Deb, have the bone density test!! I can't think of any reason not to. I found out I had osteopenia almost 6 yrs. ago, right about the time I was a new rider. I had been doing weight bearing exercise for years, but I have all the other risk factors: thin, white, family history. I tried Fosomax and it made me REALLy ill. I've been taking calcium supplements for over 20 years, too, but I hate milk, always have. So this year, after losing 4% of my bone mass since 2004, my doc put me on Evista and said to take Tums 3x a day. I will get checked again in September. She goes to my gym, so she knows what i do; but she said if i left it untreated, in 10 years if I had a bike crash, I could be permanantly disabled (you know, like those old ladies who never recover from a hip fracture?). This was about a week after my crash at the beginning of January, so now i am seriously listening. Doing my Graham Street core/weight work religiously and trying to hike a little more.

Mimi, how long did you commit to at your gym? Go look at some coe-ed ones! My gym is nothing like you describe.