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[IFjane]

Mimi - I had the same situation a few years ago - joining a gym and finding that there were no other women.

This year I bought the Graeme Street Cyclo Core & Cyclo Zen DVD's & am using his exercises. Some include hand weights (I'm using 10 lb. ones) & the ball. Others are just using your own body weight.

If the gym gets too uncomfortable for you maybe you could try something like that?

Good luck! -jane

[IFjane]

Addendum:

some of his workouts are BRUTAL so I'm not doing all of them....

[mimitabby]

I'll try the gym for a bit for the free consultations... and I'm paid for a month now.

[chickwhorips]

good luck mimi. try not to think of them while your there. most everyone is worried about how they look and not you.

glad she said to keep riding!

[ClockworkOrange]

Coooooooo Mimi, don't jump up and down too much, 'cos you might just rattle!

Just keep taking the tablets............and riding that bike. Yup, getting older can be a real bummer, your not alone kiddo.




Sally

[DebW]

Mimi, how do they know the calcium state of your bones? My doctor suggest a bone density test a couple years ago but I didn't follow up. What do they actually test for and how?

[mimitabby]

I did a full torso bone density test.
I laid down and extra low xrays zapped me. So low that the tech didn't wear a lead apron.
Then they analyzed them and two readings were taking. spinal and hip bone density. and there's a scale, normal, osteopena, osteoporosis. if your insurance will pay for this I highly recommend it.
it only took a couple minutes.

I've also had the heel test, where you stick your heel in a machine and it measures the density of the bone there. but it's not as accurate because it's not measuring the places where you usually have problems.