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  1. Sniffie

    Cricket......

    You mean Darren Liegman.
  2. Sniffie

    Cricket......

    Got a videoclip of a thermal camera on WhatsApp today. Some cold bus station or airport or similar. Lady lets out a fart. Big thermal cloud escapes her behind . Quickly moves away from the incriminating area. Sou lekker wees om tydens die ‘Ballgate’ saga so thermal kamera op Liegman, Skuld, Bankrot en Warnedya te kon hê, om te sien hou hulle washers knyp en flaters paseer!
  3. Thanks! January was fast. 8 kg in January alone. Since then much slower but steady. I am not starving myself, just eating healthy food. No bread, pasta, potatoes and so on. Meat, fish, dairy, poultry, fruit and vegetables.
  4. 94.7 at the moment. Only down 2.7 in March. Slow but steady. With some serious dedication and focus I might be below 94 come the next official weigh in on 1April. Then there is 8 more to go. Lost 12.9 since 1 January!
  5. Step counting devices are not very accurate, and seldom gives a true reflection of either steps or distances covered. I would not be suprised at all if Vitality drops step counting all together. I easily 'notch' up 5000 and more and even 10000 on occasion by driving around in my Hilux on the farm.
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    The Classics

    That was an ugly crash! Hope Cavendish is ok'ish.
  7. There are more bikes than people in the Netherlands, and the cities are planned to accommodate bikes rather than cars.
  8. Beware of backyard treatments! ????
  9. Apparently not only aspartame but sweeteners in general causes an insulin response in man. Insulin is like the fat burning switch in the body, to much insulin causes the body to stop burning fat and rather start storing fat. Taste receptors in the tounge sends a signal to the brain that something sweet is on the way to the stomach and small intestines. Brain sends a signal to the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas to release insulin into the bloodstream. So while the diet soda may contain very little calories it may interfere with a weight loss effort, by stimulating an unwanted insulin response. There were tests done with people swirling energy drink around in the mouth for a second or two before spitting it out and rinsing the mouth with water. Just the brief taste of something so sweet was strong enough signal for an insulin response.https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/261179.php Not only that, but carbonated drinks are known to stimulate appetite. Even carbonated water. Rather stay away from carbonated drinks if you find that you are not losing as much or as fast as you like.
  10. In my opinion points to miles is just a lot of hot air. On my hospital plan (esential core), R7500.00 and higher pa puts you in the high claimer category. That is about half a day in hospital per year. Ridiculous!
  11. My weight. Very simple to set up and use and free. The advertising at the top don't bother me. If it bothers you, I think there is a paid version that is ad free.
  12. Exactly halfway towards my goal this morning! I know there’s still lots of hard work ahead. Second half wil probably take twice as long as first half. Keep it up every one!
  13. Btw, peanuts are not a nut at all but rather a legume like soybeans and alfalfa. A much healthier high fat snack than peanut butter would be macadamia nut butter. Low in saturated fatty acids, high in monounsaturated fatty acids and also with a healthier ratio of omega-6: omega-3. Easy to make your own macadamia butter by blitzing some macadamias in your liquidiser or food processor. Add a few drops of coconut oil to aid the emulsification process.
  14. Peanut oil's ratios of mono- and polyunsaturated fat to saturated fat is high, implicating that it should be very beneficial in preventing atherosclerosis. However, in several studies on laboratory animals, which included primates, peanuts and peanut oil was found to be unexpectedly atherogenic. So much so that peanut oil, up to this day, is still fed to rabbits to induce atherosclerosis to study the disease. It was later proved by David Kritchevsky, PhD, that peanut oil lectin was the culprit, responsible for the blocked arteries. Peanut oil lectin is a rather large protein molecule, and quite resistant to the enzyme systems in the human gut. In further experiments by a Dr Wang and others, and published in Lancet, it was proved that the big peanut oil lectin molecule were detected in the blood of humans in as little as a couple of hours after ingesting a handful of peanuts. These proteins also have carbohydrates attached to it, and hence it can bind to several different cells in the body. It was proved further that these peanut oil lectin molecules attached itself to sugar receptors in the arteries, and thus starting the process of atherosclerosis. I am relatively convinced that occasional consumption of peanut products may not cause permanent damage, but I would certainly not make it part of my regular diet. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11745-998-0276-9
  15. February hasn't been great. Only 2.2 kg down. At least it is down, and I am doing at least 5 hourly rides on the mtb per week and eating healthy most of the time.
  16. Blixem! That is almost 0.4 kg per day! Congrats!
  17. Bliksem! Well done. Need 120k points to reach gold. Still another 70k to go. Will have to talk to wife and adult son to start pulling their weight!
  18. Finally managed to break through the February plateau.
  19. Thanks, mainly indoor cycling (spinning), some mountain biking over weekends and a little bit of jogging.
  20. Hi all. Looking for recommendations for a vitality friendly heart rate monitor for my wife. Her polar FT 60 gave up the ghost after some years of service. We both had our share of troubles with signal quality of the polar chest belts and units. Must preferably be something not so big and masculine looking. (She is quite small and dainty! ❤️) Looks like Garmin and vitality are having compatibility issues?
  21. Whatever you do after 50, never stop being active for an extended period of time! I am having a very hard time getting back to just a resemblance of the fitness and health I had almost 3 years ago. Due to some bad things happening to me, cycling accident, crippling drought on the farm, near bankruptcy, depression etc, I lost my zest for life. Started abusing alcohol, picking up 20 kg of weight and leading a very unhealthy life in general. After several failed attempts during 2017 I finally managed to break all bad habits, regained my previous positive attitude to life and repaired my relationships with my loving wife and children. Since 1 Jan managed to lose about 8kg of weight, returned to a healthy attitude towards alcohol consumption, and also started doing regular, low heart rate, mountain bike rides on the farm. I really think it is much harder after 50 to pick up on lost fitness and health than say in you thirties or forties. So my message to my fellow club 50 plussers: Never stop moving all together!
  22. @ Judd. Awesome,well done! That is really inspirational to us all. Like your idea about small victories. @ Beefy. Also reached a plateau in February. 98 kg excactly this morning. Not going to meet my goal of 94kg at the end of February any more. At least the last 3 days the scale started moving south again. Hopefully the end of the plateau. I think the biggest reason for my plateau in earlly February might be fruit. I am really eating healthy, and avoiding all forms of bread, crackers, potatoes and all other starches. Meat, fish, vegetables, fruit, eggs and dairy are the main ingredients in my eating plan. The quality, taste and sweetness of almost all of the in season fruits this year seems to me to be the best in years. The mangos and grapes are out of this world! At least the season of these are coming to an end soon. Will be trying to limit fruit intake somewhat.
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