Seconded - I love her positive reinforcement for my positive reinforcement for her positive reinforcement for my ... wait. Now I'm confused.
But yes - go you!
I don't know about the inevitability of loss of bone density. I know that several years ago it was discovered that vegan, vegetarian and omnivore women lost bone density at the same rate, but vegan women built more and faster than the others when put on a weight-bearing exercise regimen; also that a few years ago a study decided that diet and activity levels in childhood affects bone density later, and that your genes are 60-80% responsible for you later bone density. The Mayo Clinic seems to imply that regular weight-bearing exercise does indeed help to build and maintain bone density even if you start post-menopause, even if you have osteoporosis to start with. I seem to recall a study where women with osteoporosis in their 80s and 90s built significant bone density within weeks of starting a weight-bearing exercise regimen, though I'm not sure where I read it, so...
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Date: 2012-01-15 08:51 am (UTC)But yes - go you!
I don't know about the inevitability of loss of bone density. I know that several years ago it was discovered that vegan, vegetarian and omnivore women lost bone density at the same rate, but vegan women built more and faster than the others when put on a weight-bearing exercise regimen; also that a few years ago a study decided that diet and activity levels in childhood affects bone density later, and that your genes are 60-80% responsible for you later bone density. The Mayo Clinic seems to imply that regular weight-bearing exercise does indeed help to build and maintain bone density even if you start post-menopause, even if you have osteoporosis to start with. I seem to recall a study where women with osteoporosis in their 80s and 90s built significant bone density within weeks of starting a weight-bearing exercise regimen, though I'm not sure where I read it, so...