When it comes to injuries, prevention is better than cure. Sometimes though, you can't help it. They happen. So you need to act very methodically to make sure you get back fit enough to continue every aspect of your fat loss plan.

If you do get injured, then the important thing is that you continue to maintain a nutritious, balanced diet. Just because you can't exercise does not mean you should not bother with the other parts of your plan. Maintain the momentum you've developed and you won't lose much progress when you are ready to start exercising.

So, let's now dive into what you should if you do get injured.

Before we go onto injury rehabilitation, you need to understand the difference between workout soreness and real pain. Workout soreness is a result of intense training. It's going to happen. It's a dull ache in the working muscles. And often it can peak 2 days after the workout session as your body recovers. So it might take you 3 days for the the soreness to ease.

If you feel a sharp pain in any of your muscles or joints and you have extremely limited mobility, you might be on the verge of an injury. In this case you should stop whatever you are doing (even if you are in the middle of a workout), and go immediately to your doctor to have it looked at.

Make sure you follow your doctor's orders. On top of that get plenty of rest, water and as mentioned above, follow your nutrition plan.

Once you have recovered, ease yourself back into your workout. Don't go back and take up where you left off, especially for the recently injured body part.

You need to be especially careful with weight training. You should lift much lighter weights, just as if you were a beginner at the gym. Start with 20 to 30% less weights than you were on before. Let pain be your guide to intensity. Don't push yourself too far until you've had a few workouts. Whatever you do, you do not want to re-injure yourself again. The idea is to start off gently, and then slowly increase your workload over the next few workouts to get back to where you were.

If you follow this technique, then you should be back exercising for fast weight loss quicker than you thought.

The best way to not worry about recovering from an injury is to prevent it in the first place. One of the ways to prevent injury is to have a professional put together an exercise plan for you that will meet your fat loss goals and that doesn't place unnecessary overload one body part while being too gentle on another.

Although professionals can be expensive, a much more affordable way is to get a ready made exercise plan for you, and work off that.

Where can you do that?

There are two resources you should have a look at:

Tom Venuto's "Burn The Fat" ebook is the first recommendation because apart from containing a great section on exercise (he's a natural bodybuilder and personal trainer), he also has the best overall book on weight loss - from the many I've reviewed.

If you're only interested in the exercise section, then I believe Craig Ballantyne's "Turbulence Training" is best for you. His nutrition package may not be as comprehensive as Tom's book, but his exercise section is just killer. It is the best one I've seen that's targeted for weight loss. He even covers bodyweight exercises in his course (which is using your own bodyweight to simulate weight training without the weights).