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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...
17 Mar 2024 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
It's great to have a lot of support when you are dieting. That can come in the form of verbal or written encouragement and praise, sometimes helpful (and not helpful) advice sharing and sometimes it's only an email titled: "I came across this recipe...
15 Mar 2024 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
One of the most convenient (I think) excuses for not following a structured diet plan is "I just don't have the time to...." and you can finish that sentence with: prepare 'special' meals, spend time shopping for healthy food, exercise, or, the most...
11 Mar 2024 4 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Last year, after I had lost 70 pounds, I went to see one of my doctors who is monitoring my thyroid and was told that I still had about 10 to 15 pounds to lose. He was very happy I had lost all that weight, but felt I still needed to lose more. His...
6 Mar 2024 8 minute read 1 comment 7th Decade Redhead
I think the hardest part about being in a family are the family members we don't understand, don't necessarily like, and would never choose to socialize with, yet have no choice but to have a relationship with them because they are family. These peo...
1 Mar 2024 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I was once again sucked into the realm of the Facebook reels where I end up watching endless videos of people skiing in Europe, doing hip flexibility exercises and stretches or watching people make healthy-ish recipes. So now you know now everything...
23 Feb 2024 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Earlier this week, I published a post about life after losing a lot of weight. It was not a 'hearts and flowers' type of post. It was mainly, a "this shit is still hard, and I don't like it" post. I was hoping to provide a dose of reality to prepare...
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...
17 Feb 2024 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
In the spring of 1993, my husband left his then current job to take another job 1,850 miles away. At the time he was working for a minicomputer company in Massachusetts. His leaving for another job was probably a good decision since the company he wo...
3 Feb 2024 8 minute read 1 comment 7th Decade Redhead
If you follow this blog, you may have noticed that I went 'dark' for a week or so. My husband and I went on a planned road trip to visit my daughter and her boyfriend (they cohabitate, and yes, I'm fine with it). She had recently been made a partner...
