It makes sense, but it's something I've never thought about. In order to heal, my body is burning through tons of calories.
So, I've been eating the same amount I normally do, and I'm normally pretty active. But, I've been losing weight, even though I'm doing far less physical activity.
I found some sketchy sources, but this one looks pretty legit:
https://www.hss.edu/files/Nutrition_for_Healing.pdf
It turns out, I'm burning more calories than I'd normally burn - even though I'm normally pretty active.
That explains why I'm losing weight. I've lost like 12 pounds! Well, that's more like 14 pounds, 'cause I have about 2 pounds of titanium in my hip.
I haven't actually confirmed this with a physician yet, but the web and some not-very-sketchy sites seem to confirm it.
It makes sense. I just never really thought of it before.
So, if you want to lose some weight, just get into a wreck and break some bones!
I'm going to increase my caloric intake to about 3,500 calories a day and see where that gets me.
Nice! I have a "universal" machine in the basement and PT makes me use that quite a bit. The leg presses are the more difficult tasks. I started with just barely being able to apply any pressure to it when it had zero pounds added to being able to do 10 pounds for reps of 10 to 15.
Work and pain don't really scare me. If there's a chance that I'll make a full recovery, I'll make a full recovery.
That's the attitude that I have to maintain - even if I sometimes don't believe it myself. This PT is much more difficult than the PT I did after my knee surgery.
I'd say I'd not wish this on my worst enemy, but come on! If I had such a thing as a worst enemy, damned right I'd wish this on 'em!