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The road to successful weight loss is long and bumpy. In order to maintain that loss over the long run, there are no shortcuts. There are, however, many people who’ve already braved that road successfully, and they have great advice on how to jump-start your weight loss.
If you’ve ever tried to lose weight you know it’s rarely easy. It takes time, commitment, and learning—new habits have to be formed and bad habits broken. But with the right advice, you can jump-start your weight loss journey.
And who better to get that advice from than people who’ve been winning the weight loss battle? We asked members of the Cooking Light Diet what tips they could offer to people wanting to jumpstart their weight loss, and their responses were both enlightening and super helpful. Here’s what they had to say.
BE GOOD TO YOURSELF.
To be successful losing weight, you can’t beat yourself up when you break down and splurge one day, or don’t end up getting the exercise in you’d planned, or lose the weight you wanted to in a week. Cooking Light Diet member Nicole Kessler says that not getting frustrated by slower weight loss is key. “When I first started I only weighed myself once every 10-14 days. I used to be able to lose weight very quickly, but now that I am older, it is much slower. I knew that it would frustrate me to step on the scale after feeling so hungry and not seeing rapid results. …[Just] make sure to be loving to yourself—patient and forgiving.” Because the road to a healthier lifestyle isn’t as smooth as glass, it’s bumpy and full of potholes. Just don’t give up the journey when you hit a pothole. You’ve got this!
DEVELOP A MANTRA.
Come up with some sort of daily saying/affirmation, write it down, and recite it when you’re feeling like you might be getting off track. Lindsey Lorraine has nailed it with her 3-part mantra.
KEEP A FOOD DIARY.
It helps to visualize what you eat and do day-to-day so you have a better understanding of what works on your journey. Carmen Leon says keeping a record of her meals has been enlightening. “I find that meal planning is everything…[and] I also keep a food diary. I write down everything I eat, my exercise for the day…this has helped me so much as well.” Accountability is important, and keeping a written record goes a long way towards achieving your goals.
BE SELF-AWARE.
“To thine own self be true.” Know your limitations, your weaknesses, your pitfalls…and make peace with them. Community member Elyssia Marshall Mathias says this is vital.
“That was key: Being honest with yourself and realizing which foods are without brakes. Then don’t buy it.”
Mathias says that no matter how much time goes by or how well she does, she knows she can’t buy “Cheetos, potato chips, Mayfield Moose Tracks ice cream, peanut butter cookies, etc.”…so she doesn’t. You know yourself better than anyone, so know which foods are nonstarters on your healthier lifestyle journey.
HAVE A SUPPORT GROUP IN PLACE.
Anne Ritchie says that having support and encouragement from others trying to reach weight loss goals has been paramount to her own success. “The thing that helped me the most in my weight loss journey is this wonderfully supportive group of people. And it’s a great ‘diet.’ Really it’s a lifestyle change so sometimes it’s tough in the beginning to rearrange your thinking about how we cook and what we eat. But that’s where this group comes in. We are all doing the same thing!”
SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE GOALS.
Contrary to certain products and services that have cropped up over the years, there’s no such thing as a quick-fix when it comes to weight loss. Cooking Light Diet member Ann Marie Mantoine Shuler stresses that you have to embark on the journey one step at a time. “Don’t try to change everything all at once. …By working on one better choice until it’s a habit and then working [on] your next better choice, you will make sustainable changes.” This is a sentiment that Cyndie Moran has echoed on her way to losing over 60 pounds.* “I had a significant amount to lose and looking at the big picture was overwhelming. I made 5 pound goals. Every time I made it to the next 5 pound increment I felt like I accomplished something and would change my goal to the next 5 pounds. I also made several gradual small changes over time rather [than] a lot of big changes suddenly and my changes [became] habits a lot easier.” Set small goals so you don’t get overwhelmed by the bigger picture, and everything else will fall into place.
To learn more about the Cooking Light Diet, you can email feedback@cookinglightdiet.com, or subscribe today at CookingLightDiet.com.
*Members following the Cooking Light Diet, on average, lose 1/2 lb. per week.
Step 1
Prepare Basic Cookie Dough, adding lemon zest at the end of step 3 (with egg white and vanilla). Press dough evenly into the bottom of a pan with a spatula, pressing down at the edges so dough doesn’t form a rim after baking. Freeze dough for 15 minutes. Prick holes all over to keep it flat during baking. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
Step 2
While cookie is baking, prepare lemon curd. Have ready a strainer, suspended over a medium bowl. In a heavy saucepan, stir together egg yolks and 3/4 cup sugar until well blended. Stir in butter, fresh lemon juice, and salt. Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly and scraping sides of pan, until thickened—don’t let it come to a boil, or it will curdle. When steam appears, remove the pan briefly from heat, stirring constantly to keep mixture from boiling. When the curd has thickened, about 5 minutes, pour into strainer. Press with a spatula until only the coarse residue remains in the strainer; discard residue.
Step 3
When cookie is baked, remove it from the oven, lower the temperature to 300°, and pour lemon curd on top. Spread it almost to the edge and return it to the oven for 15 minutes, or just until it starts bubbling around the edges. Remove from the oven and cool completely in the pan on a rack. Refrigerate for 1 hour to set curd before cutting into bars. Just before serving, sprinkle powdered sugar over the tops of the bars. Store the bars in an airtight container for 3 days at room temperature, for 3 weeks in the refrigerator, or for 3 months in the freezer.
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Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba’s decision to suspend a member of his executive committee who had declared that the city was a “friend of Israel” raises questions about South Africa’s foreign policy making.
Mashaba suspended Health MMC Dr Mpho Phalatse, saying that in her remarks she had failed to take into account the “complexity” and “sensitivity” of the conflict in Israel. He was referring to public outrage against a recent Israeli attack on Palestinians that left more than 50 dead.
Phalatse’s comments, Mashaba said, have caused “confusion”. Interestingly, in his statement Mashaba made no reference to South Africa’s foreign policy on Israel and the City of Johannesburg’s relationship with that policy.
Foreign policy is typically and primarily the domain of the national government. But in practice, regional governments – cities and provinces – do conduct region-to-region or city-to-city diplomacy.
Some of the sub-state diplomatic relations could have far-reaching implications. For example, Tshwane Mayor Solly Msimanga visited Taiwan in December 2016 to honour an invitation and sell his city as an investment destination in an effort, he said, to create jobs.
But his diplomatic efforts were interpreted by the national government and the ANC as a violation of South Africa’s official “One-China” policy in terms of which only the mainland is given full diplomatic status. South Africa does not recognise Taiwan as a sovereign state.
President Nelson Mandela’s administration cut ties with Taiwan, which once enjoyed good relations with the National Party, in favour of mainland China. This marked the beginning of strengthening relations between what would be the world’s second largest economy and South Africa.
South Africa’s diplomatic ties with China are so deep that we wouldn’t even dare allow the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit our shores for fear that it might send a wrong message that we support secession plans by Tibet. China claims sovereignty over Tibet.
While the controversy around Msimanga’s visit to Taipei has died down, the matter has not been fully settled and it remains unclear whether and how the national government intends to synthesise the interests of provinces and cities into its foreign policy making and implementation process.
The role of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation in facilitating diplomatic forays of regional governments has to be clearly defined. Is it purely logistical or strategic? It should intelligently combine the two.
In circumstances where the national governing party does not govern a province or a city, foreign policy making and diplomatic engagements can become complex and incoherent. It could be worse where there is a coalition government either at national or provincial/city levels where different parties have contradictory foreign policy preferences.
The remarks by Phalatse at an event in which she spoke on behalf of the government of the City of Johannesburg could be a symptom of this grey area in our foreign policy making. It could suggest she was clueless about South Africa’s foreign policy towards Israel. South Africa’s frosty relations with Israel was best illustrated by Pretoria’s decision to downgrade our diplomatic status in Tel Aviv.
If Phalatse was well-versed, her conduct could mean she thought it was not her responsibility as a leader in the government of Johannesburg to articulate South Africa’s foreign policy. Or she differs completely with the national foreign policy towards Israel and therefore felt the need to object publicly.
It could also mean that within the City of Johannesburg Mashaba hasn’t thought carefully how his government intends to communicate with constituencies such as the Friends of Israel in SA, whose main areas of interests might have foreign policy implications for the city or the country.
Phalatse’s conduct could also suggest foreign policy confusion on the part of the Democratic Alliance, her leading party in Johannesburg. DA leader Mmusi Maimane conducted his own diplomacy in Israel last year. He was pictured all smiles with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
When questioned about the visit, Maimane said he did not agree with Israeli’s stance on Palestine. But he criticised South Africa’s foreign policy which he said needed to be reviewed because other African countries were having relations with Israel. “Now I want to understand; is our foreign policy updated or have we just assumed a historical position?” he asked.
It is apparent from Maimane’s question that unless domestic political players have reasonable consensus on foreign policy, it would be difficult for them to act in unison on matters that require coherence in international relations. The problem was best illustrated by DJ Black Coffee who performed in Israel in April to wide condemnation in South Africa. The ANC went to the extent of issuing a statement criticising the popular DJ.
In response to the criticism, Black Coffee reportedly tweeted: “Like everyone else I have a right and free will and, no Black Coffee is not a political party. I work as an entertainer to feed my family.”
South Africa’s foreign policy towards Israel is a classic case of domestic incoherence that leads to contradictory messages in the international arena. The response to Israeli and other cases of human rights abuses require national consensus on the home front.
The Phalatse controversy comes at a time when International Relations and Cooperation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has launched a review of South Africa’s foreign policy. In her inaugural budget vote speech last month, Sisulu said she wanted to reverse the regression of South Africa in international relations and reclaim its position.
She has her work cut out. And, as international relations experts would say, foreign policy begins at home.
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Two worshippers have been killed and several wounded in a stabbing attack at a mosque in Malmesbury in the Western Cape in the early hours of Thursday morning.
Western Cape police confirmed that the attacker was shot dead by police.
The attack comes at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and five weeks after another attack at a mosque in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal.
Provincial police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Andrè Traut said Malmesbury police were called out to the mosque in the early hours of the morning and found two people stabbed to death and several injured.
“A couple of hours ago – about 03:00 – as people got themselves ready to pray, the suspect just got up and started stabbing the people. He was praying with them,” Malmesbury Police Constable Henry Durant told News24.
No warning
Fellow worshippers said there was no warning that the suspect, believed to be a foreign national in his 30s, was about to commit the violent crime.
“There was an old man and he tried to cut the old man’s head off and the man died. Other people went to the Swartland hospital,” said Durant from the scene.
“This guy was not in a hurry – he was very calm – he did not run, he walked away. He had a big Rambo knife.”
Police officers approached the suspect, who refused to lay down his knife and charged at the officers.
“He ignored the calls and tried to attack police. He was shot and killed in the process. His death will be investigated by IPID,” Traut said.
There is no identified motive for the crime yet.
“We don’t know anything. There is no information, there is no motive, there’s nothing like that,” said Durant.
Provincial detectives are currently combing the scene for clues.
Shock
The Muslim Judicial Council said it was “shocked to its core” to learn about the attack on the Malmesbury Masjied.
“We can confirm that two people have been killed whilst in I’tikaaf and another regular musallee of the Masjied injured.”
“We do not have any further details as yet but we urge the community not to jump to any conclusions until clarity can be given,” the MJC said.
On May 10, armed men stabbed and injured two workers and killed a worshipper at a Shia mosque in Verulam, outside Durban.
READ: Deadly attack at KZN mosque
The mosque also had its library petrol-bombed during the attack.
A bomb was found at the mosque in the week after the attack.
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BLOEMFONTEIN – The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) has slammed the alleged rape of 13-year-old boy by five of his classmates at a school in the Free State.
The civic organisation called for united action against bullying, ill-discipline and the scourge of sexual violence in schools.
“The culture of violence must be uprooted and the dire situation arrested before it gets completely out of hand,” said Sanco spokesperson Jabu Mahlangu.
According to the provincial education department, the incident involving a Grade 7 learner occurred last week.
“It was after school and the victim was heading out when he was allegedly called by a group of boys.
“These boys have been causing a reign of terror at the school‚” Sanco quoted department spokesman Howard Ndaba as saying.
He said that the boys were known to be bullies and were troublesome to their teachers.
“They told him ‘the boss is calling you’. This one knew not to ignore such [an instruction]‚” said Ndaba.
Mahlangu said that the country cannot afford a spike in learner dropouts because of bullying and violence in schools if it is to address poverty, unemployment and inequality, as well as overcome social ills such as gangsterism and drug addiction, along with escalating crime in communities.
He urged authorities to adopt a zero tolerance to violence in schools and summarily dismiss perpetrators to protect teachers and learners who are at risk.
“The suspects that are facing rape charges must be given stiff sentences as a deterrent,” added Mahlangu.
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