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After the disastrous commercial fitting, Portia says she began
dieting with more determination than she ever had before. She
also began exercising any chance she could get—including on the
set of Ally McBeal  Watch Portia talk about her extreme
exercise.  At the height of Ally McBeal's popularity, the show's
female stars were the subject of "scary skinny" tabloid stories.
However, Portia says there wasn't any pressure on the set to be
thin. Since she "didn't know how to be a TV star," Portia says
she looked around the set and saw that the other women were
dieting, working out and hiring nutritionists. Portia followed
suit...but with her own personal adjustments. She was only
consuming 300 calories a day, and her weight dropped down to 82
pounds.  PAGE 6 of 11