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Woman’s Day diet: Day 17

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan!

When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you diet plans is a good start; so we’re proud to bring you the Woman’s Day virtual diet makeover.

The rules:

  • On top of the meal plan, you can treat yourself to two snacks from our list (see below) every day;

  • For more weight loss choose lower kj snacks;

  • Two or three cups of instant tea and coffee with a dash of skim milk also permitted on top of this;

  • All beakfasts on the four week diet are interchangeable with other breakfasts, lunches with lunches and dinners with dinners;

  • Have four alcohol free days a week.Top tip:Please note foods inboldare free kj and you can eat as much as you like.Breakfast¾ cup (30g) multigrain Weetbix with 1 cup low fat milk and 1 nectarine.LunchMultigrain wrap with 1 boiled egg mashed with 1 tablespoon low-fat mayonnaise, lettuce and 1 slice light Jarlsberg cheese. 10 walnuts and 2 dried apricots.Dinner100g fillet steak strips with 100g baked sweet potato and zucchini, broccoli and snow pea stir fried in 1 tablespoon oyster sauce.SnacksEach day choose from any two of the following:1 apple + 1 Baby Bel cheese (700kJ);

  • 10 wholegrain rice crackers + ¼ cup low fat dip (600kj);

  • Vegetable sticks + ¼ cup low fat hommus (600kJ);

  • 4 Vita Weats + 2 slices reduced fat cheese (600kJ);

  • 1 piece of fruit (400kJ);

  • 100g low fat yoghurt (400kJ);

  • Small skim Latte (400kJ);

  • 2 corn thins + 1 tablespoon no added sugar peanut butter (400kJ);

  • One row dark chocolate (420kJ);

  • 1 Chocolate Paddle Pop (450kJ);

  • Mango Weis Bar (400kJ);

  • 1 slice raisin toast (400kJ);

  • Small glass wine (150mls) (400kJ);

  • 2 Redskin Chews (170kj);

  • One Chuppa Chup (220kj);

  • 5 pieces of chewing gum (125kg).

  • 1 serve of rice or pasta = a fist

  • 1 piece of meat, fish or chicken = the size and width of a deck of cards

  • 1 serve of cheese = one slice, or 4 small cubes that could fit in a matchbox

  • 1 serve of butter = your fingertip

Top tip:Please note foods inboldare free kj and you can eat as much as you like.

¾ cup (30g) multigrain Weetbix with 1 cup low fat milk and 1 nectarine.

Multigrain wrap with 1 boiled egg mashed with 1 tablespoon low-fat mayonnaise, lettuce and 1 slice light Jarlsberg cheese. 10 walnuts and 2 dried apricots.

100g fillet steak strips with 100g baked sweet potato and zucchini, broccoli and snow pea stir fried in 1 tablespoon oyster sauce.

Each day choose from any two of the following:

  • 1 apple + 1 Baby Bel cheese (700kJ);

  • 10 wholegrain rice crackers + ¼ cup low fat dip (600kj);

  • Vegetable sticks + ¼ cup low fat hommus (600kJ);

  • 4 Vita Weats + 2 slices reduced fat cheese (600kJ);

  • 1 piece of fruit (400kJ);

  • 100g low fat yoghurt (400kJ);

  • Small skim Latte (400kJ);

  • 2 corn thins + 1 tablespoon no added sugar peanut butter (400kJ);

  • One row dark chocolate (420kJ);

  • 1 Chocolate Paddle Pop (450kJ);

  • Mango Weis Bar (400kJ);

  • 1 slice raisin toast (400kJ);

  • Small glass wine (150mls) (400kJ);

  • 2 Redskin Chews (170kj);

  • One Chuppa Chup (220kj);

  • 5 pieces of chewing gum (125kg).

Polite portionsHow to quickly determine portion sizes for your meals…

  • 1 serve of rice or pasta = a fist

  • 1 piece of meat, fish or chicken = the size and width of a deck of cards

  • 1 serve of cheese = one slice, or 4 small cubes that could fit in a matchbox

  • 1 serve of butter = your fingertip

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Woman’s Day diet: Day 18

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan!

When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you diet plans is a good start; so we’re proud to bring you the Woman’s Day virtual diet makeover.

The rules:

  • On top of the meal plan, you can treat yourself to two snacks from our list (see below) every day;

  • For more weight loss choose lower kj snacks;

  • Two or three cups of instant tea and coffee with a dash of skim milk also permitted on top of this;

  • All beakfasts on the four week diet are interchangeable with other breakfasts, lunches with lunches and dinners with dinners;

  • Have four alcohol free days a week.Top tip:Please note foods inboldare free kj and you can eat as much as you like.Breakfast2 slices multigrain toast with ½ cup low fat ricotta and 1 small banana.Lunch1 medium multigrain wrap with 100g ham or turkey, rocket, 1 slice Light Jarlsberg cheese and 1 tablespoon low fat mayonnaise.Dinner100g pork fillet stir fried with carrots, red capsicum, snow peas and broccoli in 2 tablespoons oyster sauce and served with ½ cup cooked brown rice.SnacksEach day choose from any two of the following:1 apple + 1 Baby Bel cheese (700kJ);

  • 10 wholegrain rice crackers + ¼ cup low fat dip (600kj);

  • Vegetable sticks + ¼ cup low fat hommus (600kJ);

  • 4 Vita Weats + 2 slices reduced fat cheese (600kJ);

  • 1 piece of fruit (400kJ);

  • 100g low fat yoghurt (400kJ);

  • Small skim Latte (400kJ);

  • 2 corn thins + 1 tablespoon no added sugar peanut butter (400kJ);

  • One row dark chocolate (420kJ);

  • 1 Chocolate Paddle Pop (450kJ);

  • Mango Weis Bar (400kJ);

  • 1 slice raisin toast (400kJ);

  • Small glass wine (150mls) (400kJ);

  • 2 Redskin Chews (170kj);

  • One Chuppa Chup (220kj);

  • 5 pieces of chewing gum (125kg).

  • 1 serve of rice or pasta = a fist

  • 1 piece of meat, fish or chicken = the size and width of a deck of cards

  • 1 serve of cheese = one slice, or 4 small cubes that could fit in a matchbox

  • 1 serve of butter = your fingertip

Top tip:Please note foods inboldare free kj and you can eat as much as you like.

2 slices multigrain toast with ½ cup low fat ricotta and 1 small banana.

1 medium multigrain wrap with 100g ham or turkey, rocket, 1 slice Light Jarlsberg cheese and 1 tablespoon low fat mayonnaise.

100g pork fillet stir fried with carrots, red capsicum, snow peas and broccoli in 2 tablespoons oyster sauce and served with ½ cup cooked brown rice.

Each day choose from any two of the following:

  • 1 apple + 1 Baby Bel cheese (700kJ);

  • 10 wholegrain rice crackers + ¼ cup low fat dip (600kj);

  • Vegetable sticks + ¼ cup low fat hommus (600kJ);

  • 4 Vita Weats + 2 slices reduced fat cheese (600kJ);

  • 1 piece of fruit (400kJ);

  • 100g low fat yoghurt (400kJ);

  • Small skim Latte (400kJ);

  • 2 corn thins + 1 tablespoon no added sugar peanut butter (400kJ);

  • One row dark chocolate (420kJ);

  • 1 Chocolate Paddle Pop (450kJ);

  • Mango Weis Bar (400kJ);

  • 1 slice raisin toast (400kJ);

  • Small glass wine (150mls) (400kJ);

  • 2 Redskin Chews (170kj);

  • One Chuppa Chup (220kj);

  • 5 pieces of chewing gum (125kg).

Polite portionsHow to quickly determine portion sizes for your meals…

  • 1 serve of rice or pasta = a fist

  • 1 piece of meat, fish or chicken = the size and width of a deck of cards

  • 1 serve of cheese = one slice, or 4 small cubes that could fit in a matchbox

  • 1 serve of butter = your fingertip

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Woman’s Day diet: Day 19

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan!

When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you diet plans is a good start; so we’re proud to bring you the Woman’s Day virtual diet makeover.

The rules:

  • On top of the meal plan, you can treat yourself to two snacks from our list (see below) every day;

  • For more weight loss choose lower kj snacks;

  • Two or three cups of instant tea and coffee with a dash of skim milk also permitted on top of this;

  • All beakfasts on the four week diet are interchangeable with other breakfasts, lunches with lunches and dinners with dinners;

  • Have four alcohol free days a week.Top tip:Please note foods inboldare free kj and you can eat as much as you like.BreakfastMultigrain Weetbix with 1 cup low fat milk and 1 peach or nectarine.Lunch2 California sushi rolls See recipe here, and 250mls mixed vegetable juice, see recipe here.Dinner½ cup cooked pasta with 100g lean mince mixed with 1 cup peas, carrots, mushrooms in ½ cup tomato pasta saucece.SnacksEach day choose from any two of the following:1 apple + 1 Baby Bel cheese (700kJ);

  • 10 wholegrain rice crackers + ¼ cup low fat dip (600kj);

  • Vegetable sticks + ¼ cup low fat hommus (600kJ);

  • 4 Vita Weats + 2 slices reduced fat cheese (600kJ);

  • 1 piece of fruit (400kJ);

  • 100g low fat yoghurt (400kJ);

  • Small skim Latte (400kJ);

  • 2 corn thins + 1 tablespoon no added sugar peanut butter (400kJ);

  • One row dark chocolate (420kJ);

  • 1 Chocolate Paddle Pop (450kJ);

  • Mango Weis Bar (400kJ);

  • 1 slice raisin toast (400kJ);

  • Small glass wine (150mls) (400kJ);

  • 2 Redskin Chews (170kj);

  • One Chuppa Chup (220kj);

  • 5 pieces of chewing gum (125kg).

  • 1 serve of rice or pasta = a fist

  • 1 piece of meat, fish or chicken = the size and width of a deck of cards

  • 1 serve of cheese = one slice, or 4 small cubes that could fit in a matchbox

  • 1 serve of butter = your fingertip

Top tip:Please note foods inboldare free kj and you can eat as much as you like.

Multigrain Weetbix with 1 cup low fat milk and 1 peach or nectarine.

2 California sushi rolls See recipe here, and 250mls mixed vegetable juice, see recipe here.

½ cup cooked pasta with 100g lean mince mixed with 1 cup peas, carrots, mushrooms in ½ cup tomato pasta saucece.

Each day choose from any two of the following:

  • 1 apple + 1 Baby Bel cheese (700kJ);

  • 10 wholegrain rice crackers + ¼ cup low fat dip (600kj);

  • Vegetable sticks + ¼ cup low fat hommus (600kJ);

  • 4 Vita Weats + 2 slices reduced fat cheese (600kJ);

  • 1 piece of fruit (400kJ);

  • 100g low fat yoghurt (400kJ);

  • Small skim Latte (400kJ);

  • 2 corn thins + 1 tablespoon no added sugar peanut butter (400kJ);

  • One row dark chocolate (420kJ);

  • 1 Chocolate Paddle Pop (450kJ);

  • Mango Weis Bar (400kJ);

  • 1 slice raisin toast (400kJ);

  • Small glass wine (150mls) (400kJ);

  • 2 Redskin Chews (170kj);

  • One Chuppa Chup (220kj);

  • 5 pieces of chewing gum (125kg).

Polite portionsHow to quickly determine portion sizes for your meals…

  • 1 serve of rice or pasta = a fist

  • 1 piece of meat, fish or chicken = the size and width of a deck of cards

  • 1 serve of cheese = one slice, or 4 small cubes that could fit in a matchbox

  • 1 serve of butter = your fingertip

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Woman’s Day diet: Day 20

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan!

When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you diet plans is a good start; so we’re proud to bring you the Woman’s Day virtual diet makeover.

The rules:

  • On top of the meal plan, you can treat yourself to two snacks from our list (see below) every day;

  • For more weight loss choose lower kj snacks;

  • Two or three cups of instant tea and coffee with a dash of skim milk also permitted on top of this;

  • All beakfasts on the four week diet are interchangeable with other breakfasts, lunches with lunches and dinners with dinners;

  • Have four alcohol free days a week.Top tip:Please note foods inboldare free kj and you can eat as much as you like.Breakfast2 slices sourdough toast with grilled mushrooms (see recipe here) and a small skim coffee.Lunch150g (medium) jacket potato topped with small tin red salmon, ½ cup low fat ricotta and chopped tomato. 1 medium mango.DinnerHoney Soy Chicken Noodles. See recipe here.SnacksEach day choose from any two of the following:1 apple + 1 Baby Bel cheese (700kJ);

  • 10 wholegrain rice crackers + ¼ cup low fat dip (600kj);

  • Vegetable sticks + ¼ cup low fat hommus (600kJ);

  • 4 Vita Weats + 2 slices reduced fat cheese (600kJ);

  • 1 piece of fruit (400kJ);

  • 100g low fat yoghurt (400kJ);

  • Small skim Latte (400kJ);

  • 2 corn thins + 1 tablespoon no added sugar peanut butter (400kJ);

  • One row dark chocolate (420kJ);

  • 1 Chocolate Paddle Pop (450kJ);

  • Mango Weis Bar (400kJ);

  • 1 slice raisin toast (400kJ);

  • Small glass wine (150mls) (400kJ);

  • 2 Redskin Chews (170kj);

  • One Chuppa Chup (220kj);

  • 5 pieces of chewing gum (125kg).

  • 1 serve of rice or pasta = a fist

  • 1 piece of meat, fish or chicken = the size and width of a deck of cards

  • 1 serve of cheese = one slice, or 4 small cubes that could fit in a matchbox

  • 1 serve of butter = your fingertip

Top tip:Please note foods inboldare free kj and you can eat as much as you like.

2 slices sourdough toast with grilled mushrooms (see recipe here) and a small skim coffee.

150g (medium) jacket potato topped with small tin red salmon, ½ cup low fat ricotta and chopped tomato. 1 medium mango.

Honey Soy Chicken Noodles. See recipe here.

Each day choose from any two of the following:

  • 1 apple + 1 Baby Bel cheese (700kJ);

  • 10 wholegrain rice crackers + ¼ cup low fat dip (600kj);

  • Vegetable sticks + ¼ cup low fat hommus (600kJ);

  • 4 Vita Weats + 2 slices reduced fat cheese (600kJ);

  • 1 piece of fruit (400kJ);

  • 100g low fat yoghurt (400kJ);

  • Small skim Latte (400kJ);

  • 2 corn thins + 1 tablespoon no added sugar peanut butter (400kJ);

  • One row dark chocolate (420kJ);

  • 1 Chocolate Paddle Pop (450kJ);

  • Mango Weis Bar (400kJ);

  • 1 slice raisin toast (400kJ);

  • Small glass wine (150mls) (400kJ);

  • 2 Redskin Chews (170kj);

  • One Chuppa Chup (220kj);

  • 5 pieces of chewing gum (125kg).

Polite portionsHow to quickly determine portion sizes for your meals…

  • 1 serve of rice or pasta = a fist

  • 1 piece of meat, fish or chicken = the size and width of a deck of cards

  • 1 serve of cheese = one slice, or 4 small cubes that could fit in a matchbox

  • 1 serve of butter = your fingertip

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Woman’s Day diet: Day 21

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan!

When it comes to losing weight, just like everything in life we need to a little bit of inspiration to achieve our goals. If you’re serious about budging the unbudgeable, providing yourself with visual reference for you diet plans is a good start; so we’re proud to bring you the Woman’s Day virtual diet makeover.

The rules:

  • On top of the meal plan, you can treat yourself to two snacks from our list (see below) every day;

  • For more weight loss choose lower kj snacks;

  • Two or three cups of instant tea and coffee with a dash of skim milk also permitted on top of this;

  • All beakfasts on the four week diet are interchangeable with other breakfasts, lunches with lunches and dinners with dinners;

  • Have four alcohol free days a week.Top tip:Please note foods inboldare free kj and you can eat as much as you like.Breakfast2 poached eggs on 2 slices grain bread with 1 small glass (200ml) of vegetable juice, see recipe here.LunchChicken Greek Salad with 100g grilled chicken breast, 1 chopped cucumber, 3 Roma tomatoes, 50g reduced fat feta and 6 olives.DinnerHomemade pizza with 100g grilled chicken breast, mushrooms, tomato and rocket with a sprinkle of light cheese on multigrain wrap.SnacksEach day choose from any two of the following:1 apple + 1 Baby Bel cheese (700kJ);

  • 10 wholegrain rice crackers + ¼ cup low fat dip (600kj);

  • Vegetable sticks + ¼ cup low fat hommus (600kJ);

  • 4 Vita Weats + 2 slices reduced fat cheese (600kJ);

  • 1 piece of fruit (400kJ);

  • 100g low fat yoghurt (400kJ);

  • Small skim Latte (400kJ);

  • 2 corn thins + 1 tablespoon no added sugar peanut butter (400kJ);

  • One row dark chocolate (420kJ);

  • 1 Chocolate Paddle Pop (450kJ);

  • Mango Weis Bar (400kJ);

  • 1 slice raisin toast (400kJ);

  • Small glass wine (150mls) (400kJ);

  • 2 Redskin Chews (170kj);

  • One Chuppa Chup (220kj);

  • 5 pieces of chewing gum (125kg).

  • 1 serve of rice or pasta = a fist

  • 1 piece of meat, fish or chicken = the size and width of a deck of cards

  • 1 serve of cheese = one slice, or 4 small cubes that could fit in a matchbox

  • 1 serve of butter = your fingertip

Top tip:Please note foods inboldare free kj and you can eat as much as you like.

2 poached eggs on 2 slices grain bread with 1 small glass (200ml) of vegetable juice, see recipe here.

Chicken Greek Salad with 100g grilled chicken breast, 1 chopped cucumber, 3 Roma tomatoes, 50g reduced fat feta and 6 olives.

Homemade pizza with 100g grilled chicken breast, mushrooms, tomato and rocket with a sprinkle of light cheese on multigrain wrap.

Each day choose from any two of the following:

  • 1 apple + 1 Baby Bel cheese (700kJ);

  • 10 wholegrain rice crackers + ¼ cup low fat dip (600kj);

  • Vegetable sticks + ¼ cup low fat hommus (600kJ);

  • 4 Vita Weats + 2 slices reduced fat cheese (600kJ);

  • 1 piece of fruit (400kJ);

  • 100g low fat yoghurt (400kJ);

  • Small skim Latte (400kJ);

  • 2 corn thins + 1 tablespoon no added sugar peanut butter (400kJ);

  • One row dark chocolate (420kJ);

  • 1 Chocolate Paddle Pop (450kJ);

  • Mango Weis Bar (400kJ);

  • 1 slice raisin toast (400kJ);

  • Small glass wine (150mls) (400kJ);

  • 2 Redskin Chews (170kj);

  • One Chuppa Chup (220kj);

  • 5 pieces of chewing gum (125kg).

Polite portionsHow to quickly determine portion sizes for your meals…

  • 1 serve of rice or pasta = a fist

  • 1 piece of meat, fish or chicken = the size and width of a deck of cards

  • 1 serve of cheese = one slice, or 4 small cubes that could fit in a matchbox

  • 1 serve of butter = your fingertip

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30 Day Diet: Week three shopping list

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Then follow our healthy meal plan!

Here is what you will need to follow week one’s daily meal plans of the Woman’s Day 30 day diet.

PRODUCE

  • 2 x Mango

  • 2 x nectarine

  • 2 x banana

  • Small jar olives

  • 1 x rocket

  • 3 x carrot

  • One x lettuce

  • 5 x roma tomatoes

  • 3 potatoes

  • 500g pumpkin

  • 500g piece of sweet potato

  • 500g broccoli

  • 200g snow peas

  • One packet frozen peas

  • 200g mushrooms

  • 2 x capsicum

  • 1 x cucumber

  • 2 x Zucchini

  • 1 bulb of garlic

  • Bunch of parsley

  • Bunch of chives

  • Bunch of coriander

  • One birdseye chilli

  • 2 stalks celery

  • Bunch Buk Choy

MEATS, FISH AND POULTRY

  • 200g 97% fat free turkey or ham

  • 150g salmon steak

  • 100g fillet steak

  • 100g pork fillet

  • 100g lean mince

  • 100g tuna in olive oil

  • 600g chicken breast

  • 100g red salmon

DAIRY

  • 2l low fat milk

  • 200g low fat ricotta

  • One packet light Jarlsberg cheese

  • 100g Reduced fat grated cheese

STAPLES

  • 2 sushi rolls

  • Vegetable juice

  • One loaf wholegrain bread

  • One packet pasta

  • 90g of dried udon noodles

  • One packet Multigrain Weetbix

  • One packet of multigrain wraps

  • One loaf sourdough bread

  • One packet brown rice

  • 1/2 pack of eggs

  • 130g tin baked beans

  • 130g chick peas

  • Packet dried apricots

  • 50g walnuts

  • Tomato pasta sauce

  • Sweet chilli sauce

  • Mustard

  • Honey

  • Low fat mayonnaise

  • Oyster sauce

  • Olive oil

  • 500ml Tomato juice

  • Snacks from snacks list (see meal plans).

Have you missed a day? Don’t stress! You can catch up on all of the meal plans!

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I still check my ex’s emails

Woman secretively checking emails

Mick was my first love; we met when we were both 19 while taking a year off before attending university.

We were together for two years, he was my first boyfriend and I was his first girlfriend. We shared many firsts throughout those years; first kiss, first sexual encounter, first heartbreak and I was certain we would get married one day.

Our first year together was fast paced and turned quickly into crazy infatuation on my part. I wanted to know everything he did and everyone he talked to. I was young and quite insecure and couldn’t help feeling a horrible pang of jealousy when I saw him chatting to other girls.

After being together for a while Mick needed me to go online and look up an email for him, he gave me his password not knowing that I have a knack for memorising passwords and important information.

This was a huge mistake on his part because, even though I knew it was wrong, I couldn’t help myself from having a snoop at his emails. At that point I didn’t suspect he was doing anything wrong or that I’d find anything I didn’t want to see, but as crazy as it sounds now I was just desperate to know everything about him…

I soon became obsessed with secretly checking his emails daily, this craziness led to me sneaking a look at his mobile phone whenever he left the room. I never found anything, but I had a weird feeling that I couldn’t trust him as he was always out with the boys and never answered his phone, unless he wanted a ride home at 4am.

This doubt and suspicion on my part grew more intensely when he stopped showing me affection and would refuse to have sex with me. At this point we had been together for nearly two years, I tried everything I could to reignite his interest in me but nothing worked, it just made me feel more humiliated. I was devastated and felt helpless to save our relationship.

I was slowly becoming depressed and one day I confronted him about our sexless relationship, I said it wasn’t normal for a couple who are 21 years old not to have sex — ever. His reply was like a slap in the face: “I am just not physically attracted to you anymore,” he said. “You have put on way too much weight and I don’t go for fat girls.”

So there I ended it on the spot, deep down I had known that our relationship had been doomed for a while but I was so obsessed with him that I had still carried hope that things would change.

However, my strange compulsion to check his emails remained. Through my daily updates (unbeknown to him) I discovered that one month later he was dating a girl that I had seen him talking to at a friend’s party…

I was rapt, even though I was so hurt and bitter about our relationship breakdown I couldn’t shake my addiction to his life. A couple of the emails referred to me and I was pained once again to learn all the things that he thought of me were being discussed freely with this new girl.

Two years on and I am with the most gorgeous man who I trust and never feel the urge to check his personal email or mobile.

Though shamefully every few days I do still check Mick’s email just to see whether him and the “mistress” are still going good (which they seem to be), she somehow has him wrapped around her little finger.

I honestly don’t know why I do it. I have a weird fascination with him and I am trying really hard to break my snooping addiction. All I can do is take it one day at a time.

Oh, how do I do this without him finding out? Once I read an email I highlight it and mark it as unread. It’s so easy and so efficient that in four years he has never changed his password.

So, girls and guys, if your instincts are telling you that something is wrong and you are driven towards the path of spying, just listen to them because they are probably right.

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First pictures of Princess Mary’s twins!

Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik with their twin babies

Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik with their twin babies

Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik have released the first images of their newborn twins.

The Danish royal family’s new little prince was born at 10.30pm local time on January 8, weighing 2.7kg and measuring 47cm long. A princess followed 26 minutes later weighing 2.5kg and measuring 46cm long.

Princess Mary went into labour on Saturday evening at around 5.30pm (AEDT) and after four hours welcomed the two new additions to her royal family.

Prince Frederik, who was by his wife’s side throughout the birth, said he was very proud of Princess Mary and described the twins as the “double trouble”.

“They look like typical newborns. They both have dark hair, so there is no doubt who their parents are,” he said.

As per Danish royal tradition the couple will announce the names of the newborns in about three months’ time, at the babies’ christening.

Princess Mary’s father John Donaldson and Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II were among the first to visit the newborns.

“We’re very pleased to have the babies in the family. They are small but very fine,” Queen Margrethe II said.

“My daughter-in-law looks fantastic and we’re so pleased for the crown princess that her father is here.”

Prince Frederik said that for the couple’s two eldest children, Prince Christian, five, and Princess Isabella, three, meeting their new brother and sister was “a little surreal”.

“They had obviously seen their mother’s fabulous belly,” he said with a laugh. “Now our daughter thinks they are small dolls for her to play with.”

The couple will now take the twins back to their new home, Amalienborg Palace.

“There are two little beds and all is ready for them to come home,” the prince said .

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Goldie Hawn’s ex sells tell-all memoir

Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson

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Goldie Hawn’s former husband is looking to cash in on his relationship with the movie star by selling a book about their relationship.

Bill Hudson, father to movie star Kate Hudson, is shopping around a tell-all memoir under the title So You Are a Star, the New York Post has reported.

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“What if your ex-wife used her public platform to spread rumours about your relationship with your children?” Bill wrote in a proposal sent to publishers. He describes Hawn as “a movie star who enjoyed having ‘open relationships’ and limiting access to their children”.

Bill, a musician who divorced Hawn in 1979 and remained estranged from children Kate and Oliver (also an actor) as they were raised by Hawn and actor Kurt Russell, alleges in the unpublished book that the movie star left him after confessing to infidelity and saying she wanted an open marriage.

“You’re my soul mate … it’s just that I’ve always believed in open marriage,” Bill claimed she told him.

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“We made love everywhere … airplane bathrooms, rooftops, under the covers in first-class … just any and every place we could find,” he wrote.

He also said that daughter Kate has used their situation in the press to garner sympathy.

“Kate has used the story of her being abandoned by me because she needed tragedy in her life. She grew up privileged in Hollywood with private planes. Nobody was going to sympathise unless she had some tragedy,” Bill wrote.

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Will your relationship survive? Take a test

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A test has been designed by US scientists that aims to accurately predict whether a relationship will be a success.

Using a specially designed quiz, researchers correctly predicted whether more than 50 couples would still be together or have thrown in the towel over a 12 month period, the UK’sDaily Telegraphreported.

The test, carried out at the University of Rochester, used a survey and a word-association test with a time limit on 116 people, 19 of whom split from their partners within the year.

Unsurprisingly, those who associated negative words with their partners were seven times more likely to break up with their partners than those who associated positive words.

The skill of the test was to elicit these responses automatically without giving the respondents a chance to make a conscious choice.

The tests are a breakthrough because the results proved to be more accurate than the respondents’ own assumptions about the strength of their relationships.

“What really excited me in our results was that our measure seemed to do a better job of predicting outcomes than what the people told us about their relationships,” study author Professor Ronald Rogge said.

Earlier relationship studies had foundered as people aren’t good at reading their own feelings, let alone their partner’s.

“The difficulty with that is that it assumes that they know themselves how happy they are, and that’s not always the case,” Professor Rogge said.

“To make things worse, a lot of people don’t want to tell you if they’re starting to feel less happy in their relationship.”

The test is based on the same techniques used to determine racism, bias or any other feelings that people are unwilling to admit to, theDaily Telegraphreported.

“It really is giving us a unique glimpse into how people were feeling about their partners — giving us information that they were unable or unwilling to report,” Professor Rogge said.

There is no news on when the test will be available to the public.

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