Can I lose weight without exercising?

[dontcallmenow]

I injured myself badly during vacation. Now I have a hematoma in my right leg. I've been told to not work out until healed. Sadly, I've been exercising to lose weight and its been working. But what do I do now that I can't work out anymore. This totally derails me from my goals. Facts: I am 20 years old, 217 lbs. 5 foot 9. Already lost 50 lbs. now what do I do?

[Anonymous]

Hey there I might be able to help! My dumbass fell on my bike this summer and I hurt my knee, I couldn't walk for weeks. I went to the doctor and the xray showed I didn't break any bones, so It's just a sprain I guess, I looked up what a hematoma and I have one of those too. I have been icing it and elevating it, I can walk pretty good now, but with too much activity my knee swells up. I am also trying to loose weight but I'm taking it very slow because I don't want to cause more damage, what helps is yoga/stretching and I been walking around my dining room tale, barefoot and on my heels, it seems to work good and takes off stress from the knee when I run that way. Drink lots of water and eat healthy food.

[SpoiledJeano]

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[Anonymous]

In my experience no. You may lose a little bit of weight early on, but your body quickly adapts to your new diet and you only maintain weight.

However, you can lose weight without extreme dieting if you exercise enough. I'm currently losing weight on a 2000 calorie diet so that I don't starve myself, but I do have to exercise an hour a day to pull it off. 30 pounds in 2 months so far.

[Prof_Don]

Go for a very clean diet (no fast foods or processed foods), and walk for your exercise. You absolutely can't cheat on your diet because you can't exercise intensely to burn extra calories.

[WoIIie]

Maintain a clean diet and a caloric deficit, and opt for cardio exercises that don't require significant leg work.

[NavyblueTacos]

diet.. diet.. diet!

I don't know how your current diet is.. but in general cut out all sugars and bad carbs, eat lots of protein and veggies! good luck!:)

[Anonymous]

you won't lose as much as you otherwise and you will have to be stricter with your diet than you otherwise would but it's possible

[seksek]

eat less