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Today’s the day I placed my mother into care. Into the hands of strangers. Professionals to trust with a precious burden, but those who...
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RiK
- May 17, 2017
- 3 min
This Is Me - Man Kaur
It is easy when faced with a 101 year-old athlete to forget that her son, who has been competing for many years will be 80 next year, and...
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RiK
- Apr 10, 2017
- 5 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 100
WEIGHTLINE 100: 83.5Kg (WEIGHTLINE 001: 95.5Kg) - 12Kg drop This is it! The end of a 100 day, change my life, lift off my weight,...
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RiK
- Apr 9, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 099
WEIGHTLINE 099: 84Kg Here it is! This is me! After 99 days of dietary change & good exercise, I've lost 12Kg and my body shape has...
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RiK
- Apr 8, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 098
WEIGHTLINE 098: 84Kg Tomorrow I will take the final picture of myself on my 100 day journey & publish a before and after, so today I...
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RiK
- Apr 7, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 097
WEIGHTLINE 097: 84Kg World Masters Games 2017. Most of the sports will boil down to two opponents waiting to see who will blink first....
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RiK
- Apr 6, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 096
WEIGHTLINE 096: 84Kg I wrote yesterday about mental focus. Easy to say, much more difficult to achieve. I'm lucky; I do a job I love &...
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RiK
- Apr 5, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 095
WEIGHTLINE 095: 84Kg Determination. Stamina. Mental focus. Losing weight is about nothing else. So is competitive sport. In both arenas...
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RiK
- Apr 4, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 094
WEIGHTLINE 094: 84Kg Ever seen an overweight beach volleyball competitor? I haven't, and it's probably because it is a gruelling sport....
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RiK
- Apr 3, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 093
WEIGHTLINE 093: 84Kg "Eat your veg, you'll grow up fit and strong!" Kids will never listen, well perhaps not until they have kids of...
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RiK
- Apr 2, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 092
WEIGHTLINE 092: 84Kg When does the fuelling of your body start? We know that we sleep at nighttime to regenerate the cells, so is it...
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RiK
- Apr 1, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 091
WEIGHTLINE 091: 84Kg The final countdown has started - just 10 days to go! A few of you have enquired about before and after photos?...
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RiK
- Mar 31, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 090
WEIGHTLINE 090: 84Kg A momentum is now building that is too strong & persistent to ignore. It is movement away from dairy. The evidence,...
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RiK
- Mar 30, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 089
WEIGHTLINE 089: 84Kg Browsing through the Ian Potter Centre of Australian art, part of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne on...
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RiK
- Mar 29, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 088
WEIGHTLINE 088: 84Kg Meet Jack. Jack is an African Grey parrot, more accurately a Congo African Grey. His feathers are ruffled because...
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RiK
- Mar 28, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 087
WEIGHTLINE 087: 84Kg Just because it's on your plate, does not mean you have to finish it! This is a crucial lesson I am trying to learn,...
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RiK
- Mar 27, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 086
WEIGHTLINE 086: 84Kg I talked yesterday about weight being more directly related to food than to exercise. The NZ Herald this morning...
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RiK
- Mar 26, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 085
WEIGHTLINE 085: 84Kg It took a day longer than I'd hoped, but I cracked another kilo this morning! So, 12Kg down with only just over 2...
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RiK
- Mar 25, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 084
WEIGHTLINE 084: 85Kg I was rather poetically hoping that I could record 84Kg against Day 84, but didn't quite make it. Nearly. At my...
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RiK
- Mar 24, 2017
- 2 min
Weight Lifting - One Hundred Days - 083
WEIGHTLINE 083: 85Kg They say timing is everything. Well, it certainly is in a sport like badminton. I was having a debate today & I...
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