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Kim Kardashian reveals her Macca’s run order

The reality star may be on a “crazy strict diet”, but even she can’t help tucking into some fast food every now and then.
Kim Kardashian

She’s known for her dedication to diets, and even though she’s currently following the Atkins meal plan in a bid to shed all of her baby weight and then some, Kim Kardashian still turns to fast food when those junk food cravings hit.

In a tell-all blog post on her subscriber-only website, the reality star revealed her 5 go-to drive thru orders in the hopes that talking about it will diminish her cravings.

“Even though I’m on my strict Atkins diet now, of course I still have cravings!” she began.

“Fast food is def one of my guilty pleasures,” she writes. “I go very rarely, but OMG I love it so much when I decide to indulge.”

As it turns out, Kim has a go-to order for almost all of the main US fast food chains, from KFC and McDonalds, to Taco Bell and Chipotle.

Although a health and fitness fanatic, Kim still likes to treat herself.

In case you were to ever go for a midnight Macca’s run with the selfie Queen, you can expect her to order chicken nuggets with a side of honey or a cheeseburger.

And yes, both will “ALWAYS” be accompanied by a small fries.

At the Mexican grill chain, the mother-of-two keeps it simple with a chipotle bowl made up of “just rice, chicken, guacamole and cheese.”

She completes the meal with a mandatory serve of fries, and a Diet Coke with “LOTS of ice” because “If they don’t put enough ice in it, I die.”

At Taco Bell, one hard and one soft beef taco plus cinnamon twists for dessert will do the trick, and at KFC, extra-crispy chicken wings are her go to.

The star certainly has a sweet tooth!

And while all of those options sound delicious, her number one choice for a fast food feed comes from the popular California burger joint In-N-Out.

“This is honestly one of my favourite meals ever: I always get just the plain cheeseburger, cheese fries and a vanilla shake. So good!!!”

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But despite cravings powerful enough to warrant a whole article, Kim proved that willpower can indeed be stronger than fries when it comes to maintaining a diet.

In a snapchat posted on July 4th, the star revealed that she was able to control her fast food urges by staying home, despite the day being one of the biggest parties in the US.

“Stayed home today cuz I couldn’t temp myself,” she wrote. “2weeks crazy strict Atkins diet.”

No celebratory BBQs for Kim!

If after all that you too suddenly feel like a cheeseburger (guilty!), take a look at these three quick ways to outsmart a craving.

1. Have a glass of water

It’s a well known fact that we as humans often confuse hunger with thirst, and as a result, we crave food for sustenance when we really just need an H20 top-up.

So next time a snack attack hits, don’t give in but go and get yourself a glass of cold water instead.

2. Occupy your mind

Tidy your desk, call your mum, do some laundry or just do anything to just take your mind off that chocolate bar!

Boredom cravings can attack at any time, so next time you feel like eating for no other reason than there’s nothing else to do, find yourself something to do.

3. Snack on something good

You might be craving a packet of salt and vinegar chips, but truthfully, anything crunchy and salty will do the trick.

A handful of nuts will satisfy your taste-buds whilst still helping you reach your daily protein requirements. Win-win!

Next time you get hit by crazy cravings, try munching away on something good!

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Khloe Kardashian’s beauty secrets revealed!

And they're all totally affordable products.
Khloe Kardashian

So that’s how she stays so flawless!

Khloe Kardashian has revealed to her fans just what it takes to keep the wrinkles at bay and keep her skin looking fresh.

Sharing her top beauty products via her app, the 32-year-old said, “For me, ‘antiaging’ is really all about hydration. Drinking lots of water is a must.”

Among her beauty repertoire includes SmartWater – the brand touted by age-defying Jennifer Aniston – Neutrogena sunscreen, Kirkland Signature vitamin E gel capsules, Aquaphor Healing Ointment and Bio-Oil.

Khloe says hydration is the key to her flawless skin!

The youngest Kardashian sister also revealed she diligently applies sunscreen to her hands, especially while driving.

“I also wear sunscreen every day, especially on my hands. Hands are always out in the sun, so they age the most,” she explained.

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“I keep extra sunscreen in the glove boxes of all of my cars in case I forget. When the sun hits my hands while I’m driving, it reminds me to slather more on!!!”

The Kocktails With Khloe host also shared, “I also cover my face in oil every night. I love Bio-Oil and vitamin E, and I just use Aquaphor on my eyes. All of this stuff is super cheap and can be found in any drugstore.”

One person who’s clearly enamoured by Khloe’s beauty is her rumoured new man, Trey Songz.

The pair were snapped leaving Khloe’s birthday party together last week, and have been spotted making out in Las Vegas over the weekend.

Check out Khloe and Trey’s PDA-packed weekend below.

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Brave schoolgirl reveals her secret

An 11-year-old Tasmanian girl has proudly revealed she’s transgender in a heartwarming video.

A Tasmanian schoolgirl has proudly revealed she’s transgender to her classmates in a heartwarming video and has been overwhelmed with messages of love and support.

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Abbey Boon, formerly Ethan, announced the news to her classmates via a YouTube video during assembly at Mowbray Heights Primary School on July 1.

In the video, the 11-year-old shared her “secret” by using signs to reveal how she has found the courage and confidence to be her true self.

The video has been viewed thousands of times, and her mum Melinda Miles has shed ‘many happy tears’ now that Abbey is finally free.

“At my old school my teacher thought there was something wrong with me because I always hung out with girls,” Abbey said.

“I felt scared coming to a new school, I wondered if people would treat me the same way.

“Then I met a girl called Makayla… she made me feel like I didn’t have to feel different… I could just be me.”

She later continues: “Today, I am telling you that I am transgender. This means I am a girl that was born in a boy’s body.”

With a beautiful smile on her face, she then says goodbye to Ethan and introduces herself as Abbey.

“Now this is the real me!”

Her mum Melinda told Ten Eyewitness News she’s supportive of her little girl.

“She came up to me late last year and she goes ‘I don’t want to be a boy, I want to be a girl’,” she said.

“So I said, ‘Righto, I accept the way you are’, and I support her, I support everything she does.”

Bravo Abbey, we’re so proud of you!

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Queen’s iconic outfits go on display

You’ll get to see 150 of Her Majesty’s prized pieces up close!

The most iconic pieces in the Queen’s closet will go on display this month as part of an exhibition called ‘Fashioning a Reign: 90 Years of Style from the Queen’s Wardrobe’.

The collection includes 150 outfits from childhood to present day – like her official military uniform, dresses made for her wedding, and her famous hats.

The exhibition will spread across her three official residences, Buckingham Palace, Windsor House, and the Palace of Holyrood House, from July 23 to October 2.

So if you’re across the pond during this time, make sure to check it out!

Click through to see 10 of her beautiful outfits.

(Pics via Royal Collection Trust)

The Queen wore this evening gown in 1967 on a visit to Ottawa to mark the centennial celebrations of the Confederation of Canada.

Her Majesty wore this soft yellow day dress on July 1, 1969, when Prince Charles was crowned Prince of Wales.

She donned this evening gown in 1961.

Queen Elizabeth wore this extravagant gown on a state visit to The Netherlands in 1958.

She wore this turquoise piece on a state visit to Germany in 1965.

You may have seen this piece before – Her Majesty wore it to the wedding of Will and Kate in 2011.

Before she was queen, she joined the Armed Services as a full-time active member and wore this uniform.

The Queen wore this royal blue dress to the wedding of her daughter Princess Anne to Mark Phillips in November 1973.

The Queen’s stunning wedding dress.

Queen Liz’s beautiful coronation dress on 2nd June 1953.

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Meet the man who gave Mark Ruffalo an Uber ride

The Hollywood actor gave the driver one hell of a surprise!
Mark Ruffalo

It’s not every day you get to give Hulk a ride home!

One lucky Queensland man by the name of Mitch Hesse got the surprise of his life when Oscar nominee Mark Ruffalo jumped into the back of his cab.

The 21-year-old driver picked the actor up in his Holden Barina just outside a bar in Broadbeach at the weekend.

Without looking back to see who was getting in the car, Mitch started to make small talk and asked what his passenger did for work.

This Uber driver just gave Hulk a ride home!

“I’m the Hulk!” Mark said, to his driver’s delight.

“I turned around in disbelief, I was so excited he was in my car,” Mitch told The Daily Telegraph.

The 48-year-old star is in the Gold Coast filming Thor: Ragnarok, in which he reprises his role as Hulk.

Cate Blanchett is also set to make a cameo in the Marvel superhero flick, playing the villain.

Mark Ruffalo dishes on Cat Blanchett’s role in the next Thor movie in the clip below.

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Identical twin sisters give birth on the same day

At the exact same time!
Sarah Mariuz and Leah Rodgers

What are the odds!

Identical twin sisters Sarah Mariuz and Leah Rodgers always had an unbreakable bond, but never did they expect to fall pregnant at the same time, only to give birth on the same day at the EXACT same time!

From different US cities in different time zones, both women gave birth to their first bubs on June 30 at 1.18am.

Sarah welcomed a baby girl, Samantha Lynne in La Jolla, California, while Leah met her baby boy Reid Joseph in Denver, Colorado.

Leah pictured here with her husband Kyle, welcomed her bub first.

“It’s that magical twin connection I suppose,” Sarah told People of the uncanny coincidence.

“There have just been certain things in our life where things just match up – it’s odd.”

“We didn’t plan being pregnant at the same time. But our journeys aligned, even giving birth! Twins have a special bond, it’s hard to explain.”

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Recalling the moment the 35-year-olds discovered the baffling news while celebrating Thanksgiving, Leah, who is 11 minutes older than her sister, said: “I wanted it to be a surprise, but when she showed up at the door – it was the funniest thing – but as soon as I saw her, I knew she was pregnant too.”

“I can’t explain it, I just knew.”

Sarah planned on letting Leah have her celebratory moment to herself, but when she discovered that they were only due four days apart, she simply couldn’t hold it in any longer.

“I ran down the hallway and got the ultrasound pic out of my purse and slapped it down next to Leah’s.”

“We were jumping up and down, just so happy for each other. Everyone was just in shock,” she said to Today.

Exactly one hour later at the same local time, Sarah, pictured with her husband Nick, met her newborn.

“It’s a really cool thing to be able to share,” says Leah. “The adventure will only continue as our babies share the same birthday like we did! We can’t wait for them to grow up together.”

Both Leah and Sarah have since returned from hospital and are making plans to introduce their babies, who will no doubt share a close bond, as soon as they can!

Congratulations, Leah and Sarah!

Images via: Today

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Brave Dawn Fraser still soldiering on

When it comes to determination, there’s nothing that competes with Olympic swimming icon Dawn Fraser.
Brave Dawn Fraser still soldiering on

When it comes to determination, there’s nothing that competes with Olympic swimming icon Dawn Fraser.

On an exclusive shoot for the August issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly in Queensland, Dawn – a three-time Olympic gold medallist – pulled out all stops to provide us with beautiful images.

While still in pain from recent shoulder surgery to her right arm, she proved she is a trouper from the old school, insisting on removing her sling so that The Weekly’s photographs would look completely natural.

“Don’t worry, I’m fine,” Dawn told our crew, who were concerned about her welfare. “It only really hurts when I’m putting the sling on, so taking it off is not a problem.”

Dawn’s recent surgery corrected a lingering shoulder injury that she suffered several years ago while trying to load a surf ski on to a trailer all by herself. Dawn also had her bicep muscle reattached to her arm bone after she was side-swiped by another passenger’s bag during a plane flight six months ago.

In a far-ranging interview, Dawn speaks about her loving relationship with her grandson Jackson, the son of her daughter Dawn-Lorraine, and their new lives together on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

She also talks candidly about her opinions about the Australian Olympic swim team, their chances at the upcoming games in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro and how, in her opinion, the Russians – recently banned from the Olympics unless they came prove themselves drug-free – have always been cheats.

“It doesn’t surprise me in the least,” Dawn says. “The Russians have always been cheats. In fact, all those eastern bloc countries, the East Germans, the Russians, they were all using drugs, steroids and all sorts of things. I think the only reason so few were caught during my time as a competitor is because we didn’t have the tests in those days. If we had the same tests then as now, I’m sure a lot more would have been banned.”

Read the full story in the August issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly, on sale now.

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Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ transformed into a song for women’s rights

It's the Spice Girls as you've never heard them before!
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Your favourite girl power song just had a makeover, and it’s epic!

Thanks to a charity called Project Everyone, the film clip for Wannabe has been transformed to carry a very important message.

Released 20 years after the original, the new version shows a group of seriously cool ladies dancing through the streets as banners promoting empowering messages are flashed up.

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The video tackles the critical issues facing women today, such as violence, proper education and equal pay.

The clip even comes with a hashtag ‘#WhatIReallyWant’ to help spread the message on social media.

The remake has even had the tick of approval from Posh Spice herself!

One of the Spice Girls is already impressed with the organisation’s initiative.

“I think this film is a wonderful idea,” Victoria Beckham said in a statement. “How fabulous it is that after 20 years, the legacy of the Spice Girls’ ‘Girl Power’ is being used to encourage and empower a whole new generation.”

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Carrie Bickmore: From heartbreak comes hope

“I spent so many years feeling no hope. Now I feel like, actually, there could be hope.”
Carrie Bickmore: From heartbreak comes hope

“I spent so many years feeling no hope. Now I feel like, actually, there could be hope.”

Carrie Bickmore has opened up about how she has found comfort after the death of her husband in an interview in the August issue The Australian Women’s Weekly.

The Project co-host, whose husband Greg Lange died in 2010 after a decade-long battle with brain cancer, says the disease robbed her of positivity.

“It changes who you are,” she tells us. “It changes your ability to dream, to look forward … I spent so many years feeling no hope – like, no hope.”

Last year, after she won the Gold Logie award for the country’s most popular TV personality, Carrie plucked up the courage to change things.

She pulled on a beanie and made an impassioned plea for more research into brain cancer. From there, Carrie’s Beanies 4 Brain Cancer was born and five years after Greg died, Carrie was able to walk back into The Royal Melbourne Hospital with a cheque for $250,000.

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“I felt like, actually, there could be hope,” recalls Carrie. “It was a really special moment for me.”

To date, Carrie’s Beanies 4 Brain Cancer has raised well over $500,000 and could soon crack the magic $1 million mark.

Read the full story in the August issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly, on sale now.

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Magda Szubanski: Finally, I’m who I’m meant to be

She’s ready to show the world “the real Magda” for the first time.

She’s a national icon but until now, Australia hasn’t known the real Magda Szubanski.

The beloved comedian and author has finally laid herself bare in the August issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly.

“I don’t want to sound evangelical and born again, but it really has been an amazing thing for me at this point in my life to do such a 180-degree turn,” she tells us.

“I’m 55 now, so I’m not young, but you see people either contract and start to tell themselves stories about being old and it’s all over, or you open up into it. And I absolutely feel like I’m the latter, opening up.”

The past few years have been big for Magda – she has come out as a proud gay woman and written her first book, Reckoning, an award-winning memoir about her father, a Polish assassin in World War One.

The love and acceptance she has felt since revealing her true self have brought her close to tears.

“To have emerged from behind the mask and still feel that affection and acceptance has actually been really moving,” she says.

“I am who I’m meant to be. I felt for a long time that I was an impersonation of myself, not quite me.”

Read the full story in the August issue of The Australian Women’s Weekly, on sale now.

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