Ottakee Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Too bad I don't have a picture but try to imagine this: 1 plus size almost 40 mom 1 black sled filled with hay 1 baler twine harness for the hay (long loop that goes around your waist) 1 large wheelbarrow 1 pitchfork 3 horses to eat the hay and creat the manure In the mornings while the horses are in the barn eating their grain I use my "red neck" resistance trainer. I load the sled with hay and put the baler twine "harness" around my waist. Then I push the wheelbarrow with pitchfork along a 1/5 mile track that our horses live on while pulling the sled behind me. I scoop the poop as I go and drop the hay into 9 piles along the way. I figure that I am getting in my pushing, pulling and walking all in one go. Honestly though, in the past 4 weeks I have lost 7 pounds doing this. I am down 68 pounds from before we got our horses 2 1/2 years ago. If that isn't enough, you can always move 100 bales of hay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Are you trying to Tom Sawyer your way into some help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs_JWM Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I can't wait to use Tom Sawyer as a verb! It's so much better than Google, Facebook, or Wiki! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peggy in Va Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 If I lived closer, this almost 50 yo mom would come and help you. Provided, of course, I had my own sleigh and wheelbarrow. This sounds like FUN!!!:D Seriously, I hate exercise (the word isn't even in my vocabulary), but this I could do. Unfortunately I gave up my horses many moons ago.:sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 You could come visit!!! We have a nice camping trailer you could stay in, Lake Michigan to visit just a few miles away, lots of chores that could be done, etc. The horses have been great for weight loss. I am new to horses. I bought my first one 2 1/2 years ago, had him for a little over a year and sold him as he bucked me off a few times. Now I have a quiet (but crabby) trail horse. My girls each have their own horses as well. 13dd has a 16hh 31 year old gelding and 12dd just got a 20+ year old 13hh POA mare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 You go girl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 You go girl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherLynn Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Sounds like a program I would enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyDay Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Hmmm. How can I talk our homeowners association (and dh) into letting me get the "equipment" to give this a whirl. Sounds better than Walk Away the Pounds! Dd would love a horse in the backyard! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElizabethB Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 I can't wait to use Tom Sawyer as a verb! It's so much better than Google, Facebook, or Wiki! LOL Maybe we could start a trend! It does make a nice verb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 One of the many advantages of horse ownership. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlockOfSillies Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 This has "Amazing Race: Redneck Edition" written all over it. Congrats on the weight loss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted June 3, 2009 Share Posted June 3, 2009 Sounds great, but I wish you had a picture to share:001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted June 3, 2009 Author Share Posted June 3, 2009 If I could find my camera I would share a picture. Sounds great, but I wish you had a picture to share:001_smile:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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