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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...
18 Apr 2024 8 minute read 3 comments 7th Decade Redhead
In the early days of our relationship, my husband used to say, "I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken." After 40 years of togetherness, I don't hear him say that anymore. Why? Because he's old enough and wise enough to realize that if you a...
13 Apr 2024 4 minute read 1 comment 7th Decade Redhead
I've mentioned before that I can easily get sucked into the world of Facebook and Instagram reels which offer a lot of dietary information, most of which I tend to ignore because you really can't trust what people are saying when their goal is gainin...
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...
29 Nov 2023 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
(photo courtesy of Miguel Á. Padriñán) Nine weeks ago, we left our summer campsite to head south before my husband froze his manly bits off (he’s a cold weather wimp). It’s a huge transition to go from living in a 26-foot travel trailer to a home w...
10 Oct 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
(photo courtesy of mateusz feliksik) It’s very hard not to become hyper-focused on food when you are dieting, especially on a calorie deficit diet because the focus is calories. It’s probably similar to a fashion designer mentally critiquing the ou...
12 Jan 2024 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
One of the things I struggle with is thinking that my way of thinking and doing a diet, i.e. the calorie deficit diet, is the way to go for everyone. I truly believe that from a physiological standpoint, this is the best option for most people to los...
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...
29 Oct 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
(photo courtesy of Karolina Grabowska) Does any obese person really like exercising several days a week? I’m going to go out on a limb, here, and say, “no, not really….” As for myself? I mostly have to force myself to do it, unless it’s a bike ride...
7 May 2024 3 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
It's travel days and we are off for our amazing bike tour in Europe. We left the house way too early in the morning only because of all the flooding that has happened in our area and we had an hour and a half drive to the airport. We did not encount...
