All of us horsey people going through similar issues with weight even though they have a slightly different focus.

My weight losses are usually started by a reaction to something....like the first time, it started as my bodies reaction to Prozac & wellbutrin......was almost 20 lbs under my minimum healthy level. This time, it was started when I was sick with asthma & plumited when I ended up dealing with the trauma around the home care RN for my Mother who stole her ID & other things & threatened me along with OD'ing my Mother on morphine...& then my Mothers death. I was at the point where I couldn't get any food or liquid down for the nausea that was constantly there.

After 2 months of being in the medical hospital for malnutrition, I have worked my way back to training & working out with my horses several hours a day.....& showing dressage. I agree, the muscles are really showing & am sure that some of the weight I have gained is purely muscle. For some reason, these few extra lbs are now starting to bother me....I thought they wouldn't but after putting on my show riding pants & finding them a little tighter than last month, I am not really happy with that. It's not that I am so much healthier now either.....still winding up in the ER from passing out from dehydration.

I am now feeling fatter.....and am not feeling happy about that. I am not seeing the walking skeleton that I was, but I am now starting to feel that just a few lbs less won't hurt either. My problem is also when a few lbs come off, more just start falling off than I originally plan for.

Debbie