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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...
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...
8 Oct 2023 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I have a sister who is eight years older than me. She is my ride or die. We spend summers together, my husband and I camping on land next door to her and her husband. During the cold months, we are over 1,000 miles apart. She has been my weight loss...
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...
13 Sep 2023 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Because.....Science!!! The photo above is a "before and after" photo of my torso. The left side, is the photo I mentioned in a previous post that was one motivating factor in starting this journey. The photo on the right is my torso after losing 60...
8 Sep 2023 4 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I have tried many weight loss plans over the last 40 something years, and they have worked for a while, but somehow, I always managed to stop losing weight and ended up putting the weight back on. As a young, overweight teen in the 1970s, my mom and...
