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Since giving birth to her baby girl, True Thompson, three months ago, new mom Khloé Kardashian has said goodbye to more than 30 lbs.!
The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star revealed in a post on her app on Monday that she has dropped 33 lbs., which she credits to a “combination of breastfeeding and being very active.”
“After I had True, I didn’t put any pressure on myself to lose the baby weight. I just wanted to get back to my regular routine from before I got pregnant, which was working out five to six times a week,” said Kardashian, who welcomed her firstborn with boyfriend Tristan Thompson in April.
“Here is where I am at currently. True turned 3 months old on July 12. I honestly didn’t give myself a number that I wanted to lose by this time, especially since I wasn’t able to work out for the first six weeks. But, since then, I’ve lost 33 pounds! I’m shocked that I lost that much weight that quickly,” said Kardashian, who added, “I’m chalking this up to the combination of breastfeeding and being very active during and after my pregnancy.”
Kardashian also shared with her readers that she doesn’t compare herself to other women and instead focuses on her own health journey.
“I never compare myself to other women as every woman has their own journey. We also all have different priorities in our day-to-day lives. One of mine is having that one hour where I can be selfish and alone in my place of refuge,” she wrote.
“Staying healthy and active is something that’s very important to me. Exercise is something I’ve always used to maintain my sanity and relieve stress,” said Kardashian. “And, now that I have a baby, I still want to keep something that’s my time, my space, something I’m doing for myself.”
Following True’s birth, the mother of one has been documenting her post-baby workouts, and also revealed what she’s been up to in the kitchen.
In May, Kardashian showed off her five-week post-baby workout results.
“The beginning parts of working out kind of suck because you’re pushing your body so hard, you’re so tired, and you’re trying to get back into your rhythm,” the KUWTK reality star said in a Snapchat video.
“It’s much more difficult than I think you expect it to be. I’ve been working out for 11 days now, I feel really good, but tired. My body is sore because it’s re-waking itself back up,” she added.
In addition to sweating it out in the gym, Kardashian has focused on eating more protein and fruits and vegetables and less carbs.
“I’m currently on a low-carb diet that my nutritionist, Dr. Goglia, gave me,” she wrote on her app early last month. “It has lots of protein, so I’m able to go all out at the gym, but the best part is that I’m never hungry because I’m always eating!”
While a low-carb lifestyle might sound challenging at first, Kardashian assured, “I promise it’s easier to follow than it sounds.”
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Preheat a clean grill or grill pan to medium-high.
Step 2
Stir together the wine and the brown sugar in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, then gently simmer 25–30 minutes or until the mixture is reduced to about 3 tablespoons and creates a thick glaze.
Step 3
Lightly brush stone-fruit halves with olive oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill fruit, cut side down, 1 minute on each side. Transfer to 4 plates.
Step 4
Drizzle fruit with glaze, and top each serving with 1/4 of the pieces of cheese.
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Former US president Barack Obama on Tuesday used a tribute to Nelson Mandela to warn that the world had plunged into “strange and uncertain times”, in what is likely to be seen as a veiled attack on Donald Trump.
Obama made no direct reference to his successor but warned that “politics of fear and resentment” were spreading, driven by leaders who scorned facts and told lies with an “utter loss of shame”.
He also blasted climate-change denial, race-based migration policies, unbridled capitalism and “strongman politics” — stances often cited as the hallmarks of Trump’s controversial presidency.
“Given the strange and uncertain times we are in, each day’s news cycles brings more head-spinning and disturbing headlines, I thought maybe it would be useful to step back for a moment and get some perspective,” Obama said at the start of his speech.
READ: Racial discrimination still exists in US and SA – Obama at Mandela lecture
Obama spoke to a crowd of more than 10 000 people at a cricket stadium in Johannesburg in the centrepiece event of celebrations 100 years since Nelson Mandela’s birth.
“It is in part because of the failures of governments and powerful elites… that we now see much of the world threatening to return to an older, more dangerous, more brutal way of doing business,” Obama said.
On migration, he appeared to take a sharp jab at Trump saying “it is not wrong to insist that national borders matter… but that can’t be an excuse for immigration policies based on race or ethnicity or religion.”
On climate change, he attacked the entrenched scepticism shown by Trump and others American conservatives in the face of scientific evidence.
“You have to believe in facts, without facts there is no basis for cooperation,” he said.
“I can’t find common ground if someone says climate change is just not happening when almost all the world’s scientists tell us it is.
“If you start (by) saying it is an elaborate hoax… where do we start?
And he drew laughter from the crowd with the line: “Politics today seems to reject the very concept of objective truth – people just make stuff up.
“We see the utter loss of shame among political leaders who are caught in a lie and they just double down and lie some more,” he added.
Mandela’s birthday
Tuesday’s speech came on the eve of “Mandela Day” – his birthday, which is marked around the world every year on July 18.
Obama has made relatively few public appearances since leaving the White House in 2017, but he has often credited Mandela for being one of the great inspirations in his life.
Mandela, who died in 2013, remains a global icon for his long struggle against white-minority apartheid rule and for his message of peace and reconciliation after being freed following 27 years in prison.
Obama met Mandela only briefly in 2005 but gave a eulogy at his funeral saying Mandela “makes me want to be a better man” and hailing him as “the last great liberator of the 20th century”.
Both men were the first black presidents of their countries.
READ: 10 quotes from Obama’s Mandela lecture
African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Mandela’s widow Graca Machel were among the guests from Obama’s speech – his highest-profile address since leaving office.
“I really appreciate it that Obama spoke out against Trump,” 25-year-old management consultant Karabo Tima told AFP after attending the speech.
“We see our brothers and sisters trying to seek a better life in the states, and we know that America was built on the backs of black people and they don’t get the recognition.”
Before arriving in South Africa, Obama paid a brief visit to Kenya, his father’s home country.
Obama will also host a town hall event in Johannesburg on Wednesday for 200 young leaders selected from across Africa to attend a five-day training programme.
Mandela was imprisoned under apartheid rule in 1962 and only freed in 1990, when he went on to lead the African National Congress party to victory in the first multi-race elections in 1994.
Suspended Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) investigator Cedrick Nkabinde has denied claims that he had offered to help Crime Intelligence officer Morris “Captain KGB” Tshabalala get bail because his case was politically motivated.
This is what the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria heard on Wednesday, by way of affidavit, during Tshabalala’s second attempt at securing his release on bail. He was initially denied bail in January.
Tshabalala’s attorney Mpesi Makhanya, who was called to testify, told the court that Nkabinde, who was the investigating officer in the Tshabalala matter before being suspended in May, called him on the morning of his client’s previous court appearance in June.
Makhanya testified that Nkabinde told him: “My brother, I wish I could assist that brother (Tshabalala). He must be out on bail and not in detention.”
Makhanya then allegedly asked Nkabinde why he said that and he was told that Tshabalala’s case involved a lot of politics. Which is why Nkabinde wanted to be called to court to testify in favour of the former Crime Intelligence operative.
Nkabinde denies
However, in a sworn affidavit presented to court by prosecutor Chris Smith, Nkabinde denied that he wanted to testify in a bid to have Tshabalala released on bail.
He said he had received a call from prison personnel who asked if IPID would help to escort Tshabalala from Kgosi Mampuru II prison to court.
He then allegedly called Makhanya to find out if Tshabalala was due in court so that he could give the prison personnel the relevant contact details of IPID members who could help them.
“At no stage did I say Morris Tshabalala should be released on bail,” Nkabinde said in his affidavit.
“At no stage did I say I will come to testify on behalf of the accused person.”
“I only said that I will come to testify only if the court requires me to do so and that was on the basis that I am the investigating officer in the case…”
‘Blatant lie’
Nkabinde said he relayed this information to Makhanya during a second phone call, where Makhanya asked if Nkabinde would testify as there were discrepancies in his initial affidavit.
Makhanya claimed that Nkabinde’s version was a “blatant lie” and that he would never testify to anything that was not true as it would jeopardise his future as an attorney.
Nkabinde, who also investigated the fraud and corruption case against former acting national police commissioner Khomotso Phahlane, has also been accused of changing his stance against Phahlane.
IPID spokesperson Moses Dlamini previously said two of their investigators and a vetting officer were offered positions in the South African Police Service (SAPS) in return for being part of a conspiracy to undermine IPID investigations against Phahlane and for making false statements against IPID boss Robert McBride.
“IPID has since obtained more evidence which confirms the attempts to corrupt IPID investigators by offering them inducements in return for them implicating McBride in unethical conduct,” said Dlamini said in a statement.
‘Out of spite and malice’
Dlamini further said that Nkabinde had written to Minister of Police Bheki Cele and made false allegations of unethical conduct against McBride.
“It seems that the allegations are made out of spite and malice. They are contradicted by the evidence at the IPID’s disposal, some of it gathered by Nkabinde himself.”
McBride also responded, saying Nkabinde’s allegations were made to “boost his chances of being accepted by the SAPS, some of whom are under investigation by the IPID”.
READ: Suspended IPID investigator intervenes in ‘Captain KGB’ application, court hears
“We have received information that our investigators were allegedly paid money to make false allegations against IPID investigators who are investigating Phahlane. IPID will not be deterred from pursuing its investigations.
“This latest move by Nkabinde and his SAPS pals is clearly calculated to torpedo the case against Phahlane,” McBride said.
Due to conflicting versions of the phone calls between Makhanya and Nkabinde, Magistrate Nicola Setshoege asked that Nkabinde be called to court to testify.
The matter has been postponed to August 2.
Tshabalala, who has been charged with fraud, theft and corruption relating to the submission of alleged fraudulent invoices to the tune of R563 005 for blinds and curtains for safe houses in Pretoria, claimed that he paid the money to the distributor.
