I feel so "fragile"!

[Puja 148]

Thanks, everyone, for your replies!

I'm really enjoying hearing everyone's stories and feedback, please keep them coming.

Cowgirljane, pet owners tend to make better patients than those without pets! They have a good understanding of the benefits of exercise and nutrition, and they tend to be more aware of symptoms and take those symptoms more seriously. It's very interesting.

Benisa, I'm curious, too, about why your husband objects to the idea of gymming?

[BenisaMartim4 369]

Girls, he's jealous! It is so funny (and its not.) People have picked at him so much about me getting another "feller" until he has taken it to heart. He says he doesn't want other men looking at me while I exercise. He wouldn't care for me to go to the Curves, but they just recently closed ours down. He acts like my body guard now. I think it's cute. Poor guy has always been insecure even though he is super sweet, a hard worker and cute as a button. I humor him not to tear him down; but I really would like to try all those weight machines out. It feel like it would be more beneficial to me that cardio/aerobic activity.

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[CowgirlJane 14,259]

You are a patient woman... i could not deal with that.

Julian Micheals, and others, combine strength with aerobics and abs/core work. Dont discount the benefits of pushups, lunges, planks etc. Really this is an important part of being healthy!

[BenisaMartim4 369]

After seeing all my test results and them saying it was degenerative and the only way to alleviate some of the pain and a faster deterioration was to build muscles, he told me that I could go to the gym if I wanted to. We are going to see if they will let me do a trial to see if I can hold up prior to PT. I was standing and looking at myself in the mirror this morning. I have the tiniest little bird legs with piles of loose flesh over the top. I hope building up muscle under there will help their appearance too. My main reason for doing it is my spinal and joint condition, but I'm just as vain as the next girl and want to feel pretty when I look in the mirror too.

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[feedyoureye 3,087]

Doing weight bearing exercise help with bone loss too...none of us want to go THERE! Heavy people have some big bones because of this... when we lose weight, we can lose bone mass at the same time if we don't add weight to our workouts/life activities.