Recently I have seen several patients who have had difficulty losing weight, and in fact, had gained some weight. In common, these patients had a recent orthopedic injury which caused them to not be able to continue the exercise programs they had initiated. They were not necessarily eating anymore than usual, but the exercise levels dropped off considerably.
Please always try to think of what I refer to as "both ends of the equation". You have calories coming in (your dietary intake) and calories you are burning off (your activity levels). For optimal weight loss efforts (contest word: Eli Manning) both ends of this equation should be worked on simultaneously, i.e. "eat less and exercise more". If something gets in the way of caloric burnoff, then the focus needs to shift for a more aggressive approach to your dietary intake. If not, then the balance is altered in favor of either not losing as much weight or actually gaining weight.
We have a chart on caloric burnoff with certain exercises at: www.stresseaterdiet.com.
If you do have a situation arise in which your current physical activity levels decrease,please make sure that you adjust your caloric intake to adjust for this.
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