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Megan Gale’s footy toy boy!

Megan Gale's footy toy boy!

The supermodel is hotting up with a tall and gorgeous 22-year-old footy player.

Supermodel Megan Gale has secretly started dating a strapping AFL player 13 years her junior, enjoying a very private interlude with him at her Whale Beach holiday house last week.

Megan, 35, and rising Carlton star Shaun “Hammer” Hampson, 22, spent much of the last week of 2010 in each other’s arms after the couple passionately reunited at Sydney airport on Boxing Day.

“His eyes lit up when he spotted Megan waiting in her car,” confirms one onlooker, who saw Megan waiting patiently for 30 minutes in her black Lexus four-wheel-drive. “And he leaned over and gave her a big kiss.”

When she met Shaun at Sydney airport on Boxing Day, Megan went to great lengths to avoid being seen with the 201cm ruckman after picking up her car from valet parking.

Megan flew in from Perth, left the airport, then returned and parked her car to pick up Shaun, who flew in from Queensland after spending Christmas with his family. The subterfuge continued when they stocked up on groceries at Avalon, on Sydney’s northern beaches, with the pair leaving and returning to the car at separate times.

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Hey Dad’s Sarah Monahan: My bittersweet baby joy

Hey Dad's Sarah Monahan: My bittersweet baby joy

A new nephew is taking Sarah Monahan’s mind off a very painful and traumatic year.

Sarah Monahan can’t stop nuzzling her beautiful newborn nephew, Byron. The cute, plump bub sleeping in her arms is the good news she and her family desperately needed.

“I’ve come thousands of miles for this little fella to cheer me up,” Sarah beams, after travelling from her home in Texas to see her brother Mark and sister-in-law Rebecca’s new son in Sydney. “I’ve been travelling for over 30 hours, and seeing Byron for the first time is more than worth it. He’s beautiful.”

Sarah, 33, admits 2010 has been a “tough year”. Last March, the former child star we all remember as bright-eyed Jenny from Hey Dad..! found herself back in the spotlight. Bravely, but reluctantly, she came forth with allegations of child molestation against her Hey Dad..! co-star Robert Hughes, who played her on-screen father in the TV sitcom during the 80s and 90s. Hughes has denied the claims.

While the public commended her fortitude, and the police have launched an investigation into Singapore-based Hughes, Sarah says the decision to go public has torn her life apart.

“It would have been easier to stay silent, and I wouldn’t have spoken up if I was still living in Australia,” Sarah says. “And Mum hasn’t spoken to me since I did. We weren’t super close anyway. I’m just glad my brother Mark didn’t take any sides in this because that would suck if I lost both of them.

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Everyone’s getting engaged!

America’s sweetheart, Reese Witherspoon, is hoping to strike it second time lucky in the marriage stakes, announcing she’s ready to walk down the aisle again, three years after her divorce from Ryan Phillippe.

Reese, 34, and Hollywood agent Jim Toth, 40, are engaged after just 12 months together, with the loved-up couple confirming through her spokesperson “they are extremely happy”.

But they aren’t the only ones ready to tie the knot! Click through these pictures of the celebrities who have recently got engaged. Read more in this week’s Woman’s Day on Sale January 3, 2011.

Everyone’s getting engaged!

Reese Witherspoon and Jim Toth are “very excited” about their engagement!

After seven years of dating former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins is engaged to Jake Wall.

Natalie Portman is not only engaged to Benjamin Millepied but pregnant as well!

After a tough year Lily Allen and Sam Cooper are officially engaged!

Hugh Hefner is now a one woman man after asking Crystal Harris to marry him.

Just weeks after getting engaged Shania Twain is already married to Frédéric Thiébaud!

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Michelle Williams: I still miss Heath

I still miss Heath
Michelle Williams: I still miss Heath

The shocking death of Heath Ledger continues to haunt his longtime love and the mother of their little girl Matilda.

“My heart is broken,” Michelle Williams confessed at the time of former boyfriend Heath Ledger’s death in January 2008, at the age of 28. And now, almost three years after his accidental overdose on prescription medication, it still hasn’t healed.

In a tell-all interview with US talk show Nightline, a tearful Michelle opens up about the painful process of grief that she experiences anew every day. “I’ve found meanings around the circumstance, but the actual event itself … I still can’t find a meaning for it,” she says.

“I can find meaning in things and people and relationships that have sprung up and friendships that have strengthened [since Heath’s death] but not in why [he had to die].”

Even though she still thinks about him often, Michelle – who split from Perth-born Heath in 2007 after three years together – struggles to keep her memories of him from fading. In the year after his death, she still felt Heath’s presence near.

“In a strange way, I miss that year because all those possibilities that existed then are gone,” she explains. “It didn’t seem unlikely to me that he could walk through a door or could appear behind a bush.”

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Woman’s Day diet: Day 6

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and 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 in bold are free kj and you can eat as much as you like.BreakfastEgg white omlette with with grilled tomato, toast and rocket leaves. Get recipehere!Lunch2 slices wholegrain bread toasted with 130g baked beans. 2 slices watermelon.DinnerHomemade pizza with 100g lean chicken breast, mushrooms, tomato and rocket with 2 tablespoons of light mozzarella cheese on wholemeal pita bread.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 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

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Woman’s Day diet: Day 5

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and 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 in bold are free kj and you can eat as much as you like.BreakfastPower shake. Mix 1 teaspoon protein powder with 200mls low fat milk, 1 teaspoon LSA (linseed, soy and almond mix) and ¾ cup mixed berries with a few drops of vanilla essence 30g (¾ cup) bran cereal with 100g (1/2 cup) natural yoghurt mixed with ¾ cup mixed berries.LunchLamb and Chickpea salad. Get the recipehere!Dinner150g grilled Atlantic salmon with pumpkin, rocket salad with 5 walnuts served with 1 teaspoon honey mustard dressing.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).

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

  • 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

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Woman’s Day diet: Day 3

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and 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 in bold are free kj and you can eat as much as you like.BreakfastSmall wholemeal wrap with 1 poached egg, 1 slice of smoked salmon with rocket and tomato with 1 tablespoon low fat or FREE mayonnaise.Lunch4 wholegrain cracker biscuits with small tin chilli tuna, ¼ avocado and 8 cherry tomatoes. ½ cup low fat fruit yoghurt.Dinner100g grilled beef fillet steak with 1 medium jacket potato with 1 teaspoon light sour cream and large green salad.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).

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

  • 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

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Woman’s Day diet: Day 1

Want to know how much you can safely lose to look great? Slim yourself down at the click of a button and 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 theWoman’s Dayvirtual 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.BreakfastWake up to our delicious Bircher Muesli, see recipe.Lunch100g pink or red tinned salmon with large mixed green salad, ¼ avocado. One small banana as a snack.Dinner150g grilled white fish served with vegetables dry roasted together (eggplant, zucchini, pumpkin and red capsicum). Spoon 1 tablespoon low fat hommus over the vegetables.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.

Wake up to our delicious Bircher Muesli, see recipe.

100g pink or red tinned salmon with large mixed green salad, ¼ avocado. One small banana as a snack.

150g grilled white fish served with vegetables dry roasted together (eggplant, zucchini, pumpkin and red capsicum). Spoon 1 tablespoon low fat hommus over the vegetables.

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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Gotta go? Get some rye

We all know that eating fibre helps to keep bowel habits regular, so it comes as a surprise to learn that up to 27 percent of the population of Western countries regularly experience constipation.

Apart from being uncomfortable, chronic constipation predisposes you to colon cancer, possibly because, if the stools remain in the intestine for a relatively long period, the bowel is exposed to potentially cancer-causing chemicals for longer. Laxatives aren’t necessarily the answer: they can cause the bowel to become lazy, and overuse can actually impair bowel activity.

According to a study from the University of Helsinki, published in the Journal of Nutrition, eating a slice of rye bread each day could be the simplest and most natural answer. The researchers found that people who did so experienced a 41 percent increase in intestinal transit time, compared with people using laxatives. The same effect was not noted with people eating white bread.

As a bonus, eating the rye bread was shown to make the pH in the colon slightly acidic: this is important because most harmful bacterial enzymes operate at a neutral to slightly alkaline pH.

Your say: What do you think of this study? Share with us below.

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Multitasking must-have

You already know that certain vitamins and minerals — notably the B-group and magnesium — help to support brain health and mood.

Now a study by researchers from Northumbria University in England, published in Human Psychopharmacology, has found that taking a multivitamin supplement is also of specific benefit to the mental performance of women who multitask (and isn’t that every woman?).

In the experiment, women aged 25-50 years were given a nine-week course of either multivitamins or placebo (dummy) pills before being given a test which entailed working on several unrelated tasks at the same time.

Those women who had taken the multivitamins were less tired and irritable, and were able to perform the multitasking test quicker and with greater accuracy.

Your say: What do you think of this study? Share with us below.

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