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It sounds really interesting. I haven't had much luck on finding out more info on it, do you have any more info? Those initial numbers seem totally reasonable now that spring is here!
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No clinic plans here, but I did make it to the first annual High Desert Horse Expo this weekend. It was nice for the first time, and they said next year would be even bigger! I got some free chapstick with spf 15, and some free samples of treats and supplements for the ponies. And best of all, free stuff from the BLM…
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I understand your pain. I'm available for knee surgery pep talks if you need them! I went 7 years after I broke my first ACL before I got the surgery and it was always a guessing game. When will my knee give out, when will I be incapacitated with pain? It was finally a mis-step dismounting my horse that made my final…
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I count my daily horse care activities in my activity level for goal setting. I only count things as exercise that I don't do everyday, like riding and grooming, sadly.
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Hi there! I'm your resident knee surgery veteran. 5 total knee surgeries, including both ACLs reconstructed out of my own hamstring tissue. I do not regret for a second any of those surgeries, and I would have another one if I needed, but I don't so far knock on wood. My last surgery was over 5 years ago, and everything is…
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I had a discussion on this topic with my coworkers, who are all therapists and social workers. They gave me some advice around accepting compliments, and it's been a practice of mine ever since weight loss compliments started happening. When someone compliments me, I'm allowed to say "thank you," and then I have to shut…
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I used to take granola bars, and nuts and seeds. Things I could share with my pony!
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I think real exercise gurus would say that a HRM is really the only sure way to know actual calories burned. But personally I rely on the MFP estimates. One trend that I've noticed over time is that as you lose weight, you burn less calories doing your usual activities. I usually go on easy walking trail rides so I log it…
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I usually use a block. When I was larger it was nearly mandatory, losing weight has made a dramatic difference in my mounting skill. With my new saddle I nearly threw myself over little Nugget the first time I stepped on from the ground! He's all of 14.2 hands so if someone has to get off to retrieve something, it's…
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I couldn't be happier for you and Jackson by the way. His situation has worried me, but now I know he's going to be just fine!
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I JUST read an article today in Western Horseman about the importance of salt in a horse's diet. Horses are not affected by salt like humans, so a horse eating a lot of salt is not going to retain more water or get high blood pressure like a person would. And I agree that I'd rather a horse drink too much than not enough,…
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Well I just broke down and bought one, so I'll give you all a review when it arrives! As I told someone recently who poked fun at my "nice hat," (and to be fair, I was sporting a safety orange helmet cover that day) I just really value the information I have stored in my brain, and I'm OK with your values if you don't. I…
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PTownMama, I've recently met someone using this product called DaBrim. It's a brim that fits on the helmet and provides shade like a cowboy hat! I'm a Ginger, so I have to hide from the sun or I burst into flames. My local tack shop keeps ordering these but they sell like hotcakes and I haven't tried one in person. But I…
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Baby powder can help combat monkey butt! There is a product you can buy at my local motorcycle shop actually called "Anti-Monkey Butt," but it's basically baby powder. I've heard you can buy a product at running stores to help combat chafe as well, it may be like a deodorant stick. My doctor told me about it because when I…
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Hi nice to "meet" you! I've just been horse camping for a week, and saw lots of nice Walking Horses in the campground. My neighbor at the camp had a lovely buckskin Tennessee Walker who was very classy looking. I keep thinking one day I need one of those. I'm a trail rider as well, I have a mustang who sometimes gaits when…
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I saved this link when I saw it posted somewhere recently: http://www.ultimatehorsesite.com/info/caloriesburned.html
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My other horse, Oreo, is Mr. Trip and Stumble on the trail. He is distracted by everything, all the time. And he is extremely lazy. When my ex was around and used to ride Oreo, he used to tell him "rocks Oreo, rocks" every time we'd get to a rocky patch or something under foot that he should pay attention to. I made fun of…
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Hi and welcome to the adventure! The best help I could suggest is your food diary, and the support system you can find here. And staying under your calories, of course! :laugh: I certainly won't claim to be any weight loss expert, but it sounds like you're on the right track. For me, the first month was by far the hardest.…
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Non Scale Victory here as well! I ride this odd German saddle, the Trekker Flexible, which is treeless and has lots of adjustable options. Yesterday, I moved the cantle closer to the pommel, in other words made the seat an inch smaller. Rode it today for a quick trial of the new seat size, and I love it! I don't feel like…
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I am keeping my fingers crossed for you and Jackson! :heart:
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I put on my winter riding breeches the other day, and I didn't have to dance and wiggle into them. I bent over and tied up my boots without getting cut in half, and it occurred to me, my breeches fit! I didn't feel like a sausage in them, they were just comfortable!
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She's lovely, and looks like a tank! I love the flaxen mane and tail, my boy Nugget has the same. I've always had a soft spot for cute blonds!
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Roommates: Why I live alone! :explode:
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Welcome back to riding! I share a similar story with you, quit riding at age 16, and started up again around 25. 15 years on, your future could look like this: Lessons turned into a lease situation. I gave up the lease when I took in a rescue horse. Rescue horse was old and soon crossed the rainbow bridge. The barn owner…
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Adorable! :love: I agree with this horse!
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I'm coping by staying indoors! My "other" horse, Oreo, has had a bit of a rough winter. Poor guy. Oreo is the literal gift horse, he is my horse's companion horse. A very well fed pasture ornament. Oreo's always lame on his right front due to angular limb deformities. This fall, right around my birthday, he grew an…
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Horse fly! That's funny! :bigsmile: Hi new horsey members!
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I wear mine, and not because anything bad happened to me, but because bad stuff happens sometimes with horses! I can attest to that with my collection of injuries and surgeries, and most of us probably can speak to similar injuries and incidents. The second to last time I fell off, I was on a gravel road, and I hit my…
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I don't blanket at this point in life. My horses live outdoors with a run in shed, and since they aren't in heavy work in the winter due to lack of covered riding arena, they live as they are. I increase hay rations overall, and double hay when it's really cold, fed in the shed to force inside time! My horse is a BLM…
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Chiming in late as well, I think I've finally detoxed from the holiday sugar rush. I put some thought into what I'm doing here, and came up with this: Log my food every day, no matter what I eat. Ease into this, starting at 1700 calories a day, but will drop that down toward the end of this month. Start walking, again.…
