how can a wheelchair user user lose weight?

[carrotcake121]

Hi just writing to see if there is any one with advise out there. I am a wheelchair user and have gained roughly two stones in weight because of this. Any advise on how to lose this excess weight?
Thanks all

I am a wheelchair user and have managed to lose 2 and a half stone between 2010 and 2012 (I've maintained my weight since then). I use a local therapy centre for people with neurological conditions (I have MS), and they have a gym where I use an assisted bike. I also joined Slimming World.

At the centre you can cycle with your arms or your legs (or both). I use it twice a week and use the hand bike for 20 minutes on a high resistance. I've found that it's the ONLY way I can exercise hard and get a cardiovascular workout. As a wheelchair user my legs don't work, but because the bike is assisted it will take my legs round in a cycling motion, a movement that stretches them in a way they don't get otherwise. Do you have anywhere near you that has a centre like this? If you don't know of one, your GP should be able to point you in the right direction.

I joined Slimming World because it's not a fad diet, it's eating normal foods. I hasten to add that I have chocolate every day too, I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything (although admittedly I can't drink, which makes it easier).

I've found that since losing the weight it's had a positive impact on me physically. It's easier to push myself around all day, and as I suffer with fatigue I've found it has improved.

OK MNHQ are considering a place for us but don't like the name;'

"We're afraid we couldn't go along with the suggested name though as it is likely to offend many MNers!"

What have they suggested instead?

I suppose the acceptable name would be “mobility impaired mumsnetters”. Please not “wheelchair users” though. I hate that for various reasons, not least because it makes it sound like a choice, but also because I sometimes still break out the crutches. I’m sure lots of people use different combos of “mobility aid”.

There is already a disabled mners area, would it be a weight loss area specifically, or is it worth sticking an ongoing thread in there?

A mobility-impaired area specifically.

“Disabled” is very broad.

Battle, iirc 80% of "wheelchair users" are not completely paralysed anyway - a stat I remember as I'm one of them too

Frequently get the shocked face when I'm upright. Yeah I can walk - in pain and on risk of keeling over - 20 paces with a stick, but that's not really compatible with day to day life!!

I love the looks I get when I stand up from my wheelchair to reach for something, or walk for a bit to stretch my spine. Sometimes I want to shout, "It's a miracle!" and other times I feel like my photo will end up as a Meme, like that poor woman in America who stood to reach for something on a high shelf in a shop

Ah yeah, had a look and I'd forgotten it had changed anyway. There's now two areas - mners with sn (under sn) and parents with disabilities (under parenting)

I'm always paranoid that there's someone behind with a camera ready to turn me into meme v2.0

Frequently get the shocked face when I'm upright. Yeah I can walk - in pain and on risk of keeling over - 20 paces with a stick, but that's not really compatible with day to day life!!

Exactly! Although I always think the shock is more at the staggering shuffle I’m managing than the fact I’m upright

I got ambitious this week and decided to “nip” into the CoOp from the car (remember nipping?) with a trolley and a crutch for support. SUCH a bad idea. I only needed four things but it turned into the Krypton factor.

Anyone who saw that disaster will know exactly who I am now I barely made it back to the car

Sometimes I want to shout, "It's a miracle!" and other times I feel like my photo will end up as a Meme

😂😂

I like the idea of a section for chat, for with people with mobility issues. I'm not wheelchair bound, BTW - I have a neurological issue that fluctuates from mild (constant nerve pain & memory issues) to severe (symptoms like I'm having a stroke). Happens fairly often, & leaves me unable to walk, sit myself up, or speak. It's got a lot worse recently & I'm bedbound more often, & the weight has crept on. Currently I'm able to manage with a stick on my good days, but even that is still quite new to me.

They have not made any suggestion.

Personally I use the term 'cripple' as part of a diotype used in a sociolonguistic sense amongst the 'in group' of people unable to access mainstream services of diet and exercise due to reduced mobility and or pain.

I like the idea of a place for us, not sure on a nam though (I did like the suggestion, but understand why others may not). I'll get thinking

Personally I use the term 'cripple' as part of a diotype used in a sociolonguistic sense amongst the 'in group' of people unable to access mainstream services of diet and exercise due to reduced mobility and or pain.

Did you say that to MNHQ?

How about At A Different Pace?

Tortoises?

I always did like that fable.

Badoomtish

Oo, I like tortoises

I have mobility issues, and chronic pain.
I have lost two and a half stone since Christmas. The first stone I lost by living on white meat or fish and salad and two slimfasts in the morning. The weightloss was too slow for me, I have quite a few stone to lose.

So I switched to a keto diet by a brand called Exante and also do intermediate fasting.
I dont eat before 12pm and I don't eat after 8pm I have lost 20 lbs in 4 weeks.

I have a lot more energy and my chronic pain has eased so much!

Exante, you traded all meals for 3 of theirs, they have approx 72 choices from dinner type meals, breakfast cereal, pancakes, pizza, bars, shakes and desserts.
They always have 45% off codes or another offer on so it works out dirt cheap!

Wheely hard to move?

i'm in :)

crawls over to corner

slug life?

I'd like a special corner. Sadly I feel my mobility issues are starting to affect my relationships. I'm becoming rather bitter and angry. So tired of being brave and vaguely inspirational. I need somewhere to vent with people who get it.