Desperate and Injured

On friday, I let out a huge COUGH and felt a pop in my side, I haven't had time to see a doc, and I DESPERATELY want to go to the gym, I only ate 1200 calories today, and I feel like a lazy bum.

I just don't know what to do, with this kind of injury is it better to wait it out (I got a similar one a month or two ago that still hurts) or just take lots of pain killers and continue.

I am REALLY in need of weight loss, I feel like if I don't continue exercising, I could just be diagnosed with diabetes tomorrow!!!

Any advice???

can you swim or is it too painful? what about walking?? light exercise? And if you did something seriously, maybe you just need to rest and focus on your diet, I dunno....hopefully you can see a doc...

Really know how you feel as have had problems with injury myself. You need to rest though. Can you walk? If you can walk without toomuch pain, get yourself out for a couple of hours. Really good exercise.

If it doesn't clear up in a couple of days, get it checked out. But you really wont be helping yourself by working out on an injury.

Feel better soon!

xx

I was running downhill on a mountain and fell on my side a few weeks ago and I guess I cracked a couple ribs. It only hurt a litte at first, so I continued my program. The next day I ran as usual with a little discomfort, the next day I did about half my run and had to stop but still did some light weights, then I started feeling alot of pain all the time.  I just went back to the gym after a two week rest. The pain had gotten so bad I could not sleep. My advice to you is dont do anything until you feel better. I kept trying each morning to see if I could do abs, when I could, today... I went back to the gym.