3 hour trail ride!!

One of the main reasons I had surgery was so I could ride.  I rode even at my heaviest but not for very long or hard out of consideration for the horse. 

This past weekend my bff and I went on a 3 hour organized trail ride.  We had such a good time!!  My mare was fantastic.  She's pretty green, this was her first real trail ride.  The trails were pretty rough, she could NOT have done it with me at my heaviest. 

But or butt as it were ....  I've nearly lost my ass.  I have NOTHING between my seatbones and the saddle.  The seat of my saddle is padded but not wide enough for my seat bones.  Most of the time I was concentrating on the terrain but man, my butt was hurting.  It's still sore!!  Definitely a good problem to have though :)

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During:

That's a different saddle, btw...

You must feel like a million dollars!  Well done.

Awesome. I like your sassy new hair cut too. Wishing you continued success.

congradulations.   My horses are the main reason for me also.  I have not started riding again but I am doing a lot of ground work getting them ready.  I was so heavy I didn't ride for a year.  You really look great!!

Thanks guys!! I do feel fantastic!

It's too funny looking at those pics. There's 2 years difference so Emmy (the horse) has grown alot and probably gained 3 times what I've lost, lol. Heck she gained more than I lost this summer, lol.

 dontcha LOVE IT?! Yay for you! I had to sell my horse 2 mo ago but will be looking for another in the spring. In the mean time i will occasionally hack around on my daughters thoroughbred. You need to get a gell seat cover for sure! I have severe tail bone pain when i sit and the saddle just makes it worse lol.

Congrats that is awesome! One of my goals is to be able to go horseback riding.

Awesome! I love being able to get back into a hobby/sprt you love but could not do very well at the wieght we were. I ride bikes a lot and my tailbone/butt hurts a lot because of the weight and muscle loss. I have started doing more glute work outs to get more padding there. Also when bored at work or even at the store I will do little pelvic thrusts and squeeze and do mini workouts there. Riding will get so much better if we get a butt again. ;)