Womens_Health_Australia_December_2016

Lea Michele

30, ACTRESS, SINGER

Michele’s one request

when she arrives at the

shoot? “Music that makes

youwanttohavesex,”

shecackles.Twohours

later, she’s prancing

around the set, bouncing

upeverysooftentocheck

the pics on the monitor.

“That body’s banging,”

she says unashamedly

about herself. “Being

naked isn’t really an issue

forme,”shesaysafterthe

shoot. Partly because in

thelastyearshe’sbeen

working outalot.“When

IleftGlee,Ineeded

somethingtoreplaceall

thedancingaboutIwas

doing. She, like the rest

oftheUS,isabigfanof

cult-spinning class

SoulCycle. “I didn’t think

I’dgetintoallthat[...]but

letmetellyou,I’mnowin

the front row singing and

clapping along. I’m not

the kind of person who

wouldgotothegym.

For me, working out has

tobegoodformymind

too,andwhenIleave,the

endorphins are buzzing,

I’m glowing, and I feel like

Icantakeontheworld.

[And]rightnow,Ifeel

physically in my best

shape and emotionally in

mybestplace[...]Ilove

myself,flawsandall.”Of

course,she’snotalways

up,shehasdowndays.

And this is how she

handles them: “Make some

macaroni cheese, call my

mum,pouraglassofred

wine and watch some

reality television. There’s

nothingthatcan’tfix.”WH

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