Nutrition and Diet

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The Healthy Apple Cake (Yes, I made this, too) UPDATE: calorie count added

4 Dec 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

Back in October (was it that long ago?) I posted a list of links to healthy, low-calorie desserts and said I would make them and see if they would work for my calorie deficit diet:   Are you Deserting Dessert???… (No dessert for me!) (publish0x.com)...

Everyone is Happy at This Time of Year (....huh?????)

16 Dec 2023 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I used to get frustrated when my mother stopped going all out for the holidays with lots of decorations, homemade treats, and an enthusiastic demeanor. I wanted to be able to bring my kids to her house and enjoy Christmas the way she and my dad did i...

The Thanksgiving "Debrief"....

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

(photo courtesy of Extro Vision)   If you have been following this blog, you may remember a post I put up about the conflict (drama) in our family about how we were going to celebrate Thanksgiving as a family:   We’re Not a Sit-Com Family... (despite...

I Can't....Two Powerful Words (And we say them to ourselves too often)

25 Mar 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

If you are one of those people who always jumps readily into the unknown and thinks they can accomplish anything they attempt, then I applaud you for that confidence and no-fear attitude. There are many of us, myself included, whose knee-jerk reactio...

Sometimes you gotta fly.....(or manage to not fall flat on your ass....)

2 Dec 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

(photo courtesy of Thomas Laukat)   Tonight, as I write this, I'm riding a high. After weeks of feeling 'out of sorts' and far removed from my dieting routine, today was the day that got me over myself and whatever was holding me in a state of chaos....

Quantum of Soda

15 Mar 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

"As health officials declare a diabetes emergency, we meet thefamilies in the thick of a diabetes crisis, a deadly mix ofCovid and sugar sending people to early graves."Unreported World "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha."Pablo Smog   In the 2008 sp...

The Apocalypse of Love

27 Feb 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

“But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confoundthe wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the worldto confound the things which are mighty;”1 Corinthians 1:27   There was a gospel smackdown during Carnaval in Brazil this year. ...

Today (The Family Compound... yeah, it's a thing....)

20 Jan 2024 13 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

A few days ago, I was sitting here in my jammies and fuzzy socks, a usual occurrence for a cold (14F) morning in Texas. We don't get these cold snaps very often. Our town is not prepared to deal with snow and ice, so when we get them, we are told to...

One Year Later (Thoughts on my diet-versary)

20 Feb 2024 7 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead

One year ago today, I looked at a picture of myself on my phone, that my husband had taken of me, his mom, and my sister-in-law, and mentally said to myself: "enough of this shit... you HAVE to lose weight..."  I have no idea where the time went and...

Breakfast Club - "Don't you... forget about me....."

11 Apr 2024 9 minute read 1 comment 7th Decade Redhead

There is a lot of talk on the internet about skipping breakfast, or rather having a large period of time between the previous evening's meal and the first meal the following day.  Morning is my leisure time so I'm all about breakfast (and coffee). I'...