injury help my workout

i have beeen working out for a year now, I lost 125lbs...i was 300 lbs and a fat ****, and now i am a phsyco when it comes to the gym i go 5-6days a week I have a squeeky clean diet, and i do cardio everyday, i am currently 174 with 9 percent body fat....

my problem is now I have elbow injuries and i cant lift for at least 2 months while I go to pt...they say its tricep tendinitious....which is hurting like hell....but thats not the worst part.... the doctor wants me to come for 2 MRIS to see if i tore my ligaments in my elbow, which would mean id need surgury...which would mean id be out of the gym for a year.....

so now i am stuck cause i want to work out like i did but i cant lift...and i am affarid of 2 things...1
gaining wieght....

2. loosing hell of muscle

so i was wondering if the workout scheduale i worked out okay for 2 months during my physical theropy of 2 months

Workout

monday-sat

Cardio 40 mins- bike....

Abs-monday- sat

legs- monday-friday

diet- I am gonna eat less than when I am training....and i also am stopping the creatine that i was on


IS this ok and if not what should I add/stop/change....remember I cant do upperbody

Please help...I am really worried about getting fat, and loosing what i have worked so hard to get....my dream was to be 195 by summer, and now that that wont happen...please help me stay nice ripped and thin...

bro i had the same tricep problem....actually one doc told me it was a tricep tendonosis (a torn tendon) but others disagreed...
...basically...just drop your cals and do light cardio about 5 days a week
as for losing muscle...it sucks but its gonna happen...keep your diet good and hopefully youll minimize your losses (its 1 yr 6 mths later for me and im still having problems with my tricep...sometimes docs just cant figure it out...)

injurys are the worst

Who told you you coudlnt work out??? did u see a sports doctor or a specialist?? their opinions may differ.. as far as tendonitis the inflamation in the ligaments of your tricept..... many will argue that training will actually help your problem.....working out will not damage anything as long as u can stand the pain.......

I dont know how old you are,, but if i were you and the tears are minor i would not have surgury....no matter what ANYONE tells you anytime evasive surgery is performed it takes a very very long time to fully heal..... ive torn both ligaments in my wrist and opted not to have surgery instead worked through the pain kept it moderate ate as much as a could...your body will heal itself as far as tendonitis i dont even want to begin all the ligaments i have inflammed in my body

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Originally Posted by faustunta

Who told you you coudlnt work out??? did u see a sports doctor or a specialist?? their opinions may differ.. as far as tendonitis the inflamation in the ligaments of your tricept..... many will argue that training will actually help your problem.....working out will not damage anything as long as u can stand the pain.......

I dont know how old you are,, but if i were you and the tears are minor i would not have surgury....no matter what ANYONE tells you anytime evasive surgery is performed it takes a very very long time to fully heal..... ive torn both ligaments in my wrist and opted not to have surgery instead worked through the pain kept it moderate ate as much as a could...your body will heal itself as far as tendonitis i dont even want to begin all the ligaments i have inflammed in my body

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very true, often reducing extreme poundages, properly warming up, wearing elbow wraps and avoiding db extensions and skull crushers will work wonders.