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“A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains its original dimensions.”
“Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hands, but not you” Jim Rohn
“If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes.” – ANDREW CARNEGIE
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The diet is still in operation and I am losing weight appropriately. I have no desire to have weight dropping off me all over the place but I would like to get back to my fighting weight which was under 82 kg. We are really just adjusting our way of eating and living and cutting out the worst culprits. I have known for many years that I am eating a little too much of certain foods and I am knocking out sugar and bread right now. I used to eat lots of cheese and now I hardly ever eat this formerly favourite food. Do I miss it? No! I never ever thought I would drink green tea. I am now drinking this and knocking out my cafe con leches.Do I miss cafe con leche? Yes! But I am going to stick with the plan. I know I have been drinking far too much milky coffee. I am also knocking out my milky drink late at night. Will life ever be the same again? For the record, I started the adjustment at 87.4 and today, three weeks down the road, I weighed in at 83.7. That’s sensible weight loss for me. We’re really losing dairy products and sugar and eating as much vegetable and fruit as is sensible. I have added an article which is relevant after the weather.
The weather is definitely adjusting to the season although we have started the day with light thunder and a downburst of heavy rain. Let’s check the weather……..
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“People wanting to manage their weight need to be less concerned with which diet they choose, and more concerned with incorporating behavioral changes into their plan.”
That quote is from Gary Foster, Ph.D., of Temple University. And he’s got it half right–the part about behavior.
We’ll come back to the behavior comment in a moment. Meanwhile, you can be sure that Dr. Foster actually DOES understand that people wanting to manage their weight DO need to be concerned with which diet they choose.
We know he understands this because of the outcome of a new study that he and his colleagues conducted.
Dr. Foster’s team recruited more than 300 obese adults and monitored them for two full years while half followed a low-carb diet and half followed a low-fat diet.
You can probably already guess the outcome of the study. It happens to be nearly identical to another study I told you about seven years ago. Subjects lost equal amounts of weight with both diets. But there was one huge difference: heart disease risk factors.
Back in 2003, and now again in 2010, the low-carb groups enjoyed significant improvements in blood pressure and cholesterol status. Most impressively, triglyceride levels dropped while HDL increased by well over 20 percent.
Of course, these results completely fly in the face of the nutritional mainstream’s most sacred cow–that eating animal fats will harm your heart.
And yet, low-carb subjects in the Temple study were restricted only in their carbohydrate intake. They were allowed to eat all the protein and animal fat they desired.
So which group would you rather be in? The group that just loses weight? Or the group that never goes hungry, loses weight AND improves heart health?
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| Recipe of the Month – Mero a la Mallorquina (Fish Mallorcan Style) | |
| Recently on a trip to Mallorca we were touring the beautiful Serra de Tramuntana mountain region and found ourselves in the village of Fornalutx around lunchtime. After a wander around the lovely village we found a restaurant with a typical Mallorquin menu. As usual I settled for the Frito Mallorquin but Kirsty fancied the ‘Mero a la Mallorquina’ which strictly speaking means Grouper Mallorcan Style. Great choice and after some research she’s come up with a recipe that closely resembles the Fornalutx version. If you’re travelling in Mallorca and see ‘a la Mallorquina’ it generally tells you that the dish will be served with a large selection of locally produced vegetables. | |
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| Best Wishes
Gerry spain@spanish-fiestas.com |
Word of the Day
la norma nor’-mah (noun)
EXAMPLES
La norma es que lleven un traje los jefes. – The norm is for the bosses to wear suits.
Tengo por norma tomar vitaminas cada mañana. – I make it a rule to take vitamins every morning.
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Thanks to Sheenagh for the following....
A blonde gets home from work early & hears strange noises
coming from the bedroom.
She rushes upstairs only to find her husband naked lying on the bed,
sweating and panting.
‘What’s up?’ she asks.
‘I think I’m having a heart attack,’ - cries the husband..
The blonde rushes downstairs to grab the phone, but just as
she’s dialling, her four-year-old son comes up
and says, “Mummy mummy Aunty Shirley is hiding in the
wardrobe & she has no clothes on”
The blonde slams the phone down and storms back upstairs into the bedroom,
right past her husband..rips open the wardrobe door and sure enough, there is
her sister, totally naked and cowering on the floor..
‘ You rotten Bitch’, she screams.
‘My husband’s having a heart attack, and you’re running around
naked playing hide and seek with the kids!!’
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The new Improved National Health Service
The British Medical Association has weighed in on the
new Prime Minister David Cameron’s health care proposals.
The Allergists voted to scratch it,
but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves.
The Gastroenteritis had a sort of a gut feeling about it,
but the neurologists thought the Administration had a lot of nerve.
The Obstetricians felt they were all labouring under a misconception.
Ophthalmologists considered the idea short-sighted.
Pathologists yelled, “Over my dead body!”
while the Pediatricians said, “Oh, Grow up!”
The Psychiatrists thought the whole idea was madness,
while the Radiologists could see right through it.
Surgeons decided to wash their hands of the whole thing.
The ENT specialists wouldn’t hear of it.
The Internists thought it was a bitter pill to swallow,
and the Plastic Surgeons said, “This puts a whole new face on the matter….”
The Podiatrists thought it was a step forward,
but the Urologists were pissed off at the whole idea.
The Anaesthesiologists thought the whole idea was a gas,
and the Cardiologists didn’t have the heart to say no.
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Events 2.9
31 B.C. – The Roman leader Octavian defeated the alliance of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Octavian, as Augustus Caesar, became the first Roman emperor.
0490 – Phidippides of Athens was sent to seek help against the invading Persian Army. The runner was the inspiration for the 26-mile marathon of the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.
1666 – The Great Fire of London broke out. The fire burned for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul’s Cathedral. Only 6 people were killed.
1930 – The “Question Mark” made the first non-stop flight from Europe to the U.S. The plane was flown by Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte.
1935 – A hurricane hit the Florida Keys killing 423 people.
1945 – Japan surrendered to the U.S. aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II. The war ended six years and one day after it began.
1945 – Ho Chi Minh declared the independence the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
1961 – The U.S.S.R. resumed nuclear weapons testing. Test ban treaty negotiations had failed with the U.S. and Britain when the three nations could not agree upon the nature and frequency of on-site inspections.
1969 – Ho Chi Minh died. He was the president of North Vietnam.
1985 – It was announced that the Titanic had been found on September 1 by a U.S. and French expedition 560 miles off Newfoundland. The luxury liner had been missing for 73 years.
1991 – The U.S. formally recognized the independence of Lithuania, Lativa and Estonia.
1992 – The U.S. and Russia agreed to a joint venture to build a space station.
1996 – Muslim rebels and the Philippine government signed a pact formally ending 26-years of insurgency that had killed more than 120,000 people.
1998 – In Canada, pilots for Canada’s largest airline launch their first strike in Air Canada’s history.
1998 – 229 people were killed when a Swissair jetliner crashed into the Atlantic near Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia. The pilot had reported smoke in the cockpit a few minutes before the crash.
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Music Stuff September 2nd
1964, on tour in the USA The Beatles appeared at The Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Days before the concert, Philadelphia had experienced race-riots, The Beatles, who were Civil Rights supporters, were shocked to see that their audience of 13,000 is completely white.
1964, The Rolling Stones recorded their version of the Willie Dixon song ‘Little Red Rooster’ at Regent Sound Studios in London, England.
1965, Steam Packet with Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, Julie Discoll and The Brian Auger Trinity appeared at the Marquee Club, London.
1972, Rod Stewart was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘You Wear It Well’, the singers second UK No.1 was taken from his album ‘Never A Dull Moment.’
1989, Ozzy Osbourne was charged with threatening to kill his wife Sharon. Ozzy was released on the condition that he immediately went into detox, the case was later dropped when the couple decide to reconcile.
1994, English dancer, singer, television presenter and musician, Roy Castle died of lung cancer two days after his 62nd birthday. In the mid 60’s he had his own TV show and presented the long running TV show Record Breakers in the 70’s until 1994.
2000, Madonna was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Music’, her 10th UK No.1 single, from her album of the same title. The video stars Madonna as well as comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as his famous character Ali G.
2001, American saxophonist Jay Migliori died of cancer aged 70. As a session musician he recorded with The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra and Frank Zappa and was the founding member of Supersax, a tribute band to Charlie Parker.
2002, Thieves broke into the London home of Icelandic singer Bjork and stole valuable recording equipment. The 36-year-old singer was asleep in the flat at the time of the incident.
2005, Kanye West criticised President Bush’s response to Hurricane Katrina during a televised benefit concert in New York. The show, which was raising funds for relief efforts, featured Leonardo DiCaprio, Richard Gere, Glenn Close, Harry Connick Jr and Wynton Marsalis. Appearing alongside comedian Mike Myers for a 90-second segment West told the audience: “George Bush doesn’t care about black people.” The comment went out live on the US east coast, but was cut from a taped version seen on the west coast.
2006, lead singer of the Isley Brothers, Ronald Isley was sentenced to three years in a US prison for multiple counts of tax fraud.
2007, 17 year-old Jamaican-American singer Sean Kingston went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with ‘Beautiful Girls’, also a US No.1. The song samples the bassline from Ben E. King’s classic ‘Stand by Me’.
2009, Guy Babylon, keyboard player with the Elton John Band died of a heart attack while swimming in his pool at his home in Los Angeles, California.
Birthday Boys and Girls September 2nd
1925, Hugo Montenegro
1925, Russ Conway
1939, Bobby Purify
1943, Born on this day, Joe Simon
