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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...

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...

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'...

Those Low-Calorie Greek Yogurt Brownies (Yep, I made them….)

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...

He Said She Said (Why can't they agree?)

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...

The Sort-of Low Calorie Donut Holes (I want to eat all of them....)

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...

I'm getting to it.... (Procrastinators unite!)

4 Apr 2024 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead

I'm back at home after a few weeks of whirlwind travel, visiting relatives. I went to visit a cousin for a few days in Florida, and a few days after I got back, my husband and I drove about eight hours to visit his cousins on the Gulf coast, cousins...

Pics or it didn't happen.... (unfortunately... it did)

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...

Where am I? (I’m Workin’ it, Baby!)

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

(photo courtesy of rovenimages.com)   When I decided I had something to say about weight loss, I had already achieved my 60 pounds by 60 years by following the calorie deficit diet. It was the most weight I had ever lost in my life to date and the lo...

Sometimes You Gotta Say “Eff it” (is it really ‘cheating’ if it’s intentional?)

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...