Nutrition and Diet

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My Way or the Highway (I love that for you)

8 Oct 2023 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I have a sister who is eight years older than me. She is my ride or die. We spend summers together, my husband and I camping on land next door to her and her husband. During the cold months, we are over 1,000 miles apart. She has been my weight loss...

Making Your Own Healthy Granola

7 Oct 2023 1 minute read 0 comments LateToTheParty

It's been quite a while since the last time I published something. I've been rather busy with school and clinic as well as other life events. Even so, it's important that I maintain good fitness and nutrition. I would not have gotten through my packe...

Getting Lost in Haarlem (that’s Haarlem with two “a”s)

5 Oct 2023 7 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

In 2018, my husband planned this amazing self-guided bicycle tour to celebrate our retirement. We were taking our recumbent bicycle built for two to Europe where we would take two separate bike tours, back-to-back. One tour started and ended in Amste...

Are We In Recovery????? Hello, my name is…..

3 Oct 2023 4 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead

If you are in substance abuse recovery, you might find this post a little uncomfortable and may want to skip it.   Every Thursday, my husband and I have a date night. This involves going out to eat usually. We’ve been doing it 20 years now. We’ve liv...

Where am I? (I’m Workin’ it, Baby!)

1 Oct 2023 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

(photo courtesy of rovenimages.com)   When I decided I had something to say about weight loss, I had already achieved my 60 pounds by 60 years by following the calorie deficit diet. It was the most weight I had ever lost in my life to date and the lo...

An Unpopular Opinion: Vegan Meat Zombies

29 Sep 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Great White Snark

If/when the Zombie Apocalypse hits, Vegetarians and Vegans are going to eat meat again. Don't tell me you're not. Y'all are just one juicy beef burger or T-bone steak away from being meat zombies anyway, as far as I'm concerned. I'm surprised you're...

Something Fishy’s Goin’ On (I don't like fish.... really)

29 Sep 2023 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

(photo courtesy of Geraud Pfeiffer) In four previous posts, I’ve talked about other food groups (see links at the end of this post). I’ve avoided this topic because, frankly, I’m not passionate about fish… at all. However, it’s important to consider...

Everyone’s A Critic….Some People do not Want You to Lose Weight

27 Sep 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

(Photo courtesy of Tobi)   You’ve been dieting and maybe exercising for a few weeks, and you might have lost anywhere from one to five pounds depending on a laundry list of factors related to your personal weight loss plan. Your clothes might be a li...

The Booze Blues – (Whatcha Drinkin?)

25 Sep 2023 7 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

(Photo courtesy of ELEVATE)   If you do not drink alcoholic beverages, then this calorie-deficit diet post probably doesn’t apply to you.   In the normal course of my day, I drink coffee in the morning with one tablespoon of half and half that I make...

Meaty Subjects….(Moo, Peep, Oink)

23 Sep 2023 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

If you are vegetarian, vegan or do not eat meat, you probably want to skip this post.   Adjusting my meat consumption on this calorie-deficit diet was one of the biggest adjustments I had to make. I was used to consuming eight to ten ounces of meat (...