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"My friend Melanie&amp;amp;#8217;s laptop is in the shop for the next week, and she confesses to having some separation anxiety--what will she do with all that spare time? Naturally, since fitness is always on my brain these days, I asked her if she would consider working out instead. She was enthusiastic about the possibility, and for a moment, I felt like a better person for &amp;amp;#8220;illuminating&amp;amp;#8221; her. But then I started thinking about my own aimless late-night web-surfing habits. Could they be jeopardizing my shape-up goals? Personally, I spend WAY too much time on the Internet, especially when I should be sleeping. I am guilty of browsing through grammar school pals and former fling&amp;amp;#8217;s sisters&amp;amp;#8217; albums on Facebook at indecent hours. Sometimes, I&amp;amp;#8217;ll get a hankering for a Bollywood movie that must be satisfied on the spot. It doesn&amp;amp;#8217;t matter if it&amp;amp;#8217;s midnight and the movie is three hours long. Thank goodness for hulu, right? And let&amp;amp;#8217;s not forget my twenty million feeds and daily blogs that must be read. Is anybody else with me? While these things don&amp;amp;#8217;t get in the way of my workout schedule per-se, they do leave me feeling exhausted in the morning. I would definitely have a better workout if I actually slept a full eight hours. And let&amp;amp;#8217;s not forget studies have shown that people tend to weigh more if they sleep less. How about you--are you an Internet junkie? Or do you prefer watching bad TV to wind down? Do you think your nighttime vice might be getting in the way of your shape-up goals? And what would you do if your laptop was in the shop or your Internet connection was disrupted for a week? Take the following poll and let me know! What would you do if your computer/Internet connection stopped working?(poll) Get Glamour Wherever You Go! Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Add us to your Google homepage Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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