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  • Broken ankle—how not to pile on the weight
  • bobbyatwork
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    Stoopid slip/fall off the bike today on grassy slope…broke me ankle.fitness is pretty good at the moment and have lost over 2 stone this year.dont want to lose it!

    I’m guessing I can still go to gym( upper body stuff) etc and I’m going to really watch what I eat but any other tips? How long roughly will it take to heal?

    sambob
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    Hop around instead of using crutches? You probably won’t need to do much upper body stuff if you’re doing a decent amount of time on crutches.

    stevenmenmuir
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    Eat less. Simple.

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    smiff
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    yes, eating way less and exercising the rest of you at the gym? bad luck, biggest problem you’ll probably have is being depressed, i know i would be.. which tends to encourage eating i guess.

    m0rk
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    As sambob says – about 10yrs ago I broke my metatarsal

    I went everywhere on crutches that I could, putting in some proper effort to get a ‘stride’ on, dropped a stone, and lost a fair bit off my waist.

    Obviously it helped I lived just 400m from work, but that meant at least 800m a day, plus carrying shopping on the way home etc.

    wildheart
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    2 positives I came away with after I broke my ankle:

    1/ NHS physios are GREAT.

    2/ As Sambob
    says,time on crutches is good for upper body.

    I was able to start riding LIGHTLY after 6 weeks,your injury may differ obviously.

    smcicr
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    If you have a smartphone then have a look at myfitnesspal – easy way to keep track of intake – you can use it to maintain a weight level as well as lose some.

    Might help keep an eye of what’s going in if you aren’t able to burn off as much for a while.

    Hope it heals well and quickly.

    bobbyatwork
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    Awesome guys! Thanks for the tips…I should be fine.get the orthopaedic chap to look at me tomoro so will get a better idea then

    bobbyatwork
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    Awesome guys! Thanks for the tips…I should be fine.get the orthopaedic chap to look at me tomoro so will get a better idea then

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