How to lose weight while you're sick?

[Anonymous]

I have been really sick since Friday. I have a bad cough and a sore throat. Since all I can do is sit around my house, I have also gotten out of shape. I've noticed that my stomach has gotten a lot bigger these last few months as well, and it's making me feel really insecure and bad about myself. When I go back to school, I want to be in shape, but it's difficult to exercise while I am sick.
I'll take any tips you have, both healthy and unhealthy. Keep in mind that, because I have a sore throat, I have no appetite at all. I don't even feel hungry, and I hardly eat now.

[jesshkah]

You really shouldn't force yourself to workout if you're feeling under the weather. You're not going to get in a proper workout and your muscles won't be able to recover and it's likely going to make you stay sick longer because you're overexerting yourself. Also how is it that you've been sick since Friday and your stomach has been growing for months?

I understand the want to stay fit, I work out like 5/7 days a week, at least lol, but it's really not good for your body to push itself if you really want to recover sooner. The most you should do is maybe walk a bit because even running can make you light-headed.

[Asker]

I'm not the most active person in the world... I'm really lazy, and for some reason being sick has given me more energy than normal (it's probably the medicine I take). Normally I am tired and depressed, but these last couple days I've wanted nothing more than to run. I didn't notice how much weight I had gained until a few days before I got sick, and by then it was too late to try to do anything about it because I had a fever.
I COULD do some exercises right now, but this cough is getting in my way. Is there something that works better than cough drops? I just want to run...

[jesshkah]

If you're coughing that's going to make anything that raises your heart rate and quicken your breathing hard.. if you really want to run you can try and see how you feel.

[Anonymous]

If you're laying in bed a lot, do the " invisible bicycle " move your legs as if you're riding a bike well you're laying down, do that until it " burns ". Squat's well watching tv. Laying down you can do leg lifts. Also, you can use small weights well sitting or laying down (:

[Asker]

Thank you, but there's just one problem with that... The more I lay down, the worse my throat feels. I have to sit up in order to breathe and swallow my own saliva.

[Iron_Man]

The diet goes on hold you need to eat so you can get better faster

[Asker]

Exactly... I'd do fine without food, because I don't feel like eating, but I've been forcing myself to eat just so my body can fight the sickness. I just don't want to suddenly get better, then have to go out in public again and look really fat. I want to start dieting as soon as I possibly can.

[Iron_Man]

When you get better then you can start your diet

[Umm_april1]

You won't be able to lose that much while you are sick but just eat 1200 calories a day no more.

[Asker]

I always eat a lot less than that.

[Jxpxtxr]

I usually lose weight automatically whenever I'm sick because I basically don't eat either 🙄

[Asker]

How do you know when you need to eat? At some point will you feel hungry?
I am more energized while SICK than I am on a normal day, and my stomach hasn't growled at me once.

[Jxpxtxr]

It's the same for me! My appetite just vanishes completely so I usually only eat when my friends or parents kinda force me when I'm sick but then I'll usually have some kind of soup or Okayu so that's very filling but low in calories which is likely why I lose weight because I don't move around a lot when I'm really sick

[TrulyPink28]

Change the food you're eating...