Out Our Way: Losing weight

Out our way, winter is usually a time of less activity for both Doc and me. But it is not a time of less feed and by spring we both find we have trouble with cinch and belt.

More than once, as I saddled up for that first ride in the spring, I found we both had somewhat expanded girth. I also found that my stomach was sometimes getting in the way when I tried to raise my foot up into the stirrup. But most of all, it was the look Doc gave me when I tried to swing up and the “oof” sound he sometimes made when I finally got aboard.

However, we both needed to get back in shape as we lost t...