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The indoor is key for New England riding! Even with plowing and dragging an outdoor everyday - the ground eventually freezes too solid to ride on :-( - By the time I get to the barn (actually when I go to work, and when I leave work...) it's already dark - so I depend on the indoor. However the doors stay open and it's not…
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caffein. its used to help aleivitae the pain, but is also a main trigger. So they say.... I get migranes and I still can't figure out whay. they just happen, and they suck more than anything has ever sucked ever.
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Since I started exersicing and using MFP I missed my period for three months straight - it was AWESOME. The first month i didnt get it at all, the next two months i got it for half a day, and it was barely anything. I concluded it was from my body adjusting to the new diet and exercise. Just as I was bragging to my sister…
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That sounds amazing!! I've only been to Wellington once and there were horse trails everywhere, AND it seemed like EVERY house had a barn. Most of the kids down there get home schooled so they can compete all winter - crazy!! I live in MA but keep my horse in RI because even with the commute, the board is cheaper! I moved…
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Riding. I've always sucked at sports... well, maybe i could have been good if i wasn't always picked last so never tried.... buuuut probbaly not I'm not very competitive!!!! Now I can do something that most people I know can't (only because they havent tried and practiced) - plus riding kept me out of trouble in school,…
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This sounds aweful and really stressful - Im sending positive vibes and pony love your way <3
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Seriously. So, yesterday, she was calm as a cucumber in her stall and coming out. IE, good day. It was over 90 so I decided a quick ride - I didnt even go in the ring but decided to do the quarter mile track we have. Went on some trails and saw a couple of our cross country jumps - probbaly all of 18 inches. Right over…
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I'd like to weigh... but I know I won't, as i pretty much throw a temper tantrup every night i have to rinse out my water bottles... I can't imagine having to weigh on top of it. I do measure out my liquids - which - I really only drink water, diet soda, and almond milk... so its not that hard...but stuff like EVO i…
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In for the no stirrups! Had a nice little hack on my mare yesterday - she was having a bad day. By bad day I mean when the workers come up to me and start by saying "you know how she gets weird about going out of her stall, and getting the halter on, and leading, and going down the aisle..." (at which point I tune out for…
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The princess can ONLY be ridden in PINK, clearly!! Best - you probbaly have a super power worst - I think you might have an evil super power
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best - that entire photo makes me laugh out loud its so awesome worst - yellow is not his color...
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A woman at the barn told me "your arms look so much thinner" I almost kissed her. I hate my arms - sure, I have tummy rolls and celulite thighs, but my arms are always out for everyone to see, sometimes I hold them straight up and feel like they are bigger than my head - and it really, really bothers me! I know they are…
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@luckypony - the sitting trot made me laugh because in the hunter world, when the judge sais "sit the trot" everyone immediatly slows the trot to about half the pace they were going. This, is seriously where I will win an equitation class. My horse was ranch broke, and one thing I'm able to tap easily into is that super…
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Eek sorry to hear! Thats big in FL huh? I feel like everyone who comes back (all the lucky ones here in new England travel to Wellington or Ocala for the winter) sais their horse always gets a bout of scratches, rain rot, scurf, or some other fungus down there... must be the humidity? Equiaid was what I was going to…
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@luckypony71 she just turned 14 in May - she wasn't broke until she was 5, and i got her when she was 6 - so she really hasn't done much of anything physically demanding - as in, there are some 16 year old horses at our farm that had heavy jumping careers / etc that seem WAY older than her even though they are only a…
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@epiphany - to make a boring long story as short as possible (but it will still be long cause I tlak alot)... She's always been "cold backed" - if that's a real thing... Ive had her for 8 years (well - our 8 year anniversary is July 4th!!) The first year or so I had no idea what i was doing, my saddle didn't fit and i was…
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I actually got under 1200 calories the first time i used the calculator - this time I got about 1270 - which mirrors almost exactly what MFP is telling me to do.
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Bout a half hour from Boston.... feel free to add!
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Competed yesterday! We won 3 of our under saddle classes, came in second in the other 3. My mare wouldnt jump anything though! She jumped in the warmup, so I decided to push it, even though we have been having MAJOR issues jumping and I knew I shouldnt becaudse my trainer wasnt there but there I went...deciding I could…
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Add me! Doing 1280ish. MFP gave me 1200 - but then I did a calculator thingy and got 1280. Im 5'5" and trying to lose a pound a week - but at this point, I'll take a half pound, as long as it's not going up. I eat back my exercise calories - and go over 1200 alot but only if it's alcholol :-(... Damn alcohol - it kills my…
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Thats great sounds fun! It must be nice to have that bond with your daughter - plus, horses will always keep kids out of trouble haha! Along with teaching the value of some serious hard work!! I did a horse show this weekend - could have gone better, could have gone worse. We did great in our flat classes but she refused…
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Cleanse - "rid (a person, place, or thing) of something seen as unpleasant, unwanted, or defiling." I am a person, place, or thing. I see my poopies as unpleasent, unwanted, or defiling. I do a "cleanse" and poop exits my body in a timely maner, sometimes, in a super fast manner. So in short, heck yeah, cleanses totally…
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Sandwich baggies to the rescue!!!!! - Baggies of baby carrots and grapes - Pistachios, sunflower seeds - Pree peeled hard boiled eggs - Pre peanut-buttered peanut butter and rice cake sammie - Hummus in a "togo" cup.... dip celery in - Beef jerkey...or turkey jerkey - Pre-rolled ground turkey w / taco seasoning and lettuce…
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<---- fiannly chuckles at the fact this is like the third time you've brought up a ball gag and it didn't even phase me as off colored. I bought a Dr. Cooks bitless - I cant show in it, but I do like jumping in it - I get really nervous that Im going to pull before the jumps....which makes me pull before the jumps....…
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YAY! Pooping threads are my FAV! I would probs try a week without the Quest Bars too... not because they are "proceced:" or high in protein or whatever...just because the time frame of you starting to eat them, and having trouble pooping...seem to match up. Maybe it has nothing to do with protein...everyones different,…
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Dissapointed in the lack of sassy GIFs here ::grumble:
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And keep reading... but remember just like the news, or in daily conversation....people generally only talk about the negatives.... For sake of conversation I'd argue that a bosal, and especially a hack, can do much, much worse damage in harsh hands than a bit can in soft hands :-)
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Certainly not! A lot of people chose not to use bits... some because they don't like them...some because they find them cruel ... if you are interested Dr. Cook (Dr. Cooks bitless bridle) has a web site that explains the "pain / pressure" caused by bits - you might find it interesting! I guess I was more saying, again,…
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Its super normal, around here anyway, to bring in an outside trainer. We have 2 wonderful trainers at our barn - but people often bring in "clinitians" or "higher level trainers" to teach - there's actually a multitude of trainers who consider themselves free lance and go from barn to barn teaching - professionally, she…
