{"id":1018,"date":"2011-02-17T12:34:31","date_gmt":"2011-02-17T12:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2011\/02\/fitness-magazine-exclusive-id.html"},"modified":"2011-02-17T12:34:31","modified_gmt":"2011-02-17T12:34:31","slug":"fitness-magazine-exclusive-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2011\/02\/fitness-magazine-exclusive-id.html","title":{"rendered":"FITNESS Magazine Exclusive: I&#8217;d Rather Be Skinny than have sex?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/March%20%202011%20FITNESS%20Cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"March  2011 FITNESS Cover.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/100\/import\/assets_c\/2011\/02\/March  2011 FITNESS Cover-thumb-500x666-21437.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/a><\/span>    Holy Macaroni!!!  Can you believe these statistics???  According to FITNESS Magazine, who polled 2,400 women to get the lowdown on how they slim down, 51% said that they would skip sex for a year if it meant they&#8217;d be skinny.<br \/>\nHere is an excerpt of the Diet confessions Survey &#8230;<br \/>\n\u00b7         Nearly 40% of women went on their first diet when they were in middle school or high school<br \/>\n\u00b7         25% have detagged their own photo on Facebook or asked a friend to remove it because they thought they looked fat<br \/>\n\u00b7         65% of women say the size they wear is a bigger deal than the number on the scale<br \/>\n\u00b7         To stay skinny, 71% of women would rather exercise every day and eat anything they want<br \/>\n\u00b7         Wacky celeb diets like Gwyneth&#8217;s Juice Cleanse, and the Baby Food Diet inspired 30% of women polled to try a trendy detox diet<br \/>\n\u00b7         About 47% of women admit dieting to their family and close friends, 32% don&#8217;t tell anyone<br \/>\n\u00b7         25% of women say a pal has tried to sabotage their weight loss efforts, 86% prefer to get slim solo<br \/>\n\u00b7         Pig-outs make many women feel satisfied (40%), but make others feel guilty (26%), depressed (17%), and even sick (10%)<br \/>\n\u00b7         Only 7% of women say they never allow themselves to eat junk food<br \/>\n\u00b7         22% of women say the hardest part about being on a diet is regularly following a workout plan<br \/>\n\u00b7         To drop stubborn pounds, 43% of women have skipped meals regularly, 39% have popped diet pills, 23% have gone on a crash diet, and 20% have exercised daily for two or more hours at a time<br \/>\n<strong><em>And you?  Would you rather be skinny than have sex?<br \/>\nHow long would you &#8216;go without?&#8217;    Weigh-in please!!!<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nSpread the word &#8230; NOT the icing!<br \/>\nJanice Taylor<br \/>\nwise * fun * utterly useful<br \/>\nFor the best in wellness and weight loss wisdom, visit Janice:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.OurLadyofWeightLoss.com\" target=\"_hplink\">www.OurLadyofWeightLoss.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.VirtualShoulder.com\" target=\"_hplink\">www.VirtualShoulder.com<\/a><br \/>\nJoin Janice&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\">Kick in the Tush Club<\/a>!<br \/>\nInterested in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourladyofweightloss.com\/motivation\/coach.asp\">Life and Wellness Coaching<\/a>?  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