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Great job, congrats :-)

What a mess you are having to deal with :-( Sure hope you get to buy him!!

Rode stable horses back when I was a kid, but got my first horse when I was 52. That was 9 years ago and I have been a trail riding fool ever since. Welcome back to riding. It is one of the best parts of life :-)

I'm another rider who says "every ride, every time". When my daughter started riding, I made her wear a helmet. When we bought our own first horses, we both wore helmets. I told her, I would wear one too, since she had too! In Iowa (where we previously lived) all 4-H events, kids had to wear helmets when riding. In…

Your net should never be less then 1200. Be sure to eat back your exercise calories. Search for "Eat more to loose more".

Or This :wink:

what I do when I don't know the calories burned is that the time x 2 = burned. Such as scooping manure for 60 minutes get me 120 calories burned. I also use that when I ride my horse because the calories burned is soooo way off in my opinion :-)

I use my cell phone MFP app to check the calories on "similar" items before I order them or I just exercise more that day or the next day to work off all those extra calories.

I don't need to eat if I wake up in the middle of the night to unless I am really hungry. Then I eat something, like a meal replacement bar, drink a big glass of water and then go back to bed. I do like to snack in the evening, so I make sure I factor that in to my calorie count for each day so I leave myself some 'night…

My official weigh in day is Wed., so if I eat a little extra on the weekend or don't exercise enough, I can make it up on Monday and Tuesday. Sometimes I weigh more often then that, just to keep my focus.

concentrate on a weekly calorie goal, not a daily one. When you go to lunch try a quick 15 minute fast paced walk, eat lean meats and lots of veggies (raw carrots with a loud crunch will help keep you awake). On your short days try for a long walk, or job, zumba or any exercise, days off, exercise more. Try to make sure…

My goal is to be able to wear breeches when I ride my horse instead of baggy pants :-)

I never worry about my protein level and figure I will use the protein to keep my energy up with my less calories :-)

I too have found the more fit I get, the more I have to eat. it is the eat more to loose more way :-)

I can be a binge eater so I just make sure that it is within my calorie deficit :-) If I binge one day, the next day I exercise twice as much and stay between 1200 and 1400 calories. I only weigh once a week, so as long as I am within my weekly goal, it doesn't affect me.

I am 61 years old and 5'2" tall and am moderately active. I exercise about 30 minutes of cardio and 30 minutes of resistant work and I eat about 1400 to 1600 calories a day. I have lost usually between 1 and 2 lbs. aweek. I eat back about 1/2 my workout calories. I eat lots of veggies, lean meat and fish with some fruits…

How about the real revolutionary diet "eat less and move more" it really works most of the time :-):happy:

I started MFP on January 1st and love it. I am also an avid trail horse rider in NE. I ride gaited horses. I have a Kentucky Mountain Saddle horse, a Missouri Foxtrotter and a grade gaited horse that we think is a Spotted Saddle Horse (he is an adopted rescue). I love trail riding, horse camping, CTR's and want to do a few…

My goal this year is to ride in 5 CTR's and 1 or 2 LD Endurance rides. I have ridden in 2 CTR's so far and am planning to ride in my first LD Endurance ride in 3 weeks in Kansas.

Don't know, never had a well trained horse :-) I think I like working with my horses so we get to "know" each other and our quirks.

Too awesome, I didn't know about this group until my friend Tammy replied to it and I got a copy because we are friends, so of course, I HAD to join this group :-) I have so many horsey NSV's now that I have lost weight! 1st, is I got a new green broke young horse! I would never have done that 6 months ago, because I…

Wow, this is a thought provoking article that is very sad and depressing. I'm glad I read it.

I also watched the Biggest Loser every week while it is on. I usually recorded it and watched it the next day WHILE I did MY "Last chance workout". Granted mine is only an hour, not 6 hours, but I made sure I worked hard that whole hour. That show gives me inspiration to keep going. When I would watch that show and see…

It doesn't really matter when you count it as long as you count it :-) Try and be consistent if you can so it is easier to remember to count it every time.

Very cute button :-) Congrats on getting so close to your goal (it's my goal too)! See ya there :-)

Make sure you don't go less then 1200 calories per day if you aren't exercising. 1350 is a good basic goal, but if you exercise, make sure you eat back most of your calories. Watch your NET. What is nice is eating back your exercise calories :-) Great incentive to exercise regularly. Try and make sure to eat good calories…

Something that I really like and NEED to help me with my lifestyle change is the counting calories and exercise. I count everything I eat and boy does that help me make better choices most of the time. My son came home for 2 weeks after being in Belgium for 3 years and we ate and ate and ate all the yummy fattening foods…

Love chocolate, even my horse is chocolate colored LOL... My breakfast every day is a Think Thin Brownie Crunch bar with juice. At night my snack is Special K pastry crisps chocolaty delight. I can't give up my chocolate or I really go on an eating binge and then still eat my chocolate. So I cut right to the chase and eat…

Yes a calorie is a calorie, but (of course there is a but...) pizza calories are loaded with sodium, fat, sugar; where the same amount of calories in fish, veggies and a salad are not. Someone once said on a thread here that you can loose weight eating 1200 calories of candy or 1200 calories of veggies, but you can eat a…

You are looking great! keep up the great work :-)