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"It&amp;#x27;s not just your budget that gets whittled away when you shop--turns out your waistline does, too. According to a story in yesterday&amp;#x27;s Daily Mail, the average woman can burn up to 48,000 calories a year during retail therapy! Here&amp;#x27;s the math for you, according to a study published yesterday by Skinny Cow low-fat desserts (an absolute favorite of mine--have you had the mint ice cream pops dipped in chocolate yet??): Women make an average of 132 shopping trips each year, for a grand total of 159 hours and 56 minutes of brisk browsing. They burn about five calories per minute, according to researchers, for a total of 47,700 calories over a 12-month period. Sign up for Glamour.com&amp;amp;#8217;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters! Of 3,000 women surveyed, &amp;quot;two thirds said they rarely ambled around the shops, preferring to walk briskly to get everything done as quickly as possible. Almost seven in ten admitted feeling completely exhausted after a shopping trip and six in ten described shopping as a great form of exercise.&amp;quot; Um, you don&amp;#x27;t have to tell me twice! When I&amp;#x27;m on a mission to buy something, I always go alone and race through the store. And when I&amp;#x27;m in need of some QT with my girlfriends or my mother, there&amp;#x27;s no better way to get it than with a little trip to Fifth Avenue (especially with my mom, who may be the most over-caffeinated, fast-moving woman in the world). So there you have it, ladies: Shopping is good for you! Are you surprised to hear just how many calories you burn while searching for the perfect party dress? Do you feel exhausted after you spend a day at the mall? Is it one of your favorite forms of exercise? Discuss! PLUS...tell us who you like to go shopping with...and learn more sneaky get-fit tips (no gym required!) More Ways to Get Glamour You could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com! Add Glamour to your iGoogle homepage Follow Slaves to Fashion on Twitter! Photo: Istockphoto"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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