Category: Making new habits

• Out of breath, hungry and Spring Pesto Dip

  You could take away any of my many subscriptions before I’d let you touch my contract with The New Yorker. I pay a lot of money so they can deliver the world to my mailbox most weeks of the year. This is unlike our local newspaper whose mission, evidently, is to spotlight one overweight old…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  May 22, 2019

  Aging, Dip/sandwich spread, Exercise, Importance of exercise, Making new habits, Mind games and weight loss, obesity, Seniors and exercise

  Adam Gopnik, Alzheimer’s, Martha Stewart Living magazine, The New Yorker, Vegetables

• “Sensory strobe light” from a simple soup

  When I read a food article like Helen Rosner’s “The Female Chef Making Japan’s Most Elaborate Cuisine Her Own,” (from which I swiped “sensory strobe light”), I think I’m not trying hard enough. Very few exotic ingredients, so little “plating,” so much grabbing and going. But then I realize we’re lucky enough to eat really…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  March 21, 2019

  Flavors of the Earth, healthy cooking, Healthy eating for the whole family, Making new habits, Nutrition, Senior fitness, Simple foods, Soup, vegetables

  Barley, Beans, cooking from garden, Easy entrees, healthy eating, Kale, The New Yorker magazine, V-8 juice

• Trying something new — yes, at your age — and venison Stroganoff

  After I committed to spending five-six days a week at the Y at the end of last summer, people want to know if I feel just fabulous. No, but I don’t feel as bad, and at 72-1/2, that’s probably the same thing. My knees no longer hurt 24/7. I can hike briskly across a big…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  February 25, 2018

  Aging, Exercise, Importance of exercise, Making new habits, Senior fitness, Silver Sneakers Classic, Venison, Working out

  Gherkins, Jamie Oliver, Mushrooms, Sour cream, Stroganoff

• Girls just want to have fun, #101daysagymrat

  So on Day 101 at the Y I was 15 pounds lighter than 101 days previously, I co-taught a Silver Sneakers class and then went to a 60-minute kettle bell demonstration. All in my purple tutu with LED lights (3 speeds). Lessons learned: A tutu on big hips sticks straight out like a ruffle on…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  January 3, 2018

  Balance, Building better habits, Depression, Exercise, Holiday eating, Keeping track of what we eat, Making new habits, Senior fitness, Uncategorized, Weight Watchers, Working out

  Cooking Light magazine, healthy eating, Paula Poundstone, weight loss

• Day 70 of #101daysagymrat; 10 pounds in 10 weeks; me, too

  Today is Day 70 of my intended 101 consecutive days at the YMCA. I’d allowed myself a day off every week (like Lent), and I’ve taken 4 of those in the 7 weeks (tornado warnings, illness and really rotten tired) so far. The shape of my body is slowly changing — I’ve lost a few…

  JoAnn Rhodes Grose

  October 29, 2017

  Exercise, Maintaining weight loss, Making new habits, Seniors and weight loss, Taking care of ourselves, Tracking food intake and exercise times, Weight Watchers, Working out

  healthy eating, self-image, Why gluten-free?