VesperSparrow

Anyone older out there and attempting this? I'm 57 and weight about 163 at the moment. I've been walking my 2 miles a day for 10 years and wanted to take it up a notch. This first coupleof times went well and I actually enjoyed it but after the third (when I jogged and walked short intervals, jogging about a mile…

I've started jogging a little on my morning dog walks (just over 2 miles). Usually I walk with other people, but on the weekends I walk alonet, so I'd like to move up to jogging most of the 2 miles. Want to take it slowly so it isn't too hard on my 57 year old knees.

I'm going to do a little at the end of each schooling session (mostly sitting trot) and build up. Just got the nerve up to do it on my current horse, who has a big trot and bounced a beginner (who had his stirrups) completely off her on the first trot stride. I finally realized that if I could sit her trot with stirrups I…

The other thing I like to do is cook fresh or frozen fruit in the microwave for a few minutes so the flavour gets more concentrated, and then top it with 0% fat Greek yoghurt.

I walk paths everyday that I know the distance of, so I calculate my speed by how long it takes to do the walk. Generally, when my dog is on the leash, I use the 3 mph figure and when I'm walking more briskly with the dog off leash, the 4 mph. But since I am very used to doing this walk (have been doing it everyday for ten…

Grooming! When I become too creaky to ride I figure I'll volunteer as a groomer/tacker-up.

I'm an older, timid rider and have been queen (not by scores but by attendance record, LOL) of Intro the last few years on a couple of green horses, although I did Training four years ago with my previous been-there, done-that mare, This summer, I hope to make it to Training on my green, young but very sweet mare. I just…

MET = metabolic equivalent

Re walking in deep or packed snow (which I've been doing lately too), found this on the Weight Watchers site: "Walking in packed snow increases by 60 percent the calories burned compared to walking on a paved road, while walking in soft snow triples the calories burned compared to walking at the same speed on a treadmill.…

I did find this link: http://www.arkagency-naha.com/naha/pdf/energy_cost.pdf She provides the following list Activity Cal/Hr MET Clean Stalls 550 7.7 Feed horses 306 4.3 Groom 525 7.3 At the halt 78 1.0 Walk 168 2.3 Post trot 420 5.9 Sitting trot 450 6.3 Canter 514 7.2 Gallop 558 7.8 Paint fences 140 1.9 Drive tractor 150…

I was totally sweating from my "trotting" today, which was mostly done sitting and involved transitions every 10 metres or so, even though it was -5 C in the indoor.

Current weight: 170 Hips: 42 Waist: 33 Height: 5'4" Age: 57 Lost 40 pounds last year; want to lose another 15 or 20 this year but maintain muscle mass and not put myself at risk for osteoporosis. And strengthen my core for dressage. The food calculator is better than I thought it would be and includes my fav President…