anyone else got the same problem...?!

[L&M]

I just can't stop eating!!!

I am snowbound on my own at home, looking after the liveries and my own horses. I am spending at least half the day outside, mucking out, rotating turnout, lugging water buckets etc.

Everytime I come back in, on goes the kettle and into the fridge I go....! I know the cold makes you want to eat more but at this rate I will be too fat to get back on my horses once this beastly weather goes....

Anyone else?

 

[rossiroo]

YES I am convinced that we are like horses in that we need more food in cold weather. good excuse huh?

 

[roanwitch]

Not quite the same, but since losing my horse last December, I have successfully managed to gain a stone
The sooner I find a new one the better, i'm going to squish the next one I get on poor thing!!

 

[ThePony]

YES!!! Normal breakfast, do the horses, in for 11 and (actually rather embaressed to admit this!) about 1/3 a choc cake!! Now having lunch of jacket pot and humous, then will have a full tea. Am going to be like the side of a house!!!

 

[Bovril]

I say that you deserve a few snacks for doing all the work, don't forget your body will be using more fuel to keep warm and with all the extra effort of lugging water buckets etc around it's no wonder your eating more. If you need more excuses, sorry reasons why eating more is ok, I can explain away most things!!!!

 

[Pipkin]

What with the cold weather and PMT I could quite happily eat 2 large domino`s pizzas and have room for chocolate
Then again I had a Domino pizza challenge with my step dad and I managed 3 large ones in 30 mins......then was quite sick

 

[L&M]

That's very kind Bovril - however my trousers are telling me different.....!!!

 

[Bovril]

Must have shrunk in the wash, Pesky washing machines. LOL

 

[Lynsey&Smartie]

Yes! Also at home looking after the horses but can't stop raiding the junk food draw, just eat almost a whole chocolate orange without realising it!

 

[Slightly Foxed]

Damn, you' ve just reminded me about food! I had two huge bowls of Dorset Cereals muesli after I finished the horses at 11 (I shouldn't buy that stuff, it's too nice) which should keep me going until about 7! I'm not hungry, I'm just craving carbs and this cup of low calorie soup just ain't doin' it for me!

 

[celia]

I'm doing the same. I keep telling myself all the extra effort of walking about in a foot of snow must be burning it off again but I'm not convinced!

 

[Enfys]

Feed according to work done

It applies to horses, why not people? Same thing in my book.

I used to work at a racing yard, we'd have fed by 6am, first lot out by 7am, and ridden work on three lots before a huge fried breakfast, decent lunch and an enormous meal for supper, I did that for a year and never put on an ounce over 8 stone.

Deep snow is hard work, get tracks shovelled as soon as it falls and keep them clear. Use a sled rather than a wheelbarrow too, far easier, cheapo plastic ones from B&Q are excellent.