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I just got my new issue of Fitness, which I honestly read and never use. I’m not really one of those jogging 10 miles a day girls.

But this article disturbed me. Fitness too ka survey of 1,000 women about their thoughts on diet and fitness. The following statistics resulted:

42% of women have used ephedra, hoodia, fen-phen, a diuretic or prescription weight loss pill/other drug to lose weight.

23% of women would spend a week in jail to reach their ideal weight. 23% would shave their head and 21% would trade 10 years of their life.

Women have used desperate measures. 33% have cleared their house of bad food. 24% have drank only liquids for at least a day. 11% have taken laxatives and 6% have purged. 4% have used miracle cleanse.

85% would rather have an extra toe than 50 extra pounds. 

To polish that off, most women described themselves as chunky (30%) or curvy (29%).

OK. There are less shocking statistics, like the two msot prefered bodies were Keira Knightly (51%) and Queen Latifah (49%).

Still, it’s scary. I have found myself doing equally stupid things for weight loss, despite constant reassurance by my friends and The Boy that I look fine. But you never look fine to yourself, you know? The most beautiful girls in the world will find themselves unattractive.

Tell me why that is. Why do otherwise successful and smart women do the stupidest things for weight loss? Laxatives help nothing. An extra toe would make it awfully hard to fit into your favorite pair of shoes. Is it worth it?

What do you think?

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