More Farm Pictures

[wolffe]

First, the explanation of why I didn't ride Zane. If you've been a friend for a while, you'll remember this but the last time Zane was ridden (to my knowledge) was about 2 years ago and it ended like this. That post is friends locked, so if you aren't on my list, sorry. The video was removed and I failed to have the foresight to download it when I could. Alas.

So anyway, I knew that I would need to lunge Zane and check his gas, steering and brakes before taking off on any kind of ride. That would require me to move quite a bit, and with my level of fitness (extremely low), fat (extremely high) and the temperature (extremely high) that was just asking for heat stroke. As disappointed in myself as I was, I chose to leave that project for the fall when I will hopefully be in better shape, weigh less and it will be cooler.

It's certainly motivation for getting healthy. I'm working on a motivation board with pictures to keep me on track.

But this isn't a fitness and exercise post, it's a picture one. So here we go!


Can you see my grin? I am NOT direct reining him in a curb bit, I promise. I am holding him to a walk as he screams and bugles for his girlfriend in the paddock below us.

Comments

[annanda.livejournal.com]

I am so excited that I might see you! These are amazing :D

[wolffe]

I am so stupid excited about that, you have no idea.

[mellusions]

Great pics!!!! And I'm glad you got to ride a little, even if it wasn't on Zane. :)

(Get a Fitbit and be my Fitbit buddy! I've been rocking that thing since the New Year. It's like magic or something because I have NEVER been this consistently active/exerciser-y since my late teens. For real.)

[wolffe]

Wow. Sounds great but it's kinda steep for me at $100. Is it something I could buy used? Maybe I can find one on ebay...

[mellusions]

I don't see why it couldn't be previously owned. You could just create a new account for it when you plugged it into your computer and it shouldn't keep any old info it, I would think. It's just a fancy-pants pedometer but, man, is it addictive! I started off at 2,500-3,000 steps per day the first couple weeks I had it and I've worked up to 10,000-12,000 per day, 5-6 days a week now. (If I have a low day, I try and make up for it on another day so I end up at 70K for the week.) I've always exercised off/on in the past but I have stuck with this now for seven full months and I just keep doing MORE with it, vs. it tapering off, per the norm. It's like a miracle, it is. lolol

[wolffe]

Found a bunch on ebay that I'm watching. If they don't get too crazy I might be able to get one!