+SA's HEALTHIEST CITY May 2018 TORCH Charlene of Monaco Water Biker. Paddle Boarder. FAT Olympian.Mother. FAST HOW TO EASY WAYS TO SLAY YOUR TRIM DOWN INNER & TONE UP! QUITTER Sculpt a Tight Tush In 15 Minutes SPECIAL a Day! • Thali’s Best Curries SPECIAL REPORT • Lisa Clark’s Has Social Fave Tomato Media Made Dishes Us More • 30-Minute Lonely? Meals R50.50 (VAT INCL) NAMIBIA N$53.00 • All the 05093 Bliss Balls 9 772075 406001 May 2018 FOOD HUB 40 Taste Of Thali Take a holiday to India via your plate – no passport required 40 44 You Say... Tomato Spice up One super sauce, so many moreish meals your life! 50 All In A Day Lunch, dinner and dessert are sorted with these quick, 30-minute meals 52 Bite-Sized Bliss Craving something sweet? Keep these BEST BODY 86 The Mom Divide nifty nuggets around 58 The Food Lovers’ Workout Want to keep your bestie and your baby happy? Read this 55 10 Kitchen Gadgets You Not even brownies can slow the results Can’t Live Without of this kilojoule-crushing workout 88 Let It Out Luxe essentials you didn’t know you 62 One-Piece Workout: Kettlebell Your guide to healthy venting absolutely needed One move. One tool. A world of gains 90 Drive It Home 64 15-Minute Workout The car you want with the budget you’ve got Make your bod’s biggest muscle work ON OUR a little harder with this quickie STYLE & BEAUTY COVER 65 Back To Basics Increase your balance and stability with this move 93 Break A Nail (Rut) 126 Ditch your fail-safe shades and enter 66 Making A Racquet manicure utopia Trust squash pro Milnay Louw – this is the sport you need to try 96 Just Desserts 58 32 Subtly sweet fragrances to have you smelling 68 Water Hazard like a treat 74 We take a closer look at how water shortages are affecting your health 100 Feed Your Face Nourish hungry skin with these nutrients 71 Your Body On... Antioxidants 64 in a bottle 39 The truth about what blueberries can and can’t do for you 106 Take A Hike Forest bathing’s never looked this good 116 72 The Magical Powers Of Food Pairs These pairings are better than cheese and 112 Steal Her Style wine, promise Wearing Gigi’s workout clothes could give you her abs, right? 747 S l ay Yo u r I n n e r Q u i t t e r HowH to keep that devil on your shoulder quiet 787 Burn, Fat, Burn FEATURES Iss this trendy diet really the key to 32 Fit To Reign a slimmer silhouette? How Princess Charlene juggles duties 818 You Lose, You Win while staying healthy TwoT women team up to build the body 116 2000 Online Friends ofo their dreams And Lonely As F**k Social media can actually be pretty isolating LIFEL ETC 120 L i f t H e av y, L o o k H o t Add extra weights and lift like a girl! 828 Speak Easy MeetM the manual for negotiating fights 126 How Are We Doing? anda building bonds Obesogenic environments and how to change them 858 WTF Is... Genital Bleaching? ShouldS you be putting your parts through that? 96 IN EVERY ISSUE Fragrances 6 10 16 good enough Letter Tell WH Guy Next to eat. From The 12 Door Editor Ask 18 8 Anything WH Social Meet The 21 Team Discuss! TOP PHOTOGRAPH: MICKY HOYLE 2018May “I have two hands so I can do something. If I can make a difference in someone’s life, give them a little bit of help or an education, that’s enough.” PRINCESS CHARLENE PHOTOGRAPH AND COVER PHOTOGRAPH: SEAN LAURÉNZ SEAN PHOTOGRAPH: COVER AND PHOTOGRAPH May 2018 | WOMEN’S HEALTH 5 LETTER FROM THE EDITOR THE PRINCESS DIARIES Give me a good blow dry and a crimson manicure and I will honestly tell you that I have my sh*t together. But this is proven woefully inadequate when one comes face- to-face with Princess Charlene, who gets to check of: ex-Olympian, mother of twins, 40-year-old and, well, royalty in a single huf of breath. It’s a pretty tough act to follow, which is not helped by her complete lack of formality – despite her residential address being The Prince’s Palace, Monaco, she is 100 percent genuinely chilled SA vibes. Yes, still. When deputy ed, Wanita, our creative director, Rob, and I meet Charlene, she is super keen to chat to us about her two new sporting passions. Nope, not swimming, but paddle boarding and water biking. I’ve seen enough Disney movies to know that I’ve never spotted a princess engage in either, but I’m hooked on the idea! And then I got to this Quitter on page 74, my slacker Chimp would to leap out of my comfort zone. I have signed issue’s features and discovered that apparently have done just the opposite... Do you know up with the WH team to run The Cape Town the reason that I am so taken by this idea how I can unequivocally confirm this fact? 12 One Run and I’ve taken up trail running. – and so many others – is down to something Because my team – darling girls that they are So if you spot #WhereWasDan, call me out a wise-ass has dubbed My Inner Chimp. – have coined the hashtag #WhereWasDan on it! And in the meantime, turn to page 32 Apparently, MIC wants to commit to all sorts for all the physical activities to which and read all about what Princess Charlene has of fun physical things – hello FOMO, my old I excitedly yell: ‘Yes, count me in!” and been up to – she is incredibly inspiring friend – but realises, once in, that’s it’s not then bow out of... in a very down-to-earth, grab-life-by-the- exaaaaactly my bag... I am certain this has Inner Chimps keep themselves busy. horns kind of way and we’re thrilled that we never happened to Princess Charlene. When They’re also to blame for you slamming the still get to lay claim to her as South Africans. someone first asked her: “Charlene, do you alarm of in the dead of winter or feeling water bike?” and she presumably said: “Not intimidated to try a new gym class. But yet, but I’ll try”, she then went on to master this winter I’ve got The Chimp’s number, water biking and introduce an entire charity- so I have vowed to drag myself out of DANIELLE WEAKLEY driven water-bike event to the fair shores bed regardless of the wintery hour and Editor of Monaco. According to Slay Your Inner committed – no, not to water bike – but @DanielleWeakley @danweakley What the team did this month... MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR GIRL DO SOMETHING THAT CHALLENGES SQUAD TOGETHER LIKE @MICHELLE_ YOU! LIKE @AMY_HOPPY WHO IS OCTOBER, @GINA_DIONISIO AND ATTEMPTING TO RUN A 10KM RACE @_ROBINJADE_! THE #WHGETSFIT IN LESS THAN 45 MINUTES. CHALLENGE STARTS THIS MONTH! GO BE A GAL WHO JOINS IN! 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