Losing Weight When Sick

Many people want to know how to continue their weight loss when their sick, but from my experience I say don’t bother. Just take a healthy approach to your diet and exercise and you’ll be better in no time. Your goal when losing weight should be to be more healthy, and when your sick your body doesn’t need you to worry about counting your calories. My strategy when I’m sick is to eat when my body tells me to, and to make that food nutritious enough to fight my illness. When I’m sick I don’t feel like cooking so I try to find healthy foods that are easy to prepare. Of course the traditional chicken noodle soup is always easy to make, but sometimes you want more to eat than a cup of soup. Some good alternatives are peanut butter sandwiches, steamed veggies, and fresh bananas. I try to avoid anything too greasy because that never makes me feel good, even when I’m healthy.

As for exercise, don’t expect to be out on the treadmill for 45 minutes, that won’t help you get better quicker. Instead take a leisurely stroll outside. Walk to the post office or around your neighborhood. Make it a nice relaxing walk so you can enjoy the fresh air. This gets you out of the house with all of the germs and gives you a little exercise at the same time.

The bottom line when your sick is that you need to make getting better your first priority. If you can get yourself healthy quicker then you’ll be able to get back to a vigorous workout so you can start burning calories again. If you have a disease that will be with you for a while and need to find ways to continue to lose weight while your sick your best option is to talk to your doctor. Your doctor has the experience of working with others with your specific conditions and can monitor your health while you begin the new exercise routine. Be sure you take the doctors advice, and don’t over-exert yourself. The last thing you want is for your exercise to cause you to be less healthy than you are today.