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20 Dec 2024 4 minute read 1 comment Perfectionist25
Today, let’s take a look at how weight-loss drugs are marketed in the U.S. as a way to lower healthcare costs, and whether they really deliver on those lofty promises. What if you could lose a few pounds with simple injections under your skin? Sounds...
23 Jul 2024 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I know I have been among the missing in this blogosphere in the last month or so. Occupational hazard of being back up in Northern New England at our summer camp and being busy. The weather up here was unseasonably warm in June, mid-eighties and very...
13 Jan 2025 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Monday is 'get on the scale' day (oh joy) and I was dreading it. I don't know why, because I believed I did really well my first week. I was happy to see I lost 2.4 pounds last week. While I was happy to see this, I was hoping for more of a first...
25 Oct 2024 8 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I wish I had a really awesome story to tell you about why I haven't blogged in a long time. I don't, really. It's not to say that some challenging events have not happened.... they have... but I won't blame life for my lack of blogworthiness. I thi...
5 Dec 2024 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I've mentioned my husband's sister a few times on this blog. She is a year older than me, never leaves the house without being totally put together (no throwing on sweats and schlepping up to Walmart for her). She's into yoga, manifesting things from...
10 Jan 2025 9 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Two years ago next month, I started a serious weight loss journey. My goal was to lose 60 pounds by my 60th birthday. I lost 70 pounds in six months and achieved my goal. I thought once I lost the weight, all my weight loss problems would magically g...
12 Jan 2025 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I've taken a lot of heat this week on social media for commenting on posts that discuss weight loss and on a few posts about the various injections for weight loss that are now available. These injections were initially prescribed for reducing blood...
26 Oct 2024 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I was victimized by the glamorous world of Facebook reels. If you have read this blog for a while, you've read my confession that I end up down those rabbit holes. I especially like to watch cooking videos on Facebook and I really like reality TV co...
16 Jan 2025 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
If you have kept up with this blog, you may remember me posting about my husband breaking his heel the last week we were at camp, which required me to do most of the work to break down our campsite, drive the 2,000 miles back to our home, and then ba...
20 Jan 2025 9 minute read 1 comment 7th Decade Redhead
This week was easier than last week. I'm on a roll and I'm a believer that success breeds success. Here is a summary of last week: Pounds Lost: 1.8 (6,300 calories) Calories consumed: 8,167 Total Calories Burned: 14,467 (6,300+8,167) BMR Calories Bu...
