lb I should of lost one by now!).

I know deep down I don't want to stop, sabotage myself or give up. But I'm feeling frustrated! My older daughter's bike she rides for school got stolen yesterday and I have my car's MOT coming up and it does need brakes and tyres so not gonna be cheap plus I've had bad experiences with garages so am fretting over who to trust and that's making me not sleep well.

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IndigoBlue61

Sorry to hear of your injury ☹️ Could you do a combination of things? Maybe google calf injury exercises, (the NHS has an online physio website) but nothing too strenuous. Then recalculate your target calories as it will be less if you’re immobile, and reduce carbohydrates as you won’t need as many. Also focus on eating good healing foods like green leafy vegetables.

Well done on staying on course in spite of set backs . . . That makes you a winner 😊👏👍

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CrimsonMama in reply toIndigoBlue61

Thank you! Yes I looked up calf exercises and do some at work when it's quiet (and nobodies around lol).

That's the issue with the calories! I am very happy with my amounts WITH exercises so to have less to occupy me AND less food! Aghhh! I can't do that!! Well... I could probably knock about 100 calories off but that's it! I eat lower in the week so I can have extra on the weekend as family made weekend meals tend to be higher calorie than quicker week day meals and as I'm not at work weekends the days are longer and I need to break it up with an extra food time. But I usually do extra exercise too!

I don't know. I will figure something out. ....

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IndigoBlue61 in reply toCrimsonMama

When I’m having a weak moment and can hear the fridge calling I come on here, read a few posts, chat on the What’s Happening and the other Events. The more you interact with other people, chatting and supporting, the better you are able to deal with things. Trust me, it works! 😊

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CrimsonMama in reply toIndigoBlue61

I was thinking this yesterday. I don't want to come here and say I gave up! So even when I had that wobble I readjusted my food for the day so I wasn't over my limit. Without this forum I am sure I would have quit for the week, put weight on and felt lousy.

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S11m

If you could immobilise your ankle it would protect your calf.

I broke my foot - but I was able to cycles with my leg in plaster, using a triathlon adapter.

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CrimsonMama in reply toS11m

I have compressed my ankle and calf with tight bandages! Hopefully that's enough. Cycling doesn't seem to hurt it but I'm not sure how good cycling is for exercise. I don't seem to be losing any weight this week 😑

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cheritorrox in reply toCrimsonMama

Could be too much carbohydrate (inc bread pasta spuds & rice) and/or portion size?

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CrimsonMama in reply tocheritorrox

I don't eat/dislike vegetables other than a few basics (peas carrots and onions). So my diet has always been carbohydrates but I've lost 3 stone so far despite my fussy ways. The only difference this week is my injury preventing me from working out as hard as I usually do 😐

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cheritorrox in reply toCrimsonMama

Keep doing what you can but make sure you don't make it worse (duh ... bit obvious that!) :)

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