Weight Loss???

[Stacie_and_Jed]

Well after putting Jed on a diet and working twice as hard when riding, i weighed him tonight and to my delight he has lost 60kgs in 3 weeks. I was over joyed!

But now the old mind is in over drive and ive started to worry that this is to much to lose in 3 weeks (or just over)?? Please tell me im mistaken.

He does look fab, he still has a bit of fat on him but lots more muscle now. He was 565kgs and tonight he came up at 503kgs.

 

[laura_1983]

what height/breeding is he?

 

[ivenoidea]

I'd be aiming for FHC to lose that in three months or more not weeks (-he's a bit lighter but fairly similar weights). Seems rather fast to me, but then my twelve year equine diet has never worked.

Maybe you're just pulling the weightape tighter though or he's breathing in a bit.

 

[Stacie_and_Jed]

He's 15.3hh cob X tb. He wasnt in very hard work from September to the beginning of Jan and was quite chunky with a fair bit of excess fat. You cant see ribs but i can feel them.

Weight tape was the same as last time, pulled the same and he was'nt breathing in, i made sure of it!

 

[at work]

I tried to work this out into human terms and reckon it is a bit like someone who weighs 15 stone losing a stone in 3 weeks - so fast but probably not dangerous if you are quite overweight to start off with?

 

[Stacie_and_Jed]

That sound quite a lot when you look at it like that, but like you said if their over weight to start with probably not that bad.

I have cut his breakfast down quite a bit so i may up that now i am working him harder.

Will have to monitor him to make sure he is not losing to much to quickly!