Nutrition and Diet

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We’re Not a Sit-Com Family... (despite how perfect you want us to be)

2 Nov 2023 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

(Photo courtesy of Tima Miroshnichenko)   I’m currently dealing with a situation regarding the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. It’s a situation that has cropped up the last few years and I’ve navigated around it. This year, a family member has forced...

Exercise.... (It should be a four-letter word)

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...

Spicy pumpkin and potato pancakes with kefir

29 Oct 2023 2 minute read 3 comments marianomariano68

Wytrawne placki dyniowo - ziemniaczane na ostro z kefirem🎃 Since the pumpkin theme is very trendy, today I will propose another dish using this tasty vegetable. Last time there was cream of pumpkin soup, today there will be pumpkin pancakes. Jako,...

Pumpkin 🎃 cream soup with croutons and bacon chips 😋

26 Oct 2023 2 minute read 0 comments marianomariano68

Zupa krem z dyni 🎃 z grzankami i chipsami z bekonu Autumn, especially the end of October, is the period when unusual vegetables begin to dominate the kitchen. One of them is, of course, pumpkin, which takes part in the holiday in November, but in...

The End is Soooo Far Away….. (Are we there yet? Are we there yet?)

26 Oct 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

(photo courtesy of 7th Decade Redhead)   There is a point during this whole weight loss process that the routine gets old. We measure food, we feel like we’ve given up every food we love. we’ve been at it for maybe one to two months and lost maybe se...

Have You Tried Turning it off and Turning it on Again? (You hafta reboot!)

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

(photo courtesy of Bert)   In the early 1990s, my husband got the opportunity to work for a NASA contractor and we decided to make the move to Texas from New England. I was excited for him because I’m a huge fan of all things space and science fictio...

Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal….. (failure isn’t really failure)

22 Oct 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

(photos courtesy of 7th Decade Redhead)   The year 2018 was filled with changes for us. My husband had retired, I had sort of retired and we embraced our new-found freedom by doing some things we’d always talked about doing. In June, we finally made...

Are you Deserting Dessert???… (No dessert for me!)

19 Oct 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

(photo courtesy of 7th Decade Redhead)   I pride myself on self-discipline when I’m consciously sticking to my diet. I avoid sugary stuff and when I want a snack, it’s usually fruit or Greek yogurt or both. For seven months, I’ve stuck to this behavi...

Should They Stay or Should They Go? (But I love my fat clothes.....)

17 Oct 2023 5 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead

For those of us who have lost weight and gained weight a few times, we probably have clothing in multiple sizes that gives us options should we shrink or should we expand. Once we lose some serious weight, however, one of the big questions that crops...

There’s no place like home….(Just give me the damn ruby slippers already)

14 Oct 2023 3 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

(photo courtesy of PhotoMIX Company)   Today we arrived home after three days of driving. No, I didn’t stick strictly to my diet on the road and yes, I ate shit I shouldn’t have. The list includes buttery home fries, a huge omelet with cheese and bro...