Why?

[Depleted]

Don't think this is easy, though. Along with that 2% bone loss every year, you also have to combat 8% muscle loss, and a good percentage of cognitive loss. I have to keep going all the time, just to TRY to stay even. This means EVERY day, all through the day.

You certainly do NOT have to lose it, but to keep from that happening, you DO have to exert, at the minimum, an excess of the percentage of whatever you used to do to just "maintain."

My sister-in-law is 80, and she can run rings around me. But, she also exercise almost twice as much as I do... and I exercise probably 30% more than I did when I was younger..... and I am STILL gaining more weight than I want to. (I'm up to 235 pounds, and 36" pants are getting too tight.)

I am going to let you guys in on a gigantic secret that is so simple that many people won't believe me, and won't seriously try it

It is REBOUNDING. Of course, you have to do more than just that, but rebounding will actually reverse a good amount of aging. And they only cost about $100 for a pretty good one. Not to mention that they are fun and easy to use. (I would suggest getting one with the "support handles" to hang onto if your balance isn't all that good. (The stroke wreaked havoc with my balance.)

Google REBOUNDING, and watch some of the videos. You will be glad you did.

The first video I clicked on had a cat on the trampoline bouncing. My immediate thought was, "Cool! Watch a cat exercise, so I don't."

My second thought was John's just getting to releasing his hands from the walker, so he's not up to trampoline yet, BUT one of his training exercises is to throw a weight ball at a trampoline and then catch it. So, it's not like he's opposed to trampolines. I'm not sure he would be up to climbing on even with supprts for a week or two more, but...

But then the third thought hit. We have false ceilings. (The house is 100 years old, and I've seen what's above those ceilings. Looks like the ceiling of a Gatsby-like house, except it hasn't been maintained -- ever.) I'm 5'9" and can touch the ceiling. He's 6'1". Bouncing on a trampoline that looks like it's about a foot off the ground isn't going to work in our house. A real shame. We have a rubber band exercise contraption in the basement that would help him, except no railing for halfway down the steps in the basement, so he couldn't get to it to use it. (And same problem with the stepper part of the machine. We're too tall to use it because of the short ceilings.) That trampoline would probably be just right for the space issue in the house, so it would have been a great idea, if our ceilings were normal height.

It looks like fun.

 

[Depleted]

Its really good to hear John is improving so much. I know it will continue.

When my aunt came out of hospital she had no interest in reading watching TV etc and
couldn't remember more than one line of writing at a time to follow anything.

Its taken about 4 months for her to have the concentration span back necessary for reading and
I don't have to keep reminding her of the TV plot lines anymore .


I think we underestimate how much everything in our bodies is linked together,
hormones, chemistry, brain function, oxygen levels, energy levels etc. Thankfully God does.

I have a bit of a 4 pack. Lol

It came from all that saxophone playing when I took up the also saxophone. You have to squeeze
your stomach muscles and use the power to force the air out of your lungs at pressure.


At first when you can only play loud as while you can blow hard you can't control the air
pressure. Then after a while it gets easier to control the air pressure as you learn
how to breathe and use those stomach muscles. So while playing the alto I got a bit of a
two pack. Then when I got the soprano which needs more air pressure I got a bit of a 4 pack.

It also firms up all those muscles around the jaw line. Beats the gym any time.

When I visited today he sprung the news -- he's coming home next Thursday.
[video=youtube;6FLXqkL9MPM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FLXqkL9MPM[/video]

 

[Willie-T]

The first video I clicked on had a cat on the trampoline bouncing. My immediate thought was, "Cool! Watch a cat exercise, so I don't."

My second thought was John's just getting to releasing his hands from the walker, so he's not up to trampoline yet, BUT one of his training exercises is to throw a weight ball at a trampoline and then catch it. So, it's not like he's opposed to trampolines. I'm not sure he would be up to climbing on even with supprts for a week or two more, but...

But then the third thought hit. We have false ceilings. (The house is 100 years old, and I've seen what's above those ceilings. Looks like the ceiling of a Gatsby-like house, except it hasn't been maintained -- ever.) I'm 5'9" and can touch the ceiling. He's 6'1". Bouncing on a trampoline that looks like it's about a foot off the ground isn't going to work in our house. A real shame. We have a rubber band exercise contraption in the basement that would help him, except no railing for halfway down the steps in the basement, so he couldn't get to it to use it. (And same problem with the stepper part of the machine. We're too tall to use it because of the short ceilings.) That trampoline would probably be just right for the space issue in the house, so it would have been a great idea, if our ceilings were normal height.

It looks like fun.

Ours is 9" off the floor, and when I bounce on it, I rarely go more than three inches above the rim (since you sink down into it when you step on) The whole point of it IS the "bouncing." Something you do not get with any other kind of exercise like stretching a rubber band.

 

[Depleted]

Swimming is good for all round muscle tone.

I use to do lots of swimming and cycling and weight training until I reached my 30s,
then life got in the way.

It certainly helped though as I seem to still be much fitter than others my age.

If I ever get more time back I think I would try the weight training again I did enjoy that
Possibly swimming again although the choice of decent swimming pools has reduced
now.

Sorry Willie we were suppose to talking about brain function.
It's interesting the bible says the following.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18 NKJV
[16] Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing,
yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. [17] For our light affliction, which
is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight
of glory, [18] while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things
which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things
which are not seen are eternal.


Our soul/spirit will outlive our current body. God set our days at 120 but before that
people lived hundreds and hundreds of years.

I think that says a lot about the real us the thinking part the immortal part etc to live forever.
Presumably in the next life we will have all our earthly memories intact but will have fresh
understanding about our present struggles and we will keep acquiring new memories.
Maybe the capacity of the brain is infinite but it's just that our body isn't?

John wants to swim again.

One thing they keep telling him in PT is "stop being in a hurry." We will have something you can't get yet -- time. This taught me I waste too much of it and it taught John to enjoy it more, so I suspect we will swim. (I just found our old bathing suits. And I do mean OLD. Bought them for our first vacation, so 1981, but I'm hoping they'll at least give us a hint of what size swimsuits we are now. Last used 14 years ago. (I don't dare use them again for fear they'd dry rot in the shallow end. lol)

Long ago, I started walking for exercise. Used to go to a nearby block-size park walk around it and come home. (The year G.H.W. Bush was nominated at the last political convention our city hosted because I waved to him as the motorcade drove by.) Also something we want to do together.

I had dreams of going back to Canada to go fishing or down to Virginia to see family again, but we were too disabled to do that. Oddly enough, this taught me we ain't that disabled. We still can't travel, but we can do small things locally.

This didn't merely make us rethink what our bodies are able to do. It reset our minds too. I know the years are less, but life is more!

And, although you don't get the time we will have you still get something most people take for granted. Amazement how singularly important it is for someone to simply pee by herself/himself! Between that and eating again (and how long it is taking John to relearn how to drink again), the four of us, (because your aunt counts), will forever marvel at little things like swallowing, peeing, and hobbling.

 

[Depleted]

Ours is 9" off the floor, and when I bounce on it, I rarely go more than three inches above the rim (since you sink down into it when you step on) The whole point of it IS the "bouncing." Something you do not get with any other kind of exercise like stretching a rubber band.

I can see me going out to measure me on it and then adding 7 inches to see if he'd hit the ceiling. I'm not giving up on it, and I can see me doing that because I just measured how far our car seat is from the ground, and I'll be measuring a toilet next to see about handlebars. I've become adept at measuring lately, just out of necessity.

There is always the possibility of using it in our garden. The only thing that could stop us is a snowstorm.

 

[Tinkerbell725]

Because if God let us use the 90 percent and we can access the subconcious mind we will be like Him. I believe that in the glorified body, God will let us use the 100 %. Adam was a very smart cookie, even wiser than einstein, maybe he was able to use the 100% before the fall. Or maybe the enlightened beings and the apostles and the prophets were able to use the 100% because God has promised to those who have the courage to ask God to show them great wisdom that are beyond this world.

 

[Willie-T]

Because if God let us use the 90 percent and we can access the subconcious mind we will be like Him. I believe that in the glorified body, God will let us use the 100 %. Adam was a very smart cookie, even wiser than einstein, maybe he was able to use the 100% before the fall. Or maybe the enlightened beings and the apostles and the prophets were able to use the 100% because God has promised to those who have the courage to ask God to show them great wisdom that are beyond this world.

Some excellent thoughts to ponder. Thank you.

 

[Miri]

When I visited today he sprung the news -- he's coming home next Thursday.
[video=youtube;6FLXqkL9MPM]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FLXqkL9MPM[/video]

Great news I bet it feels like you have won the lottery. \/

 

[AbigailZeke]

Consider this: most of us only use about 10% of our total brain capacity. Even when praying and communing with God. What’s the rest for?

Dormant! I honestly think the rest won't function until the second coming xD

 

[Sirk]

Consider this: most of us only use about 10% of our total brain capacity. Even when praying and communing with God. What’s the rest for?

I think some only use about .0001% of their brain. Lol

 

[resurrection33]

Three years of Latin, in this is the sum total of what I remember.
Insula est.
Vini, vidi, vici.
Eram, eras, erant, eramus, erantus, erant.
Via Appia.
Et tu, Brute?

Anything past that and the only way I remember it is if I see an English word, break it down, and notice it's Latin parts, like subterraneum is underearth, expatriate is against or away from father? (Not sure, on that.) And then there is the Latin mass, that I can now read, but didn't know when I had to say the words.

I think there is something to what Miri said. Lots of old memories in there that are so covered in dust, it's iffy whether I can access them anymore.

You remember a lot more than I do. I just remember amo, amas, amat.

 

[notmyown]

I think some only use about .0001% of their brain. Lol

*tries not to take offense*

 

[Depleted]

Great news I bet it feels like you have won the lottery. \/

It makes it feel like winning the lottery just puts a dollar in my hand. Bigger than that!

 

[Willie-T]

I think some only use about .0001% of their brain. Lol

Well............. I was fantasizing about OUTSIDE this forum. LOL

 

[Depleted]

Dormant! I honestly think the rest won't function until the second coming xD

I'm counting on new body and brain. Current body is deteriorating. And brain seems to be mostly cobwebs anyway with a whole section of "what's in it for me" being too well used.

 

[Depleted]

You remember a lot more than I do. I just remember amo, amas, amat.

At least you're conjugating an action verb, and it's one of the best verbs -- love. (Yes, I googled it.)

I can conjugate "was."

 

[notmyown]

carpe noctem

though i think carpe is better translated 'pluck'.
but i guess 'seize' sounds stronger?

 

[Willie-T]

carpe noctem

though i think carpe is better translated 'pluck'.
but i guess 'seize' sounds stronger?

But do we ever see how open to interpretation, "noctem" is. LOL

 

[tanakh]

Consider this: most of us only use about 10% of our total brain capacity. Even when praying and communing with God. What’s the rest for?

Storing the whole series of Star trek 1 and Star trek The next generation

 

[Miri]

I've always wondered about people classified as autistic savant.
They lack the capacity to communicate and see the the world in a normal
way. But it's as if other parts of their brain which are shut off in everyone else,
are wide awake in them.


10 Most Fascinating Savants in the World - Neatorama


See the above link apparently one person can read the a page of a book in 3 seconds.
He reads one page with his left eye and one page with his right eye simultaneously.

Imagine been able to see something and it imprints on the brain with such clarity that
you can read 12,000 books and remember them all.

It brings a whole new aspect to the following verses and remember we are made in His
image. Wow Maybe we are all super men and women trapped in an earthly corruptable
body. Instead of cryptonite, sin is our nemeses.




Psalm 32:8Verse Concepts

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with
My eye upon you.

Psalm 33:18Verse Concepts

Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope for His
lovingkindness,