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Is being thin really THAT in???

Yeah, I've done a few not-so-nutritionally-sound diet plans. Let's see, there was the low carb diet craze - basically I ate MEAT, lots and lots of meat and cheese and eggs and pork rinds slathered in cream cheese. There was the only-eat-cereal diet. There was the only-eat-peanut butter and jelly diet. There's the juice fast - ok so I never tried that one, but I was tempted. Hey, I wanted to wear that bikini when I went on my first cruise :D
And yes, I know I could stand to lose a few pounds and inches - and although I've done a few of the crazy fad diets - there's only so much that I'm willing to do.There's a limit, people! But, there are people who think, "yes, being thin really IS that in!" And will stop and nothing to achieve that goal including - ingesting a parasitic TAPEWORM!
Women are reportedly purposefully ingesting tapeworms to help them shed unwanted pounds. This blackmarket diet secret was brought to light, at least for me, yesterday on Tyra! Have you SEEN a tapeworm? NASTY! They harvest - (doesn't that sound so agricultural?) these worms from the feces of cows. In this case, the cows were in Africa (Ghana, I think). The eggs are harvested  and are then force fed to a cow! Then the tapeworm farm is excavated (agriculture, anyone). How does one excavate a tapeworm farm? Well, this guy slaughtered - or had someone to slaughter the cow after the eggs had time to hatch and the worms had time to multiply. The cows innards were then split open and the worms were removed. I suspect they were packed in some sort of aqueous (good word) solution and packaged as the next weightloss, what SUPPLMENT?
The woman on the show, after watching the video of the guy rooting through feces to find eggs, having the eggs force-fed to a cow, and the cows innards ripped open to find the newly formed tapeworms - was practically giddy with excitement! She still wants to get her tapeworm!!! After all that?
Is it that serious to be thin? Is it worth eating a parasite because you want to fit into a size 4 instead of an 8? There's a limit, people! Enjoy your life. Don't eat feces worms? EWWW! My advice - just love yourself. Take the best care of yourself that you can. Eat right, exercise and listen to your doctor. IF after all that you find yourself fighting the last few stubborn pounds -  you know the pounds I mean -just embrace the fat, fluff, padding, spare tire, curves, love handles, and all the jiggly bits in between!

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