NurseMichelle - Be strong! It is possible!! I had surgery on each foot (involving breaking and pinning a bone), about a year apart, which prevented me from exercising for probably about 3 months each time. The first one, I got sloppy, and gained 10 pounds. Didn't help that the surgery was shortly before Christmas, which is a dangerous time even when you CAN exercise. But I went into the second one smarter....I KNEW (from experience!) that it would be extra easy to put on weight when I wasn't able to exercise, so I really paid attention to what I ate. I didn't "diet", and I didn't completely deprive myself, but I thought twice about what I was choosing to eat, and how much of it I had. And I came out of my recuperation time at the same weight as I went in! If I can do it, you can too!
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