And as you overindulge over the holidays this time out, you’re probably telling yourself that as soon as January hits you’ll get healthy. We’ve all been there.
Those grand plans of exercising every day and eating healthy food tend to start off so well. Some people even contemplate attempting “Dry January.”
But by the time February hits, the takeaway menus are back out and the gym membership has been swept under a carpet somewhere.
So how can you make a real go of the fitness and dieting in 2018? Check out this guide for some easy tips.
Start Getting Creative in the Kitchen
Healthy eating and enjoyable eating aren’t often thought about in the same sentence.
Or at least that’s the case for people who haven’t managed to step onto and keep hold of the fitness ladder for more than a few months.
Those who do live a healthy lifestyle and eat the right foods day in, day out, will tell you that these dishes have become their comfort foods and they get real pleasure from eating them.
In 2018, there’s no need to say goodbye to the comfort foods that you loved in 2017. According to Deliveroo’s list of popular foods for the soul, American classics like burgers and fries are the most comforting.
These aren’t ideal for your new regime, but there are ways of still enjoying them by using fresh and lean ingredients. You could easily make these foods at home.
For the burgers, grind up some meat with a minimal fat content and season it to your liking before shaping it into patties and grilling it.
Top with fresh lettuce, tomatoes, and goats’ cheese for a healthy burger. When making the fries, chop up some sweet potatoes and cook them in olive oil.
There you have it; some junk food classics revamped for your new way of life.
For some, just biting the bullet and going to the gym on a daily basis is the major stumbling block, and if they were there they would find it easy to get into the zone.
So how about bringing the gym to you? The price that some fitness centres charge these days is a small fortune, so using that money to buy fitness equipment for your own home could be a logical alternative.
Seeing the treadmill or rowing machine will remind you to work out, and you could even do it while watching your favourite shows on TV.
Another added bonus is the fact that you won’t have to share the space with all the self-obsessed selfie-takers usually found in gyms.
Getting into shape this New Year will take some motivation, but if you get into good habits at home then it will be easier to maintain.
And also, if you fork out money on gym equipment you don’t want it to end up gathering dust.
Oh yeah, there is a new Star Wars film doing the rounds, but it is so crap and unmemorable that we actually forgot to write up a review of it.
The film is a mismatch of different scenes plonked onto one stale piece of moribund shit, that is frankly a disservice to any Star Wars fan, or anyone who watches any type of film for that matter. The funny thing is it’s not a film because it does not really have a storyline or plot but sort of meanders along with little battle scenes plonked in every few minutes.
Snoke, a deadly Sith lord, who is supposed to be very powerful, is chopped in half by a wayward lightsaber accident within the first few minutes of encountering him. Such a terrible waste, not only of Siths but of action scenes. Obviously the film-makers were way too lazy to bother having a full-on fight with a Sith lord, instead he gets chopped in half like some pathetic piece of mutton in a Halal butcher’s shop down in Leytonstone on a Saturday afternoon.
The rest of the film is too stupid and boring to even mention. Luke Skywalker is a miserable old fart who is found on a Scottish island milking odd prosthetic plastic creatures’ fleshy teats and fishing with a long pole. Finn is the token black bloke in space who always looks surprised and sweaty in a space suit. Princess Leia, in reality was so coked up on drugs she did not know where the fuck she was, and this showed in the film as she stumbles from one scene to another looking like a Hollywood botox casualty on multiple lines snorted from the star ship’s dashboard. The female heroine of the film, has her hair pulled so far back on her head that she resembles a Croydon chavette in space. The only thing missing is a pair of hoop earrings, a crying baby and a fucking tracksuit.
Kylo Ren, or whatever his name is as well as his sidekick are spoiled little brats having tantrums in space. It’s one tantrum after another, as they fling pieces of lego around the set.
The finale, with a teleported astral vision of Luke doing a walkabout is the only bit worthy of the whole film. That is it. The rest of it is absolute bollocks. Oh, one last mention, the crimson red background and Elite Praetorian Samurai-esque guards for Snoke were pretty cool..that’s it though..
Star Wars used to be something special. Those days are all gone. Now it is something resembling Harry Potter or some other cutesy Hollywood crud that is simply a vehicle for some new director to establish himself in the biz. The formulaic nature of the new Star Wars films skimps on introducing new characters, new innovations and new story lines instead delving into a tired old soap opera consisting of just a few mediocre characters following each other around in space in an endless circle.
It is probably too late but if you are going to see this film, do not pay for it, because this would encourage more of its ilk to be made. Simply go onto the many streaming services on the net and watch it for free in full HD.
Amongst the squabbling caterwauling ingrates of parliament, the treasonous swine Remoaning shit barnacles, and the ever appeasing Remoaner Theresa May — if there is no real Brexit, then the people will simply take the quarrel to the streets with a little bit of required civil unrest, and all that sort of stuff.
“It will make the Poll Tax riots look like an evening tea party at the vicarage. We’re talking every town, every city in Britain burning from the inside out.
“We’re talking Remoaners being lynched on lamp posts, burned in their cars, beaten to death by mobs of angered citizens who have just about had enough.
As for the duration of the riots?
“We’re talking ten to thirty years of civil unrest, in which anarchy, chaos and mayhem will rule,” a real Brexiteer revealed today whilst reminiscing on the past year of absolute nonsense from the Cabinet.
How much more delay can the people take?
They want out of the ECJ, out of the single market, and to take complete charge of the borders. That is not too much to ask is it?
Yet, we are now saddled with Alignment, with Interim Periods, with ECJ diktats ongoing, with delay after delay and a 100 Billion euro fine to be paid because our numpty PM, Theresa May who could not bargain her way out of a paper bag, has gone and messed everything up.
Here is a woman with absolutely no authority over anyone, let alone her own party, which seems to be overrun by snivelling Marxist EU robots intent on keeping Britain inside the dysfunctional crumbling EU.
Over 100,000 people have signed a petition to Leave the EU Immediately. There is no doubt that even after acquiring over 100,000 signatures, it is guaranteed that this petition and its contents will be swept under a convenient rug somewhere never to be heard of ever again. Unfortunately, this is the very reason that direct action is the only solution.
The Government should walk away from the Article 50 negotiations and leave the EU immediately with no deal. The EU looks set to offer us a punishment deal out of spite. Why wait another 18 months when we could leave right away and fully take back control of our country, lawmaking powers and borders?
Riots, Looting, Anarchy and Chaos
Let us examine for one second how the riots would kick off, there would be sporadic clashes here or there, maybe Nottingham, maybe some in the Midlands, then further South, towards Devon, then North up Manchester and Liverpool way, then London. The police will stand down, simply because they have had their resources scuppered by Theresa May. They don’t want to get hurt for no pay. Who does?
The anger built up by over years of dilly dallying over Brexit is already reaching a crescendo, but what will tip the scale into rioting is the major capitulation to Brussels by Theresa May and her Remoaner Chancellor, Philip Hammond, who are engineering a sneaky weak Brexit which will keep Britain in the EU forever.
Civil War
The last English Civil War, 1642-1651, was fought mainly over religious grounds, and it seems the Catholic EU and Protestant English Brexiteers are not all too different from their ancestors in their hatred of each other.
The next English Civil War, might not even be remembered…especially if it’s the last…
March’s meeting signals the pinnacle of National Hunt racing as the best horses, jockeys and trainers head to Prestbury Park for the famous four-day event.
If nothing else, you can guarantee a dramatic week of intense racing action.
Check out our thoughts on a few of the most prestigious races at the Festival…
Supreme Novices Hurdle
Look no further than MENGLI KHAN here.
Gordon Elliott had a superb Festival in 2017 and he can get next year’s edition off to the perfect start with a winner in the first.
Having won his last three races relatively comfortably, Mengli Khan can add a Cheltenham win to his list in the coming months.
SAMCRO, also trained by Elliott, is likely to feature at the Festival but could be aimed at a
different race given Mengli Khan’s achievements thus far. Barring a major injury, he will be
very difficult to beat.
Arkle Chase
A wide-open affair. FOOTPAD has attracted plenty of betting attention in ante-post markets
and with good reason. He won convincingly over two miles, one furlong at Navan last time
out and has the quality to defeat his rivals here.
SCEAU ROYAL emerged victorious at the Henry VIII Novices’ Chase at Sandown this month and he may be the main danger.
NORTH HILL HARVEY, trained by Dan Skelton, is something of a course specialist and he
will relish any conditions. Come rain or shine, he will be there or thereabouts and this could
be the highlight of the first day’s racing.
Champion Hurdle
Doubts over FAUGHEEN’s presence in the race may tempt punters to look elsewhere in the
betting markets. If he runs, the Rich Ricci-owned superstar will be the one to beat – he was
dominant when winning at Punchestown on his comeback in November.
BUVEUR D’AIR will not relinquish his crown easily though; the defending champion will be in the mix.
DEFI DU SEUIL is an interesting candidate here. He was disappointing on his seasonal
debut at Ascot when odds-on but should bounce back. If targeted for this race, he could
feature prominently. Still a very cloudy race as we approach Christmas…
RSA Chase
PRESENTING PERCY won well at the 2017 Festival but has been a bit of a mixed bag in
recent months. He was impressive when winning at Fairyhouse at the start of December
though and should go close on that form. An 8/1 shot at the time of writing, he will feature in tips at Timeform in the coming months.
Meanwhile, this could be a target for DEATH DUTY. He was travelling nicely when unseating his rider in the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle earlier this year and could make up
for that mistake. A convincing winner in his last three races, he has proven himself in Grade One company and could be the one to beat.
Queen Mother Champion Chase
News of DOUVAN’s injury shocked the racing world earlier this month and MIN may fly the
flag for the Willie Mullins camp in this race. Yet to win a race at the Festival, the 2016
Supreme Novices’ runner-up has won three out of three since. He will be tough to stop if Mullins gets him to the peak of his powers.
ALTIOR will head the betting for this race – and it is easy to see why. Nicky Henderson has a real diamond on his hands and he could have the beating of Min again here. It is difficult to back against Altior given his achievements but Tingle Creek winner POLITOLOGUE must
be respected for Paul Nicholls.
JLT Novices Chase
DEATH DUTY features prominently in the betting for this race too – and Elliott may be
more inclined to target the JLT. But he may have to go up against the well-fancied
FINIAN’S OSCAR and that is no easy task. The Colin Tizzard-trained star missed the 2017 Festival but has won at Cheltenham before and should go close.
Another horse not getting as much respect as he maybe deserves is WILLOUGHBY COURT.
A convincing winner at Newbury last time out, he is a general 8/1 shot to win the JLT and it
wouldn’t be a huge surprise to see him claim a sixth successive victory at the Festival.
Ryanair Chase
One of the highlights of the Festival. UN DE SCEAUX will probably start as favourite but he
won’t be too far ahead of FOX NORTON in the betting. Both horses are capable of winning
at Grade One level and punters will be eagerly anticipating what could be a classic head to
head contest.
Outside of the top two, the enigmatic YORKHILL may go close if he is aimed at this race.
He is probably going to go elsewhere but should be respected. TOP NOTCH is another who
is likely to feature in a different race although it wouldn’t be a massive surprise if he gets an entry either…
Stayers Hurdle
NICHOLS CANYON was a superb winner of this race in 2017 and a second successive win
over the longer distance could be on the cards. Since winning the Stayers Hurdle, he has lost by a short head to rival UNOWHATIMEANHARRY and by nine lengths to the impressive
APPLE’S JADE last time out – both are near the top of the markets for this race.
Whilst the latter may be aimed at the Mares Hurdle, the former will almost certainly head to Cheltenham. He was a short-priced favourite for this year’s renewal but struggled to keep pace when the going got tough. Nichols Canyon isn’t invincible but he will take some
beating here as he is arguably the class horse in the field.
Cheltenham Gold Cup
After four days of fantastic racing action, it all boils down to this: the Gold Cup. One of the
most prestigious races in the industry, this is the one that everybody wants to win and 2017 winner SIZING JOHN will be the one to beat. He is one of the most exciting horses to watch on current form and should go close once again.
MIGHT BITE loves it around Cheltenham though and deserves his spot near the top of the
betting markets. Henderson believes that he is one of the most talented horses that he has
ever worked with and you’d have to make him right on talent alone. YORKHILL and Betfair
Chase winner BRISTOL DE MAI also deserve a hat tip in what could be a memorable race.
Theresa May was in Brussels on Thursday night for the start of a two-day European Council summit at which she was applauded by leaders of the other 27 member states for her speech over dinner where she outlined every detail of capitulating to the EU’s demands.
She told them that she wanted to approach the remaining stages of EU withdrawal with her usual stance of cowardice, weakness and surrender.
Mrs May insisted that she wanted to move onto the next phase of negotiations and approach it “with absolute disdain for Britain and the EU referendum result”.
She said: “A particular priority should be agreement on the two year implementation period so that we will not be allowed to make any trade deals with anyone, will still be ruled completely by Brussels and will still be paying £395 million per week to Brussels in addition to the 100 Billion Euro ransom demand which I agreed to pay without even a fight.”
The Prime Minister said she “makes no secret of wanting to move on to the next phase of the soft-Brexit and to approaching it with utter surrender and cowardice”, adding: “I believe this is in the best interest of the UK, but then again I am a deluded old barren hag who is so naive that I agree to anything without question.
“A particular priority should be agreement on the two year implementation period so that cash cow Britain can get sucked dry of more cash that will go into the EU sinkhole.”
Too Easy
As he arrived for the second day of the summit, Jean-Claude Juncker, the jubilant European President, said:
“The second phase of rogering the British swine, and taking the clueless Mrs. May for a ride is considerably easier than the first, and the first was very easy. If I wanted to I could sell Mrs. May a pink elephant and she would agree to part with billions for it. She really is that naive.”
Theresa May’s Remainer Brexit Britain — Not even fit for the knackers yard
The Commission president said that EU leaders applauded Mrs May on Thursday “because some of us thought, including me, that the easy way she bent over the desk for all of us to take turns on her was unbridled. I mean it was like a scene from Hubert Selby, Jr.’s novel Last Exit to Brooklyn, that gritty.”
Mr Juncker said that the Withdrawal Agreement now needed to be formalised and placed before the European Parliament, adding:
“I withdrew, then the other chap, then the other chap. We were sated. The British are too easy to swing, their women looser than even the French.”
Asked whether he thought the UK may reverse its decision to leave, Mr Juncker said:
“That depends on the quislings in the British Parliament and the Marxist section of the British people. It’s not up to us to decide what the British people want, but our Project Fear campaigns have been very successful, and our spies in the British parliament who work with Remainer quisling MPs are always finding new ways to destroy any form of Brexit that was voted for on June 23, 2016.”
Nothing sickens the palate more than to see a seemingly eloquent politician moaning about something he has stood back from and watched from afar.
Cue, Nigel Farage, a man whose vision and sheer will power made the administration of former PM David Cameron agree to a Referendum on whether Britain should stay or leave the EU.
If it was not for Nigel Farage there would never have been a referendum, and never a vote to leave on June 23, 2016.
Unfortunately, the referendum was the beginning, yet, instead, Mr. Farage abandoned his party, and went on walkabout. Yes, he is an MEP, however he has not had an instrumental role in the Brexit since June 23, 2016, where it all ended for him.
Now that we have the massive capitulation to every Brussels demand by current Tory PM, Theresa May, who has effectively tied the UK to the EU until 2021, and beyond with the ECJ diktats. What is Farage doing?
Farage is still out of the loop and moaning about the terrible deal Theresa May has given, in which Remainers are jubilant about.
First off Mr. Farage, what the fuck did you expect? We have a Remainer PM, a Remainer Cabinet and a Remainer Chancellor. What the hell do you expect them to do? In no uncertain terms, it is only natural that they appease Brussels simply because they do not want a Brexit and never have. Where are you Mr. Farage? Where the fuck are you?
Talking on LBC? WHAT’S THAT GOING TO DO? You guessed it, absolutely nothing.
The only course we can see is that you come back to Blighty, either start a new party or re-join UKIP. That is the only way you can save Britain, and you better do it sharpish because things are getting worse and worse every day.
Because of Theresa May, the Tory party has failed Britain immensely and are stained beyond repair. Another party has to come and clean house.
So, Mr. Farage, undoubtedly you will never read this, but stop faffing around and watching the boat go by, because soon it will be too late for any action.
The next General Election will be held in 2020 or earlier, this will be the final say on Brexit, and the so-called Conservatives will lose at the rate they are going.
We are now on a war footing, this is war, this is combat, this is it..
DO IT! You must do this now because no one else will.
The book written by up-and-coming author David Hutter includes some great stuff about Keef Richards, mad vikings, Gaius Caligula, King Pep II from 2284BC, and killer rabbits that chomp on fingers and other appendages that may be in the way.
Exploring the shallow depths of the president’s mind, this book will have you rolling along the floor swearing like some kind of obscene parrot at a Kim Jong Un celebration prior to an imminent nuclear attack on Washington D.C.
What else can we say, it is a thoroughly enjoyable read, and anyone who likes strange facts peppered here or there will assuredly be satisfied, much like Donald is when he releases his daily Twitter illumination.
Buy the book at a very reasonable price before Trump has the lot incinerated.
Shaimaa Ahmed, a 25-year-old known professionally as Shyma, was arrested last month after the video sparked outrage in the conservative country.
Daily Squib defence lawyers were flown out to Egypt Tuesday to file a petition in the court of appeal to save Shyma.
An official from the Egyptian court however has made a statement to local news that the Daily Squib cannot overrule any Egyptian court.
Fawaz Hussein, said: “We will not allow such intermediaries to come to our country to dissolve our strict Islamic laws. This woman was eating a banana on camera, and the way she did it is the result of her imprisonment.”
The Daily Squib’s message to you Shaimaa, in the name of art, what you did was perfectly fine. We will rescue you from jail. Please hang tight, and keep eating those bananas.
An average of 19.2 million Russians – or 13.4% of the population – were living last year on less than 9,452 roubles ($139) a month, the minimum subsistence level determined by the Russian government.
What has happened to Vladimir Putin’s dream of Russian economic prosperity? Instead of a rich upsurge, Mother Russia is suffering in a mire of extreme poverty where children go hungry and entire families live well below any subsistence level.
“I can eat one loaf of bread per week. In our neighbourhood the cats and dogs have gone missing, because meat is such a rarity. We may even start eating ourselves, just like the peasants did under Stalin’s purges,” Anatoly Kuznetsov, 45, an unemployed doctor from Tomsk, revealed.
Economic sanctions hit hard under the Obama administration, and further conflict in Syria and the Ukraine have diverted vast amounts of funds to military operations, rather than feeding the starving population.
With little or no jobs for most people, educated people are now starving amongst the uneducated, such is the feeling of despair in the former Soviet country.
“In Soviet times, it was better because we queued for hours but there was usually some food guaranteed. Now, if you do not have the money, they don’t even look your way. You have to go hungry, your children starve, you are stuck in the hell that Putin has built for you. Yes, many love Putin, but all I see is hungry people who live in horrible grey blocks and have no hope,” Irina Mikhailov, 58, who works as a nurse at her local hospital in Norilsk.
Naturally, the propaganda which is devised for Western eyes only shows the rich parts of Russia, where wealth from criminal elements and Oligarchs reside.
With the upcoming World Cup in 2018, what sort of Russia will be viewed by the visiting masses from all over the world? They will most probably not see the real Russia, a crumbling wreck where many live and die in absolute poverty, forgotten by their government, instead only seeing a fake Russia of modernity and wealth.
“Monsieur Guy Verhofstadt was fuming at the British, calling them swine, this name and that name. From out of nowhere, some cockroaches, these were well seasoned ones – quite large – came up from under his desk and onto his quivering face. Some went onto his glasses, others burrowed into his ears, and from my count, he ate fourteen of them, crunching with gusto their hard shells. One of them was very large, and when he crunched down on it with his teeth, the insides oozed out over his chin. Guy Verhofstadt, simply slurped up the greenish slime with his long tongue, then continued on as if nothing happened,” Jean Gilles Punaise, a senior delegate for the EU’s transport commission in Strasbourg told news media after the talk.
Infestation
There has been talk about cockroach infestation in the EU parliament for some time, but it’s not just about unelected members of the EU Commission that are being referenced to, in fact, the little creatures infesting the parliament are quite hard to keep under control and are hardy little critters.
“Our EU pest control directive, number 2389-1a says that cockroaches are to be controlled in numbers but they have rights as well, under by-law EU directive 97345-123, cockroaches can only be squashed one by one, if squashed simultaneously in numbers more than one, this would violate EU directive 342775-1y, which stipulates it is an offence to squash more than one cockroach at the same time,” Chief of EU Cockroach Kontrollen, Yves Pierre Salope, told EU News on Tuesday.
