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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...
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...
15 Nov 2023 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
(Photo Courtesy of Karolina Grabowska) This year has been huge for the weight loss industry. More and more weight loss plans are now focusing on the psychological and emotional aspects related to obesity and now we have a several United States FDA...
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...
8 Nov 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
(photo courtesy of Anete Lusina) I’ve watched a lot of weight loss advice reels spanning the realm of absurd advice to very sound, practical advice and you know what I found? NO ONE talking about how being overweight or going on a diet impacts our...
5 Nov 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Several days ago, I put up a post on low calorie desserts: Are you Deserting Dessert???… (No dessert for me!) (publish0x.com) I’d already tried the berry sorbet and discussed that in the post I linked above. Today I made the Greek yogurt browni...
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...
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...
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...
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...
