5 Best Tips to Reduce Weight When Injured

The biggest disappointment that anybody can face while following a regular exercising routine is to get injured. I remember the last time I got hit by a car while I was on a motorbike, I kept thinking about the loss of exercise routine rather than my bones that were supposed to be broken in the next second. But you know what, nothing can stop you from being fit if you actually want it. Don’t stop exercising, but rather change the way you exercise. So, get up, wear your workout clothes, and start working out to burn your fat. Here are some very useful tips that can help you to keep losing your weight even if you get injured during your journey towards a fitness goal.

1. Walk and Run 

If you were habitual of running for a cardio session, which of course you cannot do now due to the recent injury, try to keep the same form of cardio with a change in it. Try to run for 5 minutes no matter how slow you may run because of your injury then quickly start walking for 10 minutes. This will make one cycle of 15 minutes. Initially, start with one cycle and if you feel that you are doing fine even with your injury then add in another cycle to do it for 30 minutes in total. So, stop being worried if you got an injury, wear your workout jogger pants and keep going to the park as before.

2. Use Smaller Plates and Smaller Portions 

As you are injured and instantly you have to shift from a high impact exercise to a low impact exercise, make sure you control your diet strictly. Moreover, your overall activity level also reduces because of injury so you tend to burn fewer calories than before. The solution is to control your diet and for that use smaller servings of food multiple times a day using smaller plates. When you add a smaller serving on a smaller plate, you will have a sense of fulfillment that you’re having a full plate. This tip will satisfy your hunger and you won’t be worried about eating less.

3. Eat More Protein 

It is recommended to add more protein in your diet especially when you are injured. Firstly, it helps to recover your body particularly if you have an injury in the muscle. Secondly, it reduces hunger, as it affects hormones including ghrelin which is responsible for controlling hunger. Moreover, your body exerts more energy to digest protein and to convert it into amino acids, so this way your body automatically burns more calories when you eat protein.

4. Try Pool Running 

Jogging in the water can be fun with no harm to the injured part of your body. Swimming is a high resistant exercise and extremely helpful in losing fat even if you are injured. Pool running involves the same muscles in the activity as in running and hence giving the same kind of benefits to you. So, this is the best replacement of running when you’re injured. It is simply one of the best cardio forms of workout to lose fat.

5. Eat Foods Having Fiber 

Fiber is the complex form of carbohydrates and the body puts more energy and takes more time to digest it. It has less sugar and fat content in it hence it helps to reduce more weight. Whole wheat, brown rice, and bran are the common forms of fiber-rich foods. You will feel more energetic when you replace fiber with white carbohydrates in your diet and even with a smaller quantity, it gives you a sense of fulfillment.