Nutrition and Diet

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Managing Your Expectations..... (How’s that losing 15 pounds a week workin’ for ya?)

17 Nov 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

(photo courtesy of Rodrigo Arrosquipa)   I’ve mentioned in previous blogs that my sister has been my sidekick on this weight loss journey. Theree are great things about it and not so great things about it. One has to do with expectations.   We both t...

Playtime is OVER (You gotta love Red Foreman....)

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...

Sometimes You Gotta Say “Eff it” (is it really ‘cheating’ if it’s intentional?)

20 Nov 2023 7 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

(photo courtesy of Sergio Arteaga) Since we are approaching Thanksgiving in the US, one of the biggest food-related holidays here, I decided it was time to talk about not dieting. Let's rewind a bit....   You might be wondering what happened (how I c...

Yes, You Have Time (Eye roll....)

15 Mar 2024 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

One of the most convenient (I think) excuses for not following a structured diet plan is "I just don't have the time to...." and you can finish that sentence with: prepare 'special' meals, spend time shopping for healthy food, exercise, or, the most...

Some Cool Activities on the start of 2024 First Weekend

6 Jan 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Aslamrer

      ▶️ Watch on 3Speak   Made with Canva   Hello Publish0X! Welcome to my blog. First weekend of 2024 has started and I 'm still following my old traditional weekend activities. As weekend start, I stop all other activities and focus o...

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...

This is How We Do It!

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

Because.....Science!!!   The photo above is a "before and after" photo of my torso. The left side, is the photo I mentioned in a previous post that was one motivating factor in starting this journey. The photo on the right is my torso after losing 60...

I’m Having a Crisis (An Eggxistential One)

17 Sep 2023 7 minute read 7 comments 7th Decade Redhead

And now for something completely different, to quote John Cleese. I mentioned in another post in this blog that the bane of my existence is meal preparation. When you measure and weigh everything, it’s time consuming. The combination of food preparat...

Uzun yaşamın sırlarından birisi: Beyaz peynir!! (One of the secrets of long life: White Cheese! )

7 Jan 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Legend53

Oncelikle şunu yazayım: ben DR değilim! Ve öyle bir iddiamda yok. Ancak bunları yazarken şunu çözmeye çalışıyorum: daha dün dedelerimiz ninelerimiz doktor, ilaç yüzü görmeden 90-100'lü yaşları nasıl devirdiler?! Ve dedelerimizden ninelerimizden tanıd...

Pics or it didn't happen.... (unfortunately... it did)

10 Nov 2023 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

 (Photo courtesy of Andrea Piacquadio)   Last weekend, my daughter-in-law took our 5-year-old granddaughter to a farm that has been souped up with, a train, a Ferris wheel, games, lots of kid-friendly activities, and of course, farm animals to see, p...