a fat woman with a barefoot parelli trained cob

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Good for you for posting! Lucky you barefoot, I have super abrasive tarmac around my way! And I am jealous of the fact you live in Canada!! Really, really love the old cob, what a fab lad. Enjoy your horses and bugger what other people think. I am a chunker too and have a nice welsh cob and a tough pony of "travelling" origins both of which are upto carrying me for the ploddy rides that I enjoy!!

 

[showpony]

Agree with below - I do think you are too heavy @ moment for your horse BUT your honesty is totally refreshing & you are obviously just doing light ridden work which IMO is much better than a light rider working their horse to the bone!

Looking forward to updates from you

well you obviously want honesty BB so i my honest opinion is i agree with the above poster, i too think you are too heavy but 20minutes isnt going to do any harm and i wish you luck with your weight loss.

I totally respect larger riders who acknowledge they maybe too heavy and seek to lose weight to make it easier for their horses to carry them.

Its the very obese riders that shouts down anyone who dares suggest there is an upper weight limit a fine boned horse can carry that i have a problem with.

 

[Achinghips]

Hiya

What a lovely horse and what a fabulous riding position you have. Oh yes, there's a few passionate people on here with rigid points of view and limited black or white opinions! Newbie bashing is a popular sport so dont take it too personally as some unhappy peoplejust cant resist it and don't realise keyboards depersonalise targets .

You'll find some good factual advice in stable yard section, some incredibley experienced technically accurate riders in competition section and a great lot (generally) in New Lounge.

Oh - and I need to loose a bit of weight too. I found it's so much harder as you get older - your metabolism slows right now and genetics also play a part too, I suppose ... at least that's my excuse while I'm tucking into my fish and chips.

ooh - and I have a barefoot too with fantastic feet as hard as diamonds - saves me a fortune when he just has manicures and everyone else on my yard have to fork out their £65, compared to my £15 - wahahahahahahah. He's half Shire and a complete giant!

Welcome

 

[Welsh]

Hello, well done on quitting the deadly ciggies, gorgeous horses... I'm looking forward to your updates!

 

[Littlelegs]

Good luck with the weight loss & well done on the smoking. I won't be hypocritical enough to say I agree with you riding that horse currently though. Not at all bothered by fat/barefoot/cob though, can't see why anyone would be in all seriousness.

 

[Puppy]

Good luck with the weight loss & well done on the smoking. I won't be hypocritical enough to say I agree with you riding that horse currently though.

/\ this. He looks to be struggling to track up behind.

Perhaps you could do some long reining with him - to help get you both fitter

Welcome to the forum. I hope you'll keep posting.

 

[TarrSteps]

Where are you in Canada?

 

[lula]

Oh yes, there's a few passionate people on here with rigid points of view and limited black or white opinions! Newbie bashing is a popular sport so dont take it too personally as some unhappy peoplejust cant resist it and don't realise keyboards depersonalise targets .

dont be such a drama queen Achinghips, no one at all has been 'newbie bashing'.

 

[CalllyH]

I really think the horse looks like it's struggling and not overly happy in the first picture. Whether that's Down to weight or something else I don't know.

 

[Big Ben]

I'm shamed - you can multi quote already! I've been here a year and a half and never found this mythical multi quote button.
If you manage to get a hatless pic make sure you are wearing flip flops or trainers too, that really gets folk going

I remember the sheer joy of discovering the multi quote button, kind of the G spot of the forum world, and now a shamelessly over use it, off to look for shorts, and flip flops for a photo shoot

 

[Achinghips]

dont be such a drama queen Achinghips, no one at all has been 'newbie bashing'.

personal insults are against T & C

 

[lula]

personal insults are against T & C

and what 'personal insults' would they be because i surely haven't seen any on this thread?

 

[Achinghips]

Use of the term "drama queen" directed personally.

 

[lula]

Use of the term "drama queen" directed personally.

oh behave yourself.

i asked you where the 'newbie bashing' you decided was on this thread was.
so far you haven't answered me.

 

[RainbowDash]

Hi BB,

Welcome to HHO Well done you for posting pics of your beautiful horses - I'm not even brave enough to do that I think you're certainly doing the right thing with the light work (slow and steady) - and they will be your motivation to lose a few pounds and get fitter so you can enjoy them more .

I lost two stone to return to riding and later brought my first pony - i've still got a few pounds to shift - but i'm a lot fitter than I was - reckon fat has turned to muscle now .

My lad's my reason to shed the pounds and get fitter - he's not barefoot or parelli trained but he's a handsome wee welsh cob.

I brought him underweight and out of condition (this January) - but with me overweight and out of condition - now he's a lot fitter and fatter and i'm not a great deal lighter - but a lot fitter - mostly due to the daily walks down to the summer/autumn grazing and trot work to get his fitness up that has kicked off a few pounds. (still on the dreaded death sticks though )

Agree with the long reining idea - to get your horses working for longer and for you to be able to work/train with them for longer.

Looking forward to updates and photo's of you riding in canada that will provoke envy

 

[Achinghips]

I did not say it was on this thread at all. Behave yourself.

 

[Natch]

Hello and welcome to HHO what a lovely post and you have some gorgeous horses. Massive MASSIVE well done on quitting smoking

You look to be a similar amount of overweight to me (that's terrible English and I don't care ) and if I'm honest I wouldn't be riding your lovely horses at the moment. I'm not riding at all at the mo because I don't feel it is fair to ask any horse to carry me. There is plenty of time in the future for you all to enjoy healthy rides without worrying about damaging your horses' backs Puppy I think suggested long reining which would be great exercise for you and your neds, 2 birds in one stone, excellent If you would like a slimming buddy please do PM me and we can spur each other on

What is canada like in winter? We used to have a regular poster who lived in Canada and her updates and photos were stunning. Please do feel free to share photos often

Best of luck for your journey.

 

[Big Ben]

love your sense of humour, as above, you are brave to post on here. PNH is a good way of being able to do heaps of stuff with your horse without having to spend all your time riding, and build a good relationship at the same time.

Thanks, I'm doing lots of 'games' with all of them, getting Emmy over her fear of life, and Wills over her bolshy attitude, and just teaching Ben how to interact, as well as getting all of us fitter and more attuned to each other.

well you obviously want honesty BB so i my honest opinion is i agree with the above poster, i too think you are too heavy but 20minutes isnt going to do any harm and i wish you luck with your weight loss.
.

Thank you, I figure if I work at it and gradually build up the time and intensiveness of our riding as I get fitter and lighter then we will be OK

Really, really love the old cob, what a fab lad. Enjoy your horses and bugger what other people think. I am a chunker too and have a nice welsh cob and a tough pony of "travelling" origins both of which are upto carrying me for the ploddy rides that I enjoy!!

Oh that makes me miss England and English people right there.

Agree with below - I do think you are too heavy @ moment for your horse BUT your honesty is totally refreshing & you are obviously just doing light ridden work which IMO is much better than a light rider working their horse to the bone!

Looking forward to updates from you

And I appreciate your honesty, I never have an issue with people giving an opinion when they do it without any need to be insulting as well

Hiya

What a lovely horse and what a fabulous riding position you have. Oh yes, there's a few passionate people on here with rigid points of view and limited black or white opinions! Newbie bashing is a popular sport so dont take it too personally as some unhappy peoplejust cant resist it and don't realise keyboards depersonalise targets .

You'll find some good factual advice in stable yard section, some incredibley experienced technically accurate riders in competition section and a great lot (generally) in New Lounge.

Oh - and I need to loose a bit of weight too. I found it's so much harder as you get older - your metabolism slows right now and genetics also play a part too, I suppose ... at least that's my excuse while I'm tucking into my fish and chips.

ooh - and I have a barefoot too with fantastic feet as hard as diamonds - saves me a fortune when he just has manicures and everyone else on my yard have to fork out their £65, compared to my £15 - wahahahahahahah. He's half Shire and a complete giant!

Welcome

Thanks, so hoping that they can all continue barefoot, but may have to reconsider next year if I want to do more with them. on the position, I have a very nice sympathetic trainer who is working with me, trying to make sure that when I ride I ride well. I will check around the Stable yard section, thanks for the tips.

/\ this. He looks to be struggling to track up behind.

Perhaps you could do some long reining with him - to help get you both fitter

Welcome to the forum. I hope you'll keep posting.

We are doing some long reining, and will be doing some in hand trail walking as well. I'm also sure that my friend, or is the fiend, with the indoor school will have me running backwards around the place lots more days while I am working the horses, funny that I was sweating and they weren't.....

Where are you in Canada?

Saskatchewan, easy to draw, a buggar to spell

dont be such a drama queen Achinghips, no one at all has been 'newbie bashing'.

I don't feel bashed, maybe the thick skin is preventing it.

I really think the horse looks like it's struggling and not overly happy in the first picture. Whether that's Down to weight or something else I don't know.

I am actually impressed that people can tell so much from one snap shot in time about his comfort level with me in the saddle, I have learned over the the years that there are lies damn lies and one off photos.

Bit more background on Ben, he is 9 years old, meant to be 17hh, but I can't stick him at any more than about 16.2hh.

He was only backed last fall, and then he had 2 months at the trainer in August and September of this year, he weighs about 11 stone soaking wet I guess, so that pic was taken the first time I rode Ben, we were getting used to each other, and he certainly would not be in any sort of comfort zone, to be honest nor was I.

We will improve slowly and surely and while I know that I may well be to heavy for him, I certainly am to big and unfit to contemplate riding at any speed or for any length of time, we will get there, in small steps

 

[mandwhy]

Well you are brave to post pics I haven't yet haha! Good luck with your weight loss, 20 mins won't kill your horse, and I'm sure all that bonding will be great for you. Horses are a good way to lose weight anyway just doing all those chores and at least when I'm riding I'm not eating ;-)

 

[lula]

Oh yes, there's a few passionate people on here with rigid points of view and limited black or white opinions! Newbie bashing is a popular sport so dont take it too personally as some unhappy peoplejust cant resist it and don't realise keyboards depersonalise targets .

well you certainly said that the OP was being 'newbie bashed' somehwere Achinghips and since you said it on this thread it was an obvious conclusion for me to reach.

so far that i can see while posters have been honest without exemption, no one has been rude and everyone has been welcoming so why dont we keep it that way and stop trying to sow discord achinghips?


and FWI if you really think the suggestion ' dont be a drama queen' is a huge personal insult you perhaps need to get out more.

sometimes i really think some people go a very long way out of their way to find something to be offended over.

 

[TuscanBunnyGirl]

Love your sense of humour

Best of luck with your weight loss! I hope your horses are motivation for you I know mine are for me at times
my three are also barefoot

Welcome to HHO!!! (we're all a miserable bunch on here really )

 

[Achinghips]

well you certainly said that the OP was being 'newbie bashed' somehwere Achinghips and since you said it on this thread it was an obvious conclusion for me to reach.

so far that i can see while posters have been honest without exemption, no one has been rude and everyone has been welcoming so why dont we keep it that way and stop trying to sow discord achinghips?


and FWI if you really think the suggestion ' dont be a drama queen' is a huge personal insult you perhaps need to get out more.

sometimes i really think some people go a very long way out of their way to find something to be offended over.

That was my only post. Calling someone a drama queen and your response shows that you are deciding what's supposed to matter to someone else and to what extent. I see by your response that you are still, therefore being personal towards me ..... "you need to get out more" is rude. Please try to control yourself.

 

[lula]

achinghips you're upping the ante on the drama once again.
i really dont care much if you find me rude.

i see you still haven't pointed out where the OP was getting any newbie bashing which was my original point.
you obviously dont know either seeing as you're fudging the issue so much so lets leave it there shall we, my comfy bed is calling.

 

[Achinghips]

achinghips you're upping the ante on the drama once again.
i really dont care much if you find me rude.

i see you still haven't pointed out where the OP was getting any newbie bashing which was my original point.
you obviously dont know either seeing as you're fudging the issue so much so lets leave it there shall we, my comfy bed is calling.

Mine too, sweet dreams to us both

 

[FionaM12]

Mine too, sweet dreams to us both

Come on Lula and Achinghips, group hug!

 

[TrasaM]

I blame it in the weather! Welcome OP and best of luck with your riding and weight loss.

 

[Rose Folly]

Hi Big Ben.
A warm welcome
You're not too heavy for your horse,k for what you're doing, and you have a really nice position
I love the look of your horses
Love the idea it's snowing already in Canada - instead of drip, drip, drip here!
Keep posting

 

[PapaFrita]

/\ this. He looks to be struggling to track up behind.

Perhaps you could do some long reining with him - to help get you both fitter

Welcome to the forum. I hope you'll keep posting.

Oh Puppy... take a look in CR... Tracking up is not a prerequisite to a horse working correctly? Not even dressage horses....
To the OP, I only take umbrage at the use of Parelli (personally don't see the point), but that's personal preference (.... hmmm... well, more than that but never mind). Welcome to the forum, and take everything you read with a shovelful of salt

 

[Big Ben]

Horses are a good way to lose weight anyway just doing all those chores and at least when I'm riding I'm not eating ;-)

They are indeed, when I'm out there doing stuff I forget about food.

Love your sense of humour

Best of luck with your weight loss! I hope your horses are motivation for you I know mine are for me at times

The last time I had a major weight loss was so I could be the first one to ride a colt that was born here, and I now have a little filly who I love dearly, she is my long term goal, I need to be at fighting fit weight to ride her when the time comes.

I blame it in the weather! Welcome OP and best of luck with your riding and weight loss.

I thought it was everyone's cycles synchronizing

Love the idea it's snowing already in Canada - instead of drip, drip, drip here!
Keep posting

Aghhh, we are back to damp and clammy today, there are days when I can't wait for the first proper fall of the winter.

Oh Puppy... take a look in CR... Tracking up is not a prerequisite to a horse working correctly? Not even dressage horses....
To the OP, I only take umbrage at the use of Parelli (personally don't see the point), but that's personal preference (.... hmmm... well, more than that but never mind). Welcome to the forum, and take everything you read with a shovelful of salt

LOL, I am not actually a huge fan of Parelli, BUT, I have two good friends who were drinking the Kool Aid, but now have come back into the light, so we are combining the good in the program, with ideas from other trainers, and there is a lot of good stuff that we can work on, so I can improve my relationship with my horses, and get everyone fitter without riding, or getting bored!

ETA...PapaFrita, I LOVE your puppy there (Generic use of term puppy)

 

[jenniaddams]

I love your humour...it's not often that someone on HHO makes me smile!
Good luck with your weight loss...in my humble opinion, I think you have a lovely position and the short rides you're doing aren't the end of the world. I look forward to reading your posts. And welcome.