For those working on maintaining weight

Thank you! It wasnt easy but it worked in time. I felt for her, when she said she felt fat in her shorts. I get that now and then. But I go and watch Tour de France and think, your so little next to those guys! If you want to ride in bunch with the Big Boys( who do rides around my city), your going to have to eat!

A note, having bloating from meals can be a sign of food allergies or possibly, gluten intolerance( or dairy). Its a good idea to go get blood tests for those.
I had some and found out that all the foods I ate most, were bad for me:confused:
Once I got those out, life improved( with the exception that people often commented that they were worried I was using it as a screen for eating disorder.)
I feel for you eating out., Try going to any place, and all you can eat is steamed veggies!! Its hard to get people to understand, NO I dont want sauce, no I cant have rice and NO! No, please dont order me food ahead of time!
This weekend , I was so hungry on trip to Sydney( eating out,for a wedding), I had to go next door to the other rest. and order some beans, as all they had for me was steamed veggies and that wasnt cutting it. I had to sneak the bag in!

Redhodie is right. Ballet ruins you, sadly. Yoga is SOOO good and its full of pretty balances like ballet but better for you. Its also good for riding( Cadel Williams found this out. He swears by it and he did come in second at the Tour once.)

I don't have any food allergies; except shellfish and peanuts... not gluten intolerant either (I've been tested for celiac disease). Dairy doesn't agree with me, but only certain things. I can eat cheese and small amounts of yogurt and cottage cheese. But, I absolutely cannot drink milk. Probably why I have the osteopenia. Besides, I hate the taste of it, too.
Generally, the higher protein, "good carbs" way of eating is best for me, but I have to add in more carbs when I am doing a lot of riding or running.

Believe it or not, milk does NOT help prevent oesteo.
Milk is acidic.Any thing acidic, PULLS calcium from your bones , to settle your bloodstreams ph.
Dairy, alcohol, sugar,coffee, tea meat, soy- all these cause your blood to become acidic.( acidosis)
Countrys with HIGHEST rates of dairy consumption, have the highest hip fracture rate( finland for example).Countrys without much dairy - or meat for that matter ( sub saharan africa ) the lowest.
I got all this from a English book( ye gods what was that title?).

Did more research, and yes - its true. Odd that. Youd be better off eating non dairy calcium( along all your other things). My mum drank heaps of milk every day, along with her....coffee. She has it too.

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Originally Posted by cylegoddess

Believe it or not, milk does NOT help prevent oesteo.
Milk is acidic.Any thing acidic, PULLS calcium from your bones , to settle your bloodstreams ph.
Dairy, alcohol, sugar,coffee, tea meat, soy- all these cause your blood to become acidic.( acidosis)
Countrys with HIGHEST rates of dairy consumption, have the highest hip fracture rate( finland for example).Countrys without much dairy - or meat for that matter ( sub saharan africa ) the lowest.
I got all this from a English book( ye gods what was that title?).

Did more research, and yes - its true. Odd that. Youd be better off eating non dairy calcium( along all your other things). My mum drank heaps of milk every day, along with her....coffee. She has it too.

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While I agree that drinking milk with coffee or tea, probably is not helpful for calcium benefits, not so sure I would go so far as to discount everything dairy, including milk, causes acidiosis. We, including medical researchers, haven't exhausted research on how different combinations of food eaten in 1 meal, degrade or increase nutrient benefits.

Got any links to some sources to read up more about all this?
As for the studies about hip fracture rates, well depends how large the study populations were, what time of study period, study subjects level of fitness/weight, and lifestyle of these peoples.

Come to think of it, I wonder what are the common causes of hip fractures in later years are?
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By the way, I agree with redhodie and you that ballet is a physical activity that probably might increase probability of overfocusing on weight issues leading to eating disorders. Probably gymnastics and figure skating can cause these tendencies for girls/young women, where the body aesthetic becomes more important as one rises through advanced levels of competition.