Hi all! I'm fairly new to TK and to the boards. I am getting married May 4, 2013 and have some major fitness goals, however, am sidelined. I broke my ankle March of 2011, was in a cast 8 weeks, walking boot for 4 more, had surgery, another surgery, 8 months of PT, and then thought I was better. WRONG!!! Before my injury I was very active. I weighted in at 125lbs. I ran 5 miles a day like it was my job, we were hiking to new places every weekend and spent all of our free time on our boat. I started to work out in January after getting engaged in November and feeling great health wise. I soon found out that my ankle was anything but better. I had ANOTHER surgery, actually 2 this time, one to take some bone out of my knee to fix my ankle and the other to actually fix my ankle (a bone graft). I am now in a cast for 8 more weeks with slow return to activity thereafter. (I am only 1 week in....) I am up to 165lbs, mainly because I never stopped eating the way I did when we were so active.
How can I start to work on getting back down to my goal weight of 125 if I can't do the type of exercise that I am so accustom to. No weight barring on my leg for another at least 8 weeks. Suggestions????