My final weight loss attempt after 40 years of different diet failures. No shakes, no supplements, no surgery, no crazy food, no purchased meal plans, no fasting. Creating a healthier relationship with food and facing the painful truth about my relationship surrounding food. No BS, just common sense. And it worked.
11 Jan 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
There is no doubt in anyone's mind that three years of COVID precautions, lockdowns, and mandated whatevers caused most of our lives to detour on a side trip that interrupted the daily course of our lives. Life had changed. Even though we will never...
10 Jan 2024 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
This is probably an "old person" thing, but as we have aged, my husband and I have looked for things to lighten our burden, both personally and financially. Two years ago, we started the cliche retired life of spending our winters in a warm-ish plac...
9 Jan 2024 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Yesterday, we hosted the first family dinner since our niece passed away New Year's Eve Day. There were eight of us, including her parents and brother. My husband and I were very tense and feeling the stress of not knowing what to expect with respect...
7 Jan 2024 5 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I'm writing about this show today because it's relevant to my blog topic, weight loss. The show is labeled as 'entertainment and informative" and not meant to be taken as medical advice. It's a documentary that follows several sets of twins who we...
6 Jan 2024 5 minute read 1 comment 7th Decade Redhead
I've written about this before, but because we are on Week One of calorie deficit diet for you and a reboot of the diet for me (and maybe you as well if you have done this diet before), I feel it is important to bring it up again. You may also be pa...
5 Jan 2024 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
One of my personal arguments for promoting and being on the calorie deficit diet is that it is 'science' based. I believe that we are subject to laws of thermodynamics. If you asked me weeks ago what I meant by that, I would have 'smartly' (cluelessl...
4 Jan 2024 12 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I wrote this before the horrible tragedy struck our family New Year's Eve day (see January 2nd's post). I know it's a bit long... sorry. It's the day after Christmas. My husband and I are alone in our home once again. There is a sense of relief...
3 Jan 2024 5 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Day one of the reboot of my calorie deficit diet. It's 6:11 am and I am sitting here with my coffee, the requisite one tablespoon of half and half added, which I measured and logged in My Fitness Pal. I got up and stepped on the scale. I've gained se...
28 Dec 2023 3 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
One of my favorite TV shows several years ago was "That 70's Show." I grew up in the 1970s, so I was able to watch my teenaged angst from the outside and laugh at how silly we were back in those days. As far as I'm concerned, they nailed teenage life...
27 Dec 2023 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
One thing I've noticed since I've lost weight is that my conversations with friends inevitably include talking about what I did to lose it, which leads to a discussion of the calorie deficit diet. This mainly happens with friends who I don't speak wi...
