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5 Jan 2024 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
One of my personal arguments for promoting and being on the calorie deficit diet is that it is 'science' based. I believe that we are subject to laws of thermodynamics. If you asked me weeks ago what I meant by that, I would have 'smartly' (cluelessl...
4 Jan 2024 12 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I wrote this before the horrible tragedy struck our family New Year's Eve day (see January 2nd's post). I know it's a bit long... sorry. It's the day after Christmas. My husband and I are alone in our home once again. There is a sense of relief...
3 Jan 2024 5 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
Day one of the reboot of my calorie deficit diet. It's 6:11 am and I am sitting here with my coffee, the requisite one tablespoon of half and half added, which I measured and logged in My Fitness Pal. I got up and stepped on the scale. I've gained se...
2 Jan 2024 1 minute read 1 comment Namae
Sorry I spoiled the content on the tittle but just naming this post "January's goals" didn't seem right, as the diet is planned to transcend this month and become an integral part of my life. So I made an hypocaloric diet myself. I've put some work,...
31 Dec 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Namae
It's been a whole month since my very first post, where I decided some goals that would help me build healthier habits that would serve me on the long run. I don't want to say the whole month has been a fiasco but... welp. It was, indeed, a fiasco. ...
28 Dec 2023 3 minute read 2 comments 7th Decade Redhead
One of my favorite TV shows several years ago was "That 70's Show." I grew up in the 1970s, so I was able to watch my teenaged angst from the outside and laugh at how silly we were back in those days. As far as I'm concerned, they nailed teenage life...
27 Dec 2023 5 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
One thing I've noticed since I've lost weight is that my conversations with friends inevitably include talking about what I did to lose it, which leads to a discussion of the calorie deficit diet. This mainly happens with friends who I don't speak wi...
25 Dec 2023 2 minute read 0 comments Namae
More than a week has come and passed since my last update and let me tell you it hasn't been exactly pretty. I fell with yet another cold - the third one in the last month and a half. The gist of this one is that it came just in time for the last wee...
23 Dec 2023 6 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
This year, our immediate and extended family arrived from all over the US, to celebrate Christmas at what we call "The Family Compound" in Texas. My husband and his siblings all live next door to each other. This is a recent development in our lives...
19 Dec 2023 3 minute read 0 comments 7th Decade Redhead
I opened my hall closet to look for my holiday linens and said "oh" to myself. There, on a shelf were three large-ish bows. One was black and white checkered, the other two were red and black checkered. They are in my closet because I was crazy enou...
