Emily Ricketts had a major weight loss transformation, but she wants her followers to know it didn't come from a place of self-hatred. Just the opposite: Ricketts says that it was learning to love her body that sparked the dramatic change.
In a before-and-after Instagram post, Ricketts explained that there was another difference between the two photos other than weight loss. She wrote that in the earlier photo, she was fueled by hate, while in the recent photo she was motivated by love. "Love gets you up at 6am for that workout not because you’ll feel bad if you don’t but because you’ll feel damn good if you do," she wrote. "Love let’s you enjoy food without guilt. Love doesn’t have a size. It isn’t a number—on the scale, in your jeans. It’s a feeling, a mindset, a motivation. Hate? That gets you nowhere."
In an earlier post, Ricketts revealed that shifting her mindset from aiming to be skinny to aiming to be strong also helped. "The secret? I’ve stopped using food as a reward and exercise as a punishment," she wrote in the caption. "I challenge and cherish my body in equal measures. I work out because it makes me feel GOOD, not because it’ll make me feel BAD if I don’t." (Here are 15 more transformations that will inspire you to start lifting weights.)
As Ricketts' photos suggest, there's often more to a #transformationtuesday post than meets the eye. (Same goes for Anna Victoria's 5-year transformation and Katie Willcox's "freshman 25" photo) Regardless of your weight-loss goals, for anyone looking to get started on a health journey in 2019, Ricketts' advice is solid. Starting from a place of self-love, rather than self-hate, and working out to feel good (rather than torturing yourself with classes you loathe) is always the way to go in our book.
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Those Sunday crossword puzzles may not prevent the ageing brain from slowing down – but they might protect it in a different way, a new study suggests.
Researchers looked at the “use it or lose it” theory on brain health. The concept holds that mentally engaging activities – from reading to crosswords to board games – may help the brain resist dementia later in life.
A lifetime of engagement
In this study, older adults who said they enjoyed those pastimes were no less likely to show signs of mental decline over time, versus other older folks.
But they did, on average, score higher on standard tests of mental sharpness. That means that while they did decline over time, they did so from a higher “starting point”, the researchers explained.
“The results indicate that a lifetime of engagement lifts you to a high point from which you decline, and that can be considered as passive cognitive reserve,” said lead researcher Roger Staff, of the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
“Starting from a high point,” he said, “will mean that the threshold at which you are considered impaired will be farther into the future.”
“Cognitive reserve” can be seen as the brain’s ability to find alternative ways to get things done. In theory, a person with greater cognitive reserve may be able to withstand pathological changes in the brain for a longer time before showing signs of dementia.
“The idea is that yes, you’ll decline – but the higher the level you start from, the more years you’ll have with good functioning,” said Keith Fargo, director of scientific programmes and outreach for the Alzheimer’s Association.
Protecting mental function
Fargo, who was not involved in the study, saw the results in a positive light – agreeing that they support the cognitive reserve hypothesis.
However, he said, they do not actually prove that study participants’ penchant for puzzles directly boosted their brain power.
That takes “intervention trials”, Fargo said – where people would be randomly assigned to engage in certain mentally stimulating activities or not.
The Alzheimer’s Association is launching a trial, dubbed POINTER, that will test the effects of mental stimulation along with other lifestyle changes – including exercise, social engagement and better control of health conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
It will look at whether those measures can protect mental function in older adults at increased risk of decline.
The latest study included nearly 500 older British adults who had all taken the same intelligence test when they were about 11 – back in the 1940s. Starting at the age of 64, they answered questions about whether they engaged in intellectually stimulating activities, such as solving puzzles, playing board games, reading or going to museums.
They also took standard tests of memory and thinking over the next 15 years – up to five times.
‘Have a hungry mind’
Overall, the study found, people who liked to challenge their minds were no less likely to show mental decline over time. But they did perform better on the memory and thinking tests – especially those who enjoyed problem-solving activities like puzzles.
That was true even when the researchers factored in childhood intelligence and education level.
The results were published in the BMJ journal.
Staff agreed that the findings do not prove a cause-and-effect link. But, he said, they do support the importance of feeding the mind – ideally starting early in life.
“Have a hungry mind,” Staff advised. “It’s like money in the cognitive bank.”
Use your mental skills in a fun way
But is it ever “too late” for older adults to take up chess or crosswords?
Fargo said there’s not enough evidence to answer that question. But, he stressed, research does suggest that adults can help protect their brain health through various lifestyle choices.
Those include exercising regularly, eating healthfully, not smoking, getting enough sleep – and, yes, staying mentally active.
And if you don’t like puzzles, find something else that uses your mental skills in a fun way.
“Most people do get some enjoyment from challenging themselves,” Fargo said.
The private security company at the centre of the Cape Town’s Clifton Fourth Beach “lock down” controversy has decided it will no longer patrol there, as a group of Cape Town residents gear up for a #ReclaimClifton protest.
“We will no longer be assisting the police, the metro police, anyone,” advocate Bruce Hendricks told News24 on behalf of PPA Security.
“So, tomorrow they are on their own.”
He said the company was contracted by some residents in the area to provide private security and would still patrol for its clients, which include restaurants in nearby Camps Bay. But they would not patrol on the beach, he said.
Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security JP Smith and the City’s safety and security head Richard Bosman were also meeting various law enforcement authorities on Thursday to get to the bottom of what had happened at the beach.
Western Cape ANC secretary Faiez Jacobs told News24 earlier this week that he was among a group of people on the beach on Sunday when they were asked to leave by representatives of PPA.
He said he was among a number of people who questioned whether a private company was allowed to do this.
The company has denied shutting down the beach, but said it was helping the City’s law enforcement unit respond to crimes, which included two girls being raped at the beach.
“Two 15-year-old girls… had been raped and were waiting on SAPS. This was why law enforcement closed the beach. [Every] other night it has been open to anyone that complies with the by-laws which Law Enforcement enforces,” explained Landman.
“We were requested to accompany Law Enforcement as our Tactical Officers are highly trained and skilled professionals. If anyone claims they were on the beach and chased away, they would have seen that it was absolute mayhem and that Law Enforcement were really doing a great job to stabilise the situation – we did not close the beach.”
The company sent pictures of some of its guards on the beach with City Law Enforcement authorities, and a picture of alcohol in a cooler box on the beach.
On Wednesday, the police said they had no record of the rape complaints.
‘They had not been given permission’
Smith said that private companies had no right to police public spaces, and that the PPA was not acting on the City’s authority.
“No, they had not been given permission. They don’t answer to us,” he said.
However, he said private security companies did sometimes help in certain “volatile” circumstances if matters got out of control with “hooliganism”.
He told News24 that, after at least three incidents along the popular coastline – which included a man being attacked with a wooden pole, and an incident involving knives at Eden on the Bay – the City had upped its beach security.
In a statement later, Bosman said “for the record”:
The City of Cape Town has no contract with PPA;
The City has at no stage given any authority to PPA to enforce by-laws;
I met with relevant area staff this morning to confirm this;
All City beaches are open to all members of the public. While the City is able to set times of usage at beaches, we do not impose this unless there is a specific threat to public safety;
We have confirmed with Camps Bay SAPS that no incidents of rape were reported on Sunday, December 23, at Clifton Fourth Beach.
Smith said that beaches worldwide were not immune to crime, so the City deployed resources to keep beaches safe, regardless of whether they were in advantaged or disadvantaged areas.
He said Jacobs would be better placed to ask his party why it did not send more police officers to the beaches, since only national government had the authority to do that.
In response to Jacobs’ concerns about private security companies, he added that the national government used private security companies at many of its facilities.
Smith said he understood that, on the day in question, the Law Enforcement officers’ shifts had already ended and they had already left Clifton Fourth Beach beach before the private company arrived.
Protest planned
He urged anyone who witnessed a private security company taking over policing on a beach to lay a complaint at their nearest police station so that it could be investigated.
Private security companies have no mandate to enforce municipal by-laws. The City has acted swiftly to address the conduct of PPA staff once we became aware of it. Please see: https://t.co/SUmox6Kc5V for more regarding this.
Meanwhile, plans were afoot for a protest on Friday night, advertised as being hosted by Fees Must Fall Western Cape.
“We are calling on all self-respecting Blacks (Indian, Coloured and Africans) to descend at Clifton 4th Beach on Friday 28 December 2018 at 18h00 for a political protest,” reads the Facebook announcement titled “Reclaim Our Beaches From Racists #ReclaimClifton”.
It continues: “After a long and arduous year under the racist regime of Helen Zille, the only thing our people need for now, as we prepare to expropriate our land stolen in 1652, is to cool off at the 2nd best beach in the world.
“Beaches have long been site[s] of political protest in South Africa. We need not remind people of the Reservation of Separate Amenities Act of 1953 that allowed whites exclusive preserve of public areas such as beaches, trains, parks, benches and, holy shit, even toilets, how illogical?”
China is the latest victim of the wild swings in oil prices that have roiled trading firms across the globe this year. Two top officials at Unipec, one of the country’s most powerful trading companies, were suspended this week following losses on bets related to oil prices in the second half of the year, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The parent company, state-run refining giant Sinopec, confirmed the move, saying only that it was related to work matters.
Trading companies from Azerbaijan to Russia and the US have been forced to overhaul their strategy, restructure operations or cut jobs in a year when oil surged to a 2014 high and then dramatically tumbled into a bear market within a matter of weeks.
Price spreads between crude grades in various regions, which are closely watched by traders seeking to take advantage of potential arbitrage opportunities, have also proven volatile and unpredictable. Just in late September, some traders were predicting that global oil prices would hit $100 a barrel over the following months. Their forecasts were based on the prospect of a supply crunch due to US sanctions on Iran that went into effect in November.
However, America’s surprise decision to grant waivers from its restrictions to some nations sparked a collapse in crude. Crude RangeChen Bo, the president of Unipec, and Zhan Qi, the Communist Party secretary, have been suspended, Sinopec spokesman Lyu Dapeng confirmed in a text message on Thursday, adding that it was due to “work reasons.” He declined to confirm whether the move was spurred by trading losses.
In September, Chen said that $60 to $80 a barrel was an acceptable range for oil prices. Brent, the benchmark for more than half the world’s crude, was trading near $53 a barrel on Thursday, after retreating from a four-year high of over $85 a barrel in early October. Shares in Sinopec, known officially as China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., tumbled as much as 7.1% in Shanghai on Thursday, before closing 6.8% lower.
“The market is closely watching for any details of the loss, including its size and how big an impact it may have on the overall operations of Unipec and Sinopec.” Li Li, an analyst with industry consultant ICIS China, said by phone from Shanghai. “So far, the confirmed information is very limited, but it also seems that the risk is controllable.”
US Shipments
Unipec’s purchases on behalf of Sinopec were a critical contributor to China becoming the biggest buyer of US crude, before shipments were stopped due to the trade war between the two countries. Chen, who headed the firm’s trading business, said in September that the company had put a plan to boost American imports on hold as it assesses the impact of the dispute.
While it stopped buying American supplies for use in Sinopec’s refineries, Unipec continued to lift cargoes to resell to other firms in what’s known as third-party trading. More recently, an easing of tensions has spurred more shipments. Earlier this year, Unipec – known officially as China International United Petroleum & Chemical Co. – was also embroiled in a dispute with Saudi Arabia, saying the producer’s prices were costly and cutting purchases just as it was boosting US imports.
Chen and Zhan, who was the highest ranking party official at the company, couldn’t be reached at the firm’s Beijing office on Thursday. Ling Yiqun, a vice president at Sinopec, will take over their duties, the people with knowledge of the reshuffle said. Chen Gang, a vice president at Unipec, will take over administrative responsibilities, according to Sinopec spokesman Lyu. – Bloomberg
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