Losing 72 pounds helped Wadeana Williams learn to love living healthy—and be a better mom.
Wadeana Williams, 40, 5’8″, from Holly Springs, North Carolina Before: 232 lb., size 22 After: 160 lb., size 6 Total lost: 72 lb., 8 sizes
I’d never been the best eater. In fact, Italian and Chinese takeout were my mainstays for years. And when two of my three kids were diagnosed with sickle cell anemia, I focused on their well-being rather than my own. It wasn’t until a 2009 Super Bowl party that I realized I needed to take care of myself, too. At 220 pounds, I was frustrated when my clothes didn’t fit. I felt even more upset when I got to the party and realized I was the biggest one there. I decided then that enough was enough.
Fine-tuning fitness
I started with 30-minute walks daily. I’d been sedentary for years, so even a stroll made me breathless at first. In May 2009, I joined Weight Watchers and learned how to dial back my portions and cook balanced meals, like grilled salmon with steamed broccoli and sweet potatoes. In just three months, I was down to 190 pounds. But soon my weight loss stalled. Feeling discouraged, I left the program and attempted to push past the plateau on my own. I integrated jogging into my walks, first for two minutes, then five, and eventually for a half hour or more. “Empowered” doesn’t even begin to describe how I felt when I ran my first 5K in 2011.
My new normal
I got hooked on taking care of my body when I realized that living healthy makes me feel my happiest. These days I crush 30 minutes of cardio, followed by an hour of weight training, five days a week. Hard-core sweat sessions and a commitment to clean eating helped me reach my goal weight of 165 pounds in August 2016. Getting fit hasn’t just brought me joy; it’s also helped me become a better mother, play buddy, caregiver, and role model for my kids (now ages 10, 13, and 15). And I couldn’t ask for anything more than that.
Wadeana’s wellness tips
1. Scale back. I used to get so caught up in the number staring back at me on the scale that I’d forget my main goal: getting stronger. These days I weigh myself monthly, not daily, and focus on how I look and feel.
2. Try extra credit. I always tack on an extra challenge to my workouts. Before, it was walking five more minutes each day. Now I might go for five more reps at the end of a strength session or finish with 10 minutes of stretching. These may seem like small things, but they add up.
3. Speak your truth. My motto is “Get fit and live trying.” Even if I don’t always get it right, I try to give my best effort for a healthy life every single day.
4. Mind your macros. I track how much protein, carbs, and fat I consume at my meals. I’ve learned that fueling my body with the right balance keeps me completely satisfied, so I don’t overeat.
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Johannesburg – The EFF is looking forward to its date with “constitutional delinquent” President Jacob Zuma after Friday’s court order that the National Assembly develop rules to hold him to account, which could pave the way for impeachment.
“We look forward to the National Assembly reconvening very soon to actually develop the necessary rules and hold the president accountable,” Economic Freedom Fighters general secretary Godrich Gardee said in response to the Constitutional Court’s majority judgment on the issue.
“The constitutional delinquent, Mr Zuma, in no time will be scrutinised, will be brought before Parliament to be [held] accountable, because his own political party has actually failed to hold him accountable, and we can’t wait [another] day longer,” said Gardee.
“We need to be in Parliament in no less than 30 days before the State of the Nation Address of 2018,” he said, speaking outside the Constitutional Court.
The State of the Nation Address is scheduled for February 8, 2018 and the ANC, which is the majority party in Parliament, has said it would discuss the judgment on January 10 during a meeting of its national executive committee.
Zuma was replaced as the party’s leader when Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was elected ANC president at the party’s 54th national conference earlier in December.
The EFF envisages a format for impeachment which includes Zuma giving evidence at an inquiry akin to the long-running SABC hearings, and that witnesses also be called.
However, Gardee expressed concern over Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng’s apparent “irritation” during the sitting on Friday, and his call for his own minority judgment to be read into the record in full.
“We consider that as an abuse of power,” Gardee said.
Mogoeng expressed concern over the “judicial overreach” of the majority judgment, saying it encroached on the separation of powers.
The EFF, the United Democratic Movement (UDM) and the Congress of the People (Cope) applied to the Constitutional Court for relief on the grounds that the National Assembly had failed to hold Zuma to account over a previous Constitutional Court judgment.
That previous judgment found that Zuma failed to uphold the Constitution with regards to the Public Protector’s remedial actions for the upgrades to his Nkandla homestead.
Several motions of no confidence in the president have failed in Parliament and most of the opposition parties believe that impeachment is the only way to remove Zuma. To do this, the National Assembly must set in motion certain procedures.
The capture of Parliament
DA leader Mmusi Maimane said in a statement the majority judgment was a “consequence of the ANC capturing Parliament and turning it into a lapdog of the Executive for the sole purpose of consistently protecting Zuma and his corrupt acolytes at all costs”.
“Parliament must earnestly apply itself to the question of whether Baleka Mbete is still fit to hold office as Speaker of the National Assembly in light of the damning judgments against her,” he said.
“It is now the task of Parliament to ensure that the rules governing impeachment do not fall victim to another farcical ANC process in which majoritarian tactics are used to bully the Rules Committee into devising rules designed to absolve Jacob Zuma.
“The rules devised by the Rules Committee must be constitutionally compliant and the process must be imbued with constitutionality. Accordingly, we request that the Speaker comply with the order of the highest court in South Africa and do the honourable thing – accede to our requests and set Parliament back on course to fulfill its constitutional mandate.”
‘Something to celebrate’
Cope leader Mosiuoa Lekota explained after the judgment, that the court had already handed down previous judgments, recording that Zuma had violated the Constitution and that he had broken his oath of office over the handling of the Nkandla issue.
“But simultaneous with that, the Constitutional Court has also found that the National Assembly itself, which is dominated by the ANC, had already broken oath of office,” Lekota added.
“What we have achieved today has been to expose the fact that the National Assembly, led by the Speaker, tried to collaborate with President Zuma by hiding and protecting him,” he commented.
“Now the court has found that they failed in their duty, they broke their oath of office for the second time because they should have developed the procedure urgently thereafter to enable us to hold the president accountable.
“By protecting him they have showed themselves to have failed the mandate of the people.”
“Now they have been instructed to go and develop the procedure to hold the president accountable by way of an impeachment procedure.
“That makes it impossible for anybody who will become Speaker or occupy those offices in future to continue to toy with the mandate the people give to Parliament to hold anyone, who behaves like a scoundrel, from being held accountable.
“This is something to celebrate.”
‘Battle accelerated’
The UDM stated on its Facebook page: “Strengthened by today’s Constitutional Court ruling, our urgent and continuing battle to have Mr Zuma removed will be accelerated.”
“The United Democratic Movement, in tandem with any and all parties unified by an honest desire for the very best for our country, will redouble its efforts to rid government of the single most destructive occupation since our hard-fought freedom, and perhaps, even ever.”
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA), noted the judgment as another “blow” to Zuma, and said it hoped that the order would be carried out quickly.
“…Once again, the courts have been called to force elected officials to do their duty. We can only hope that this judgment will be implemented very soon,” Ben Theron, OUTA Chief Operating Officer, said.
Zuma cannot be singled out as the only culprit
The SA Federation of Trade Unions said that following the ruling, the ANC had to “act decisively” against Zuma and remove him as president of the country.
“Saftu, however, warns that Zuma must not be singled out as the only culprit in these matters. All the other public officials, state-owned enterprise executives and their accomplices in the private sector who have been implicated in the Gupta emails, Jacques Pauw’s book [The President’s Keepers] and elsewhere must face the might of the law.
“The promised independent inquiry into the former Public protector’s ‘State of Capture’ report must proceed without delay and be given the mandate, resources and terms of reference to investigate not only that report but all the other allegations of corruption, fraud, money-laundering and other crimes, which are continually being exposed.”
Saftu said it would join civil society organisation and political parties outside the gates of Parliament when Zuma delivers his State of the Nation Address, to demand that he be dismissed as leader, and brought before the courts.
Manchester – Jose Mourinho has mischievously highlighted the changing view of Jurgen Klopp after his Liverpool counterpart spent £75 million to sign Southampton’s Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk this week.
The Manchester United manager cheekily suggested on Friday that if he were a member of the media, he would ask Klopp about his comments, 18 months ago, when the German claimed he would not want to spend huge amounts of money even if it were available to him.
At that time, Klopp was responding to a summer in which United were on the verge of breaking the world record by paying 89 million for Paul Pogba – a figure “only” 14 million more than Liverpool spent this week to land van Dijk.
“You know, I think the one that speaks about it in a specific way has to be Jurgen,” said Mourinho ahead of Southampton’s trip to Old Trafford on Saturday.
“And if I was one of you I would ask him about his comments about one year ago.
“But I’m not speaking specifically about that case because in Liverpool they do what they want to do and I am nobody to comment on what they do.
“The reality is that if they think that the player is the right player for them and they really want the player they pay this amount or they don’t have the player because that is the way the market is at that time.”
Mischievous as Mourinho’s comments were, the United manager did concede that he has far pressing concerns closer to home with the form of his star striker Romelu Lukaku.
After opening his United career with 11 goals in 10 games, Lukaku has scored just four times in his last 19 but has, nevertheless, been required to play every minute of his club’s Premier League campaign due to the continued fitness struggles of fellow striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Worse than that, Lukaku has been involved in errors in his own penalty area in recent weeks that have led to goals for Manchester City and Burnley – an indication, according to Mourinho, of possible fatigue.
But the United manager steadfastly refuses to criticise the Belgian striker, not least because he admits that he is unable to offer him any sort of rest in the foreseeable future.
Mourinho said: “First of all, people don’t have to be grateful to Romelu, I have to be – not you, not the supporters, not the pundits – I have to be.
“The other day, I said 19 matches in the Premier League; now I say 20 matches in the Premier League, 90 minutes.
“I think for a striker, any player, that’s absolutely incredible. But if you are a central defender, a holding midfield player, where you can control your energy, positional play, you can resist, survive.
“But for a striker to play 20 matches in the Premier League, 90 minutes, I have to be grateful for his personality and his character.
“Is he unlucky in our box in recent matches? He was in the picture, he was not a direct influence but he was in the picture in some of the last goals we conceded.
“Is that a consequence of a player that really needs a little rest, or is it just a consequence of the moment?
“The guy is fantastic for me and for the team and gives absolutely everything and I’ve no criticism. But no, I cannot rest him.”
Mourinho tried to partner Lukaku and Ibrahimovic in the same starting line-up in Tuesday’s draw with Burnley, only to abandon the experiment at half-time with United trailing 2-0. And he admitted that with both stars struggling for form at present, he will not be able to pair them in the near future.
He said: “It can happen but I think to happen, they need both to be in their best moment and they are not.”
Cape Town – The Constitutional Court ruling on Friday morning, declaring that the University of the Free State’s (UFS) English-only language policy lawful, proves minorities were misled in the 1994 negotiations, minority rights group AfriForum said.
In a majority ruling, Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng denied AfriForum’s application for leave to appeal a Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) ruling from March. The SCA overruled an earlier High Court order which said the University’s policy decision was unlawful.
In a statement, AfriForum’s deputy CEO Alana Bailey said minorities, such as Afrikaans speakers, were misled in 1994 to believe that their language rights would be protected.
Afrikaans is South Africa’s third most common language, with an estimated seven million speakers.
Bailey expressed fear that the ruling will heighten racial tension on South African campuses.
“The South African past (consider for example the events in Soweto in 1976), but also many other countries such as Bangladesh and Belgium, prove that denying students the right to study in their mother language might lead to increased tensions and even violence,” Bailey said.
“With English monolingualism, only a tiny group of English-speaking students will be privileged, while the rest will have very little hope left that any indigenous language will develop further in future.”
The FF Plus, which advocates for Afrikaners to have the right to self-determination or self-management, said the Constitutional Court ruling is a “tremendous setback for mother-tongue instruction”.
“In a country with eleven official languages, the mediums of instruction must rather be expanded to include more languages instead of languages being taken away and institutions becoming anglicised,” FF Plus chairperson Anton Alberts said in a statement.
Others welcome judgment
While AfriForum and FF Plus expressed disappointment in the ruling, the South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) and the Higher Education Transformation Network (HETN) welcomed the judgement.
In a statement, SANCO spokesperson Jabu Mahlangu said AfriForum opposed to the new language policy because, except for the “preservation and domination of the Afrikaans language, it has no interest whatsoever in peaceful solutions to any challenge facing South Africa”.
“[AfriForum] is a reactionary formation that is part of the right-wing movement that thrives on heightened racial tensions to appeal to those who wish to plunge the country towards a slippery slope as well as a vicious cycle of conflict, racial hatred and violence,” Mahlangu explained.
On their part, HETN said the ruling should be considered the “official flattening of AfriForum’s racist campaign to retain Afrikaans as the sole medium of instruction in formerly Afrikaans–only public higher educational institutions”.
“Whilst it may not be possible for the government to provide for indigenous language education for all, English should remain the international standard medium of instruction to ensure that all students from all South African communities are able to access higher education equally,” HETN Executive Director Mothepane Seolonyane added.
The language of instruction at formerly Afrikaans universities such as the University of Free State (UFS), Stellenbosch University (SU) and the University Of Pretoria (UP) have come under fire recent years.
UFS and UP have opted for English-only instruction as a means to assist in its transformation, while SU gave Afrikaans and English equal status as languages of instruction.
SU’s policy, however, adopts a preference for English in certain circumstances in order to advance the university’s goals of equal access, multilingualism and integration.
JOHANNESBURG – The son of the notorious paedophile Gert van Rooyen has been arrested on charges of theft and fraud.
According to North West police spokesperson Brig Sabata Mokgwabone, Gerhard Van Rooyen and Elana Van Rooyen (his wife), both aged 49, appeared in the Klerksdorp Magistrates’ Court for theft and fraud.
They were remanded in custody until Friday, 05 January 2017 for a formal bail application.
According to Mokgwabone, “The accused’s arrest follows alleged fraud wherein they sold cars to unsuspecting clients and convinced them to deposit money into their accounts. The suspect would then fail to give clients cars or refund them.
“We cannot at this stage confirm if Gerhard will be questioned about his father’s crimes.”
Van Rooyen and his female accomplice, Joey Haarhoff, are believed to be responsible for the abduction, sexual assault, and murder of several missing girls, aged between nine and sixteen-years-old, across eastern South Africa.
In early 1990, when faced with arrest after the escape of their latest kidnap victim, Van Rooyen killed Haarhoff before committing suicide.
Despite the evidence against them, the two were never formally convicted due to their deaths, and the bodies of their supposed victims were never found.
These claims included how his father dissolved the bodies of the girls he kidnapped in acid in a Satanic ritual, the acid supposedly supplied by Flippie from Iscor where he worked at the time.
He also implicated that three National Party cabinet ministers were involved in the kidnappings of Odette Boucher (11), Anne-Mari Wapenaar (12) and Joan Booysen (16). Gert van Rooyen was also linked to the disappearances of Yolanda Wessels (12), Fiona Harvey (12), Joan Horn (12) and Tracy-Lee Scott-Crossley (14).
Flippie further claimed that they were buried in sand dunes near Umdloti, that his father had kidnapped and sold 40 young girls, and that he was helped by politicians to smuggle them out of the country.
Flippie was then already in jail for a death sentence which had been commuted to life imprisonment, for the murder of a 15-year-old Zimbabwean girl. He was paroled in 2008.
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Holiday parties and gatherings, or simply pampering yourself for the new year ahead, mean more trips to nail and hair salons for some.
But if you’re not careful, you might end up picking up more than you bargained for…
Health issues after a salon visit
In a recent small survey of nail and hair salon clients, more than two-thirds said they’d had one or more health issues after visiting a salon. These included skin problems, fungal infections and respiratory symptoms.
“When it comes to safety, the most important thing is being aware of the dangers present in salons,” said Lindsey Milich, lead author of a study based on the survey. She’s a research analyst at the Rutgers School of Public Health in Piscataway, NJ.
Nail and hair salons generally offer a wide range of services such as manicures, pedicures, applying artificial nails, waxing, hair styling and hair colouring.
However, many of these services involve exposure to chemicals that can be hazardous for the client or nail technician or stylist, the researchers said. These products can cause allergic reactions and skin irritations.
In addition, because many of the tools are reused from one client to another, it’s possible to pick up bacterial and fungal infections if proper sterilisation techniques are not followed.
What the survey entailed
The survey included 90 patrons of nail and hair salons from three counties in New Jersey. Nearly all (94%) were women. Survey participants were asked about health symptoms, as well as their knowledge of potential hazards and safety practices in salons.
About 42% they’d developed skin issues and 10% reported fungal infections after salon visits. These problems included itchiness to the hands or face, cuts, burning or tingling sensations, pain or redness around the nail area, athlete’s foot, finger or toenail fungus, and nail discoloration.
One in six survey participants reported respiratory symptoms, including runny nose, itching or watery eyes, trouble breathing and headache.
Across the board, the percentages for reported problems were higher for nail salons than hair salons.
Health of nail technicians also at stake
Though the salon clients reported experiencing these problems after a salon visit, Milich noted that the study did not prove that these issues were caused by the salon.
Milich was also involved in a second study, which looked at the health of nail salon technicians. That study – led by Derek Shendell from the Rutgers School of Public Health – included 68 workers from 40 nail salons whose owners agreed to their participation.
Most of the nail salon workers were Asian women who said they’d had eye, nose, throat or skin symptoms they believed were related to their jobs.
The study found that most workers had received training only in English, not in their primary language. The researchers suggested that salon workers needed “comprehensive chemical use training”, and urged that more research be done on the extent of salon workers’ exposure to hazardous materials.
The study involving salon clients was published in the November/December issue of the Journal of Chemical Health and Safety. The study on nail salon workers was published last month in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Protect yourself
For those who frequent salons, what can you do to safeguard your health?
First, check that the salon is clean and licensed by your state’s cosmetology board.
Check that the salon properly sanitises any hair or nail tools that are reused from client to client.
Make sure the equipment is sterilised in an autoclave, which is a device that heats the tools to kill bacteria and looks like a small oven.
Check whether your salon uses a disposable plastic liner in the foot bath.
It’s generally better to have your cuticles pushed back than cut, but if sterile equipment is used, it’s okay to have your cuticles cut.
If you do get an injury when they’re cutting, be sure to clean it well and apply an antibiotic ointment to the cut. “If you see any swelling or redness at the site of the cut, or you get an injury on the nail bed, see your doctor,” Milich said.
People with diabetes need to be extra cautious when getting pedicures. Experts recommend having your nails and cuticles cut by a podiatrist, rather than at a beauty salon.
And if you are still not convinced about the dangers of your local salon, Health24 reported earlier this year about a woman who suffered horrific third degree burns after visiting her salon for a routine pedicure and callous removal treatment.
The moral of the story? Go to trusted, accredited institutions and seek medical help immediately if you notice any symptoms.
Our client, a next generation outsourced legal service provider from Cape Town would like to employ a German and English speaking commercial paralegal/attorney. The company has become aware of the changes occurring in corporate law firms worldwide and is thus looking into providing legal services from offshore destinations. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain international experience and be exposed to global policies and procedures. The candidate will form part of a team of lawyers and industry professionals supporting the legal department of a global investment banking division, providing legal, transactional and risk management support to multiple businesses across the bank.
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