laurenshape09.jpg Heidi Montag may have gotten all the attention for her Playboy pictorial, but Lauren Conrad kept it classy and 100% natural (okay, maybe with a dash of Photoshop) for her September Shape cover.

Lauren talks to the mag about her boyfriend Kyle Howard, and how she sometimes gets a little soft around the middle when she starts up a new relationship. Really? Could've fooled us, LC! “I call it the 'boyfriend layer',” she tells the mag. "We were having more romantic dinners out, and I was exercising less." So her solution to the extra weight? "I just ask Kyle, 'You feel like working out?' It’s more fun than hitting the gym alone. We like doing outdoor stuff: tennis, bike riding, kayaking, stand-up surfing, hiking in the canyons around LA." Aww, looks like the younger generation's Jennifer Aniston is finally happy in love...good for her!

Lauren also talked about her new fashion line, LC Lauren Conrad for Kohl’s, which will hit stores this October. Hmm, hopefully she'll have more success with this venture than she did with her last one...remember that overpriced disaster?