Celebration this AM.
Weighed on my home scales, naked Jay Bird style. Down 15 lbs. since I started posting on this thread a little over a month ago. Thanks to you folks, I have stayed motivated and full of smoothies! I got a star at Weight Watchers for 10 lbs. Thursday night but I had been losing for about 2 weeks before joining them. I think you ladies deserve the award
because if you had not rallied around me and revived this thread, I would still be feeling bad about my weight related issues. I still have a lot to go but 43 lbs. sounds a lot less than 58!!!
Can I post something else not weight related but dealing with emotional eating?
This is not related except that having some thing go wrong last evening made me want to over eat. I did not do it but did realize why I felt that way. I have had horses all my life. I was lucky enough to be born in a family of horse lovers. My father was an old time style horse vet. We had every body's cast off critters, most of which had "behavior issues" that my father always told us were "owner issues". I am now 59 and had to keep reminding myself of that last night.
I have a 22 month mini old colt that I brought home when he was 3.5 months old. He was already weaned and had been with other weanlings for about 3 weeks. Yes, I would call the farm a very nice mini mill. Way too many minis to handle all the foals a lot. 60 brood mares in 3 herds. Chester's mother had him early and out in the big pasture instead of in the foaling barn. It took the owners a long time to catch him up so he was not only not imprinted, but was scared of people when I got him. I have done a lot with him and he is no longer scared of humans but comes up to greet my many visitors. (My older gelding minis perform tricks and go visiting to children's libraries plus we host lots of folks to my barn to learn about minis). Chester does not go on visits but does watch the geldings perform and has learned from them how wonderful human slaves are. He loves getting groomed and handled by me and has picked up several tricks just by watching. He brings me buckets, his feed bowl, fetches balls with handles and lays down when asked, shakes hooves, and goes to home base which is a stand that he puts his front feet up on. I am saying all this so you will understand how far he has come and how upset I was when he kicked me last night!
I have never, ever been kicked before. Guess it had to happen sooner or later. Immediately I was upset with him, but resisted the urge to pound on him. Instead I grabbed him around the neck and held him really tight. Then I shouted at him 'go away' and ran him out of his stall which opens into the pasture. I walked around and when he tried to come up, I made him go away. I figured out that I was preoccupied when I opened his stall's back door and walked in as he was finishing some feed on the matt. He came from a place where the minis where all feed together and it was every man for himself. He has always been very protective of his feed. I stall each horse at feed time and give them lots of time to eat. My other guys will let me move their feed around or even take it back up while they stand quietly by. Not Chester!!! I know this. It was my stupid mistake to walk right up behind him, pat his rump, and then get kicked! After almost 60 years of horse experience!!!
When I finished my chores, he trotted over to me and helped me dump the wheel barrow in the manure pile. Thank goodness his attention span is so short. I am hoping that when he is gelded some of the feed protecting will ease up. I know it is both instinct and learned behavior. He is only allowed treats from me, and only in his little "Begging Bowl" that he holds up to me. No treats while being groomed, or learning, just praise and pats then. He is a smart fella and I am hoping to train as a pair or tandem to my other guys. Hope he forgets kicking me. Hope I always remember!!!
I came in the house and had a great big smoothie for comfort!!!
