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Monthly Archives: November 2012
A Brutal Murder – and God’s Grace
3-31pm Today’s main event, after the show was a trip to see Lorraine Keet. On 13th May last year, Ken & Lorraine Keet woke as usual and Ken bought Lorraine her coffee and marie biscuit, while Ken had his fruit … Continue reading
Tim Noakes Interview 2 on the Paleo Diet on 107.5 CCFm
2-31pm Clearly the need for information about the Low Carb, High Fat way of life is spreading. Loads of people have gone online and starting searching for more information about it. We have worked hard and quickly to get yesterday’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 107.5 CCFm, Christmas, Granny, High fat and cholesterol, Jason Pretorius, Mark Sisson, Tim Noakes on CCFm
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LCHF – Day 27 – Helga’s Guidelines for LCHF Eating…
10-51am Today is my last planned day of LCHF. After having a fabulous hour on Rise and Shine this morning with Prof Tim Noakes answering your questions (and mine), I am going to be tweaking my diet. Prof Tim suggests … Continue reading
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Tagged LCHF, LCHF - what to eat, Low carbohydrate diet, Prof Tim Noakes
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LCHF – Day 26 – Pastor John’s Surgery Day
4-32pm A bit of a late blog! Today, my heart has been focussed on the Thomas Family as Pastor John has delicate surgery. Thousands of people are praying for him. After the show, I did music through to Friday and … Continue reading
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LCHF – Day 25 – What LCHF has meant to me!
1-25pm Wow, it’s only two days to go before my LCHF experiment is over! What will I eat when I wake up on Wednesday morning? The thing I have missed the most, surprisingly, is not bread or chocolate, but FRUIT! … Continue reading
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LCHF – Day 24 – The van Niekerk Shuffle…
1-55pm What a splendid day it is. Mike & I were up early and off to the beach, where we did the “van Niekerk shuffle”… this is the very slow jog we do along the Simonstown Rd. The whole reason … Continue reading
LCHF – Day 23 – Stace & Adrian’s Birthday Prezzie Arrive!
2-47pm A relaxing Friday has passed by very sweetly. The weather was absolutely beautiful, from the outset… In the studio, there was a bit of discussion about the new SA notes… The buffalo is still on the R100 note, only … Continue reading
LCHF – Day 22 – In My Bathroom – Where No One’s Looking ;)
2-46pm Today has been really chilled! A laid back day of note. They don’t happen all that often during the week, so how I have managed to sneak one out of this week, I’m not quite sure! Sunrise… Carlyn, Rise … Continue reading
LCHF – Day 21 – What Foods Are LCHF?
1-01pm For three weeks I have had no sugar, no bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, no overt carbohydrates, no chocolate at all! 🙂 What is amazing is that I’m not craving it. What is surprising, is that I’m not losing weight … Continue reading
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Tagged LCHF - what to eat, Muizenberg sunrise, Tim Noakes, Tim Noakes Diet
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LCHF – Day 20 – A Cool R7.5 million
3-09pm Normalcy returned today! Had 100s of good wishes for my birthday yesterday which was unexpected. Thank you EVERYONE! Today I had a to-do list of note. While Americans headed for bed, the day before today’s election, the sun rose … Continue reading
LCHF – Day 19 – 20 Reasons Why I Don’t Mind Turning 48!
1-11pm Birthdays! I am not shy about my age. I’m 48! Take it or leave it! It is what it is. That’s what I am! And I don’t mind admitting it and I don’t mind embracing it and looking at … Continue reading
LCHF – Day 18 – Birthday Present Day!
3-41pm Wooo hooo! I would have been happy to wait until later tomorrow to open my presents, but Mike couldn’t wait! For good reason. His birthday gift to me is so up his street, he knows so well how much … Continue reading
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Tagged Granny, LCHF, Marscapone Cheese, Phnom Penh, samsung galaxy note II
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LCHF – Day 17 – What Is My Husband Up To?!
2-05pm BIRTHDAY WEEKEND! I started the celebration yesterday. Tonight we are going out for dinner and tomorrow, Mike wants me to open my presents! Monday is my birthday, but I’ll be up and out before the sparrows! The day began … Continue reading
LCHF – Day 16 – I Am Blessed…
3-06pm Wooo hooo! What a day. I picked up Miranda at 5am this morning and we went off to CCFm for the November Rise and Shine open day! The day bore all the signs of hot and sunny…this was taken … Continue reading
LCHF – Day 15 – Bringing Granny Home…
2-47pm Last night I went to bed just after 8-15pm. I was so so tired. When I woke just ahead of my alarm this morning, I felt bright eyed and bushy-tailed. Off to work I went – it was still … Continue reading
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Tagged caring for the elderly, Granny, Kalk Bay, Kalk Bay roadworks
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