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Woman’s Day diet: Day 11

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.Breakfast1 slice wholegrain toast with 130g (½ cup baked beans) with 1 small (200ml) glass of vegetable juice (get recipe) and 1 small banana.Lunch100g tuna or salmon on 4 wholegrain crackers with chopped cucumber and tomato with 100g (½ cup) vanilla yogurt and 1 peach or nectarine.DinnerTuna Pasta Bake. See recipehere!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 10

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.Breakfast¾ cup (30g) Bran cereal OR 2 multigrain Weetbix with 1 cup low fat milk and 1 small mango.Lunch50g 97% fat free ham on multigrain wrap with 1 slice light Jarlsberg cheese, rocket and 1 tablespoon sweet chilli sauce. 100g (½ cup) low fat vanilla yoghurt.Dinner150g tuna steak with broccoli, snow peas and red capsicum stir fried with 1 teaspoon olive oil and 1 teaspoon oyster sauce. 2 squares (20g) dark chocolate.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 9

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.Breakfast1 poached egg on 1 slice wholegrain bread plus 1 200ml glass vegetable juice. Get the vegetable juice recipehere!Lunch¾ cup brown rice mixed with 100g chicken breast, red capsicum, snow peas, broccoli and 2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce.Dinner100g lean grilled steak with roasted pumpkin, eggplant, zucchini and mushrooms stacked with 30g haloumi cheese.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 8

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.Breakfast¾ cup bran cereal or 2 multigrain Weetbix with 1 cup low fat milk and 1 nectarine or peachLunch2 home made sushi hand rolls, get the recipehere, and 1 medium mango.DinnerChicken pasta with ¾ cup cooked pasta, 100g grilled chicken breast and grilled zucchini in ½ cup tomato based pasta sauce. ½ cup berries with 2 tablespoons vanilla yoghurt.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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Watching more than four hours of TV can lead to heart attacks

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If you watch more than four hours of TV a day, be warned it could lead to heart attacks regardless of how much exercise you do, UK researchers have found.

Watching TV or playing video games for extended periods of time can increase your chances of heart disease and premature death research, the UK’s Daily Mail reported.

The research, conducted by the University College London’s Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, purports to be the first to examine the association between screen time and heart attacks.

Dr Emmanuel Stamatakis, who was involved in the research, said as little as two hours of screen time can have an effect.

“Our analysis suggests that two or more hours of screen time each day may place someone at greater risk for a cardiac event,” he said.

The study also found that those who spend more than four hours a day in front of the TV increased their risk by about 125 percent.

She said the reason for the increased risk could be to do with the effect prolonged sitting has on cholesterol and inflammation.

The results, which are published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, found that factors such as smoking, socioeconomic class and even exercise were not relevant.

“These risks may not be mitigated by exercise, a finding that underscores the urgent need for public health recommendations,” Dr Stamatakis said.

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True Confessions Agony Aunt: How do I tell my husband I want out?

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I have been with John for 7 years and we have 3 wonderful kids together. Over the past few months I have come to realise that I am not in love with him anymore.

Just recently I told him it was over and deep down I have fallen for someone else. I never thought this would happen to me. I always imagined that John and I would be together forever.

Sadly we have grown apart, and yes we have tried to bring back that flame, he’ s being so good about it all, he wants to take me on a trip, but unfortunately he has made me stop seeing my friend who is the sister of the guy I like – Luke.

Since I haven’t spoken to them I feel really depressed, lonely and it’s breaking my heart. How can I break up with him, so I can be happy again? Our 3 kids love Luke. He talks to them, he actually listens, unlike their father.

What makes all this worse is that my parents are on John’s side. I can’t live in a loveless relationship. I can’t live like this forever, lonely and heartbroken.

At first I thought it was just a phase, so I stayed away from everyone for a week but my heart still wants what it wants. Please tell me how I can get John to understand it just isn’t going to work and I want out?

I’m in love with Luke and staying away from him and his sister is breaking me to pieces as his sister has been my best friend for 12 years. What do I do?

John is the father of your children and will always be in their lives and also yours, so you owe it to them to try and sort things out with John before you get carried away with the romantic notion of being with Luke.

You may not mean to, but you are coming across as thinking only of your happiness, not that of your family – your letter is all about how you can be happy again, how you are breaking in pieces, how lonely and heartbroken you are.

Your children must all be under seven, which is very young and very fragile to be placed second to your desires. It doesn’t matter how good Luke is with them. He isn’t their father and while it can be very tragic and romantic to feel like a star crossed lover, you’re a mother first and you need to live up to that.

Forget about Luke and his sister for the moment and think instead about giving your family life another chance. If it seems hard, give yourself a time period of three or six months at which point you can reassess the future, but only if you can honestly say you’ve tried whole heartedly to sort out the problems in your original relationship. For your children’s sake, even then do not consider going to live with Luke. Put them first and base all your decisions on that.

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Victoria Beckham pregnant with baby number four!

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Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham is expecting her fourth child with her football star husband, David Beckham.

The couple’s three sons, 11-year-old Brooklyn, eight-year-old Romeo and five-year-old Cruz, are said to be “very excited” about the family’s new arrival.

David Beckham confirmed the news in a message on his Facebook fan page this morning.

“I’ve got some great news to tell you all,” he wrote. “Victoria and I are expecting our fourth child this summer. The boys are very excited about the arrival of a new brother or sister.”

A spokeswoman for 36-year-old Victoria also confirmed the news, but did not say how far along she was or when her specific due date is.

The couple, who currently live in Los Angeles, have said they are hoping for a girl.

“Maybe one day another baby,” Victoria said in the February edition of the UK’s Vogue as she spoke about her desire to have a baby girl.

“But at this stage I think the chances of a girl are quite slim.”

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TomKat to snub the Oscars?

Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes are not planning to attend the Oscars this year after this year’s co-host, Anne Hathaway, made fun of Katie in a skit on Saturday Night Live late last year.

“Anne didn’t even warn her it was going to be on TV. The whole thing has left a sour taste with Tom,” an unnamed source told the UK’s Mail On Sunday.

But a spokesperson for Tom has told website PopEater that it is “not true and made up” and that the pair had no plans of attending the Oscars before Hathaway’s skit.

Watch Anne’s Katie Holmes impersonation after flicking through these pictures.

The Cruises and Anne Hathaway’s friendship seems to be over.

Anne’s Katie Holmes impersonation on Saturday Night Live.

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes at the Oscars in 2007.

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Princess Mary welcomes a boy and girl!

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Princess Mary and Prince Frederik have welcomed twins, a boy and a girl, into their royal family.

“Both mother and children are doing well and we are very happy,” Prince Frederik said.

Princess Mary first welcomed the couple’s son, born at 10.30am on Saturday (about 8.30pm Sydney time) weighing 2.7 kilograms followed by their daughter at 10.56am weighing 2.5 kilograms. Both children were born naturally.

A teary eyed Prince Frederik said at a press conference in Denmark that both Princess Mary and their new born babies, calling them the “double trouble”, are healthy and well.

“How surreal the birth seemed to be. First you are gifted with a healthy baby and half an hour later there’s a second one. One for each hand,” he said.

“Obviously when there are two hearts and two minds involved you take every precaution you can.”

Prince Frederik was by his wife’s side at Rigshospitalet hospital throughout the birth and even cut the umbilical cords when the twins were born.

“The progress has been just as exciting – almost as if it was the first time I had to be a dad,” Prince Frederik said of the birth.

When asked about the babies names he joked that the boy would be called Elvis, as it is The King’s birthday.

He also said that he, Mary and the Queen have known about sexes “for some time”.

Prince Frederik’s father Prince Henrik, who loves children and couldn’t wait for the arrival of the twins, was the first to pay the new Royal additions a visit.

Prince Frederik had called him at 7am on Saturday, when Princess Mary went into labour.

When asked if he was looking forward to babysitting four grandchildren he replied with a smile “do you really think I am babysitting?”.

Princess Mary was admitted to Rigshospitalet hospital at 7am today.

A Woman’s Day Copenhagen correspondent said that Prince Frederik drove his wife to the hospital after taking their daughter Princess Isabella, to a friends house to be looked after.

On Friday night, Danish newspapers reported that Crown Prince Frederik had been seen arriving at the Rigshospitalet hospital in his red Saab at around 6pm where he was greeted by Mary’s doctor Peter Haam.

But Amalienborg Palace spokeswoman Lene Balleby said the trip was for one of the Tasmanian-born Princess’s final check-ups before giving birth.

“It was a check-up and they are home now”, she told Danish newspaper BT.

“The birth will take time some time during January, there is not much else to say. Babies come when they come.”

But the birth of the royal couple’s twins happened sooner rather than later.

Thankfully Prince Frederik’s royal calendar changed straight after the check-up.

He was supposed to attend an event at the State Museum of Art on January 13, but the event has now been erased from his calendar.

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Miranda Kerr welcomes a baby boy!

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Australian super model Miranda Kerr and her Hollywood actor husband Orlando Bloom have welcomed their first child a baby boy, according to reports.

Website X17 reports that the 27-year-old Victoria’s Secret model went into labour on Friday morning in Los Angeles.

The website’s photographer claims to have heard her husband bragging about “his son”.

Despite giving birth in the US the couple, who married in July last year, have made it clear that their baby will be “Aussie through and through”.

Miranda’s parents flew to the US last week to be with their daughter and welcome their first grandchild.

Last week rumours that the couple were expecting a boy were circulating after Kerr was spotted shopping for boys clothes in LA. In the months leading up to her child’s birth the new mum had been tweeting about her growing belly and organising a nursery.

“My belly is getting so much bigger. Can’t wait to see our little one for the first time” she tweeted.

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