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5 Oct 2023 7 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
In 2018, my husband planned this amazing self-guided bicycle tour to celebrate our retirement. We were taking our recumbent bicycle built for two to Europe where we would take two separate bike tours, back-to-back. One tour started and ended in Amste...
3 Oct 2023 4 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
If you are in substance abuse recovery, you might find this post a little uncomfortable and may want to skip it. Every Thursday, my husband and I have a date night. This involves going out to eat usually. We’ve been doing it 20 years now. We’ve liv...
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...
25 Sep 2023 7 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
(Photo courtesy of ELEVATE) If you do not drink alcoholic beverages, then this calorie-deficit diet post probably doesn’t apply to you. In the normal course of my day, I drink coffee in the morning with one tablespoon of half and half that I make...
23 Sep 2023 8 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
If you are vegetarian, vegan or do not eat meat, you probably want to skip this post. Adjusting my meat consumption on this calorie-deficit diet was one of the biggest adjustments I had to make. I was used to consuming eight to ten ounces of meat (...
21 Sep 2023 4 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I was one of those people who stopped eating fruit because….SUGAR!! I was convinced if I stopped, then my weight problems would decrease. Did I lose any weight because of this? No. What I did lose out on was valuable nutrition. You may have a legitim...
19 Sep 2023 9 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
This calorie deficit diet is going to be a bit more challenging if you are not a fan of vegetables. Vegetables are very filling and most of them are low in calories. Try to find those low-calorie vegetables that you like or can tolerate and experimen...
17 Sep 2023 7 minute read 7 comments 7th Decade Redhead
And now for something completely different, to quote John Cleese. I mentioned in another post in this blog that the bane of my existence is meal preparation. When you measure and weigh everything, it’s time consuming. The combination of food preparat...
15 Sep 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
(Photo courtesy of 7th Decade Redhead) I could cite a lot of studies about walking, strength training, cardio and all the positive benefits of exercise, in addition to helping with weight loss, but I’m not going to. You can find those studies yours...
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...
