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How does a woman who constantly eats junk food stay thin?


It's not very realistic that a woman who gorges on ice cream and KFC and sleeps all day would stay as fit and slender as Charlize Theron does.

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I eat whatever I want. Ice cream, taco bell, cheeseburgers.

I'm pretty skinny. But I actually work out five times a week. I run and do pilates.

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I work with a gal, probably 35 now, who does nothing but eat crap and drink mountain dew all the time. Thin as a rail. Genetics I'd guess.

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One of my mother's oldest friends and most longtime friends (met shortly after she got married) recently died at the age of 85. She cooked regular meals for her family all these years and never ate more than a bite of it. She pretty much subsisted off of Little Debbie, Twinkies, Snickers and Coca-Cola her whole adult life. She was never a pound overweight.

Me, on the other hand? If I ate like that, I would be as big as a house. Different people, different metabolisms.

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Answer: It's a movie! That lifestyle will eventually catch up with you if you don't exercise. For the person that said fried chicken and ice cream are not junk food, my goodness. That was a disturbing thing to read. As a nurse, I can tell you genetics certainly play a role, but a diet like that and a sedentary lifestyle *will* catch up with you if you . My guess is that she is going through a mid-life crisis from her divorce.

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Because she does not eat junk food all the time and she does not get drunk all the time, just lately. Point of eating junk food is that she is depressed and the town is bringing her down. How do you people miss this stuff, its the simplest thing if you don't even get that why do you watch movies what can you possibly get out of them.

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The opening scenes in Minneapolis makes it clear that she's drinking heavily well before her decision to return home.

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She also tells her mother that she is developing drinking problem she wouldn't tell her about it if she started drinking only few days before.

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It seems like she is on a slippery slope with regards to eating and drinking. She is aware of the drink issue as she brings up over dinner at her mothers. Her parents just ignore the comment though.

She is showing signs of bulimia but we did not see her purge on screen. I've taken it the eating issue has only got worse since returning to Mercury?

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