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My prince of a 6 year old Thoroughbred Rory is going to be on stall rest for 30 days so I'm going to be working my pony with an eye to do a schooling jumper show. I have a friend who events giving me lessons and she said my equitation is just about perfect so we're going to concentrate on getting my other horses in shape…

June goal - be able to trot on my horse for 20 minutes straight without either of us crying uncle. Keep up the 1-2 pound a week drop.

Howdy folks! I turned the big 5-0 in March. I had a gastric sleeve done 4 years ago and lost over 100 lbs. I've kept it off except for last year when I had a broken ankle and wasn't able to do much for a while. I'm back on MFP to drop the 30-ish I gained. Easy to put on, hard to take off for sure. I stay active with…

For me, it all comes down to sustainability. I don't belong to a gym or take group classes because for me that is not sustainable. I own and ride horses and I love it, so that's what I do. I also like hiking with my dogs. If it's fun it's not hard.

I do Iyengar yoga once a week and my instructor gave me "Yoga for Equestrians" for my birthday. It's a good book with pretty easy poses and really great information on breathing.

I was going to do a walk/trot equitation class but I had an emergency with my father (who lives with me) so I had to scratch. Oh well. More shows are coming up!

Hi kids! My name is Morgan, I'm an adult (just turned 50) returning to my love of horses over the last few years. I have three Thoroughbreds (two of them off-track) and one Quarter Horse something or other pony. I had a bad fall in March of 2015 and shattered my left ankle. Took a while for me to get to a weight-bearing…

Let's all check back here in 5 years and weigh in and compare. I believe statistically as much as 60% of the registered users here will have gained the weight they lost back plus some bonus poundage regardless of what their hopes and dreams were as the scale went down. There's a lot of very gross generalizations being…

I get hormonal migraines. My problem was the swing right before the migraine where I could literally eat a horse. And all its food. And ask for dessert. I've had bariatric surgery so I'm not sure how that's going to affect all the hormonal stuff yet (I'm only a month out). Like you it has never had anything to do with…

Banana and water and sleep!

This. Which is why I now knit. Keeps my hands busy and full.

Nobody but you and your doctor should be deciding what your "good size" should be.

Fantastic idea! I'd have to say at most restaurants you'd more likely be putting 2/3 of it in the box.

This. That's quite a lot of immaturity going on there - what is he, 12? Kick him to the curb. Best advice ever from my aunt in regards to men (or partners in general of whatever ilk) - Never marry (date/live with/whatever) a man who can not give you at least what you can give yourself. And that's not really all about the…

Just eat less. There are days when I'd rather have a piece of pizza over one more frickin' salad. So I have the pizza. There's no good food or bad food. It's just food.

1. Whens the best time to weigh ones self? - colthes on/off ? - if its in the morning after morning rituals? - etc. Just be consistent. I usually weight myself in the a.m. right before I get in the shower. 2. Working out when is it best to do that in the morning/afternoon/nights? - I work 10am till 5 and im up by 8:30 to…

I read the article and I look forward to more research being done around this idea of "stasis". It's NOT an excuse - that's not a good way to look at this at all. It's a greater understanding of how the human body works. There was a similar and very interesting exercise done at a prison. Volunteers were grouped into…

Those are all good tips - not really junk science per se. Doing all of them won't necessarily make you skinny though.

Please don't feed the trolls.

Throw nuts into a salad, or add some yogurt to fruit. 900 is indeed way too low.

I try and avoid food that is not food but has enough calories to be a meal. Like Take 5 candy bars. I was addicted to those for a while until I looked at the calories.

High in calories and carbs. When I quit drinking I dropped 15 pounds without doing anything else.

Practice. It's tough. My metabolism has always been "starve for a week, lose a pound, smell a piece of pizza, gain 10". Let me once again say that that metabolism has never changed for my whole entire life, regardless of level of activity, diet, etc. So it's a real ***** that I'm battling not only things I do have control…

I feel your pain, man. I'm not doing quite as much exercise as you, but I just don't lose weight. A couple of years ago I spent 6 months working out 5 days a week, and working out pretty hard, in preparation for a fairly major surgery. I ate a lot of salads and stayed off of any processed junk food. My whole body shape…

Fantastic info! I'd like to throw in the other popcorn experiment: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/sep/18/stale-popcorn-provides-fresh-view-on-the-power/

All good advice so far. I have a hard time getting my husband motivated - he plays a lot of PC games so he's sitting all day at work and then wants to sit all night at home. My advice is the same as others - just leave him alone. He'll either want to join you or not, but it's his road to travel.

Trader Joe's frozen Steel Cut Oatmeal. $1.99 for two day's worth. I eat it every day. Just take it out of the plastic, put in in a bowl, nuke for about 3:30 and voila! A nice big helping of delicious, filling and oh-so-good for you oatmeal. I don't add anything to it because they are just that tasty. I checked your…

For me, the gym needs to be SUPER convenient for me to make a commitment. Like, I have to drive by it on the way to work and they have to have showers. At the moment, no gym meets that requirement for me so I work out at home. I am going to look at treadmills this weekend. There are some fantastic deals out there.

Roasted and salted Pepitas. I'm so sad they are so calorific because they are a very tasty snack.

This may seem completely counter-intuitive and might even (gasp!) irritate some people, but here you go: Embrace the fat of you. The second I started using terms like "my big fat *kitten*" and ditched "Rubenesque" and "BBW" my whole outlook changed. As fat folk we have a tendency to not want to admit that yes, we are…