Size 2 For Life Giveaway
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I’m working on a pretty detailed and scholarly article on Vanity Sizing. In honor of this, I’m giving away one copy of Size 2 for Life, written by Ashley Marriot and Marc L. Paulsen. Size 2 for Life is a pretty gnarly weight loss book! It also goes into the issue of vanity sizing a bit. Definitely an intriguing read.
To enter the giveaway:
Leave a comment on the frustrations of differing clothing sizes (being a size 4 in one store or label and a size 8 in another). I will be using the best comments in the article, which will be published Friday, along with who is chosen as the giveaway winner. Give me your insights! Thanks guys!
A little info on the book:
We didn’t start life as a size 8, 12, 16 or more. So how did we get here? Well, the simple truth is we ate, and we ate, and we… So how do we turn things around and get back to the shape we deserve? Size 2 for Life shows us how.
Presented in clear and easily understood language this amazingly simple new diet and fitness program can make and keep almost anyone a frame adjusted size 2.
Topics Include:
• Popular Myths about size 2.
• Why size 2 is actually the healthy way to go.
• Why the “plus size acceptance mentality” is dangerous.
• Why Celebrities like Oprah fail and how you can succeed.
• Why the “supercharged,” interval training programs are the worst ways to go.
• Size 2 after pregnancy? Yes!
• How almost any woman can achieve and maintain a healthy size 2.
Included are simple tests to gauge ones current status, a complete diet and exercise program as well as the 21-Day “2 for Life” quick-start plan for rapid results. Renowned fitness expert Ashley Marriott and Stanford trained Dr. Marc Paulsen are on a mission to get people fit and look the way they truly can. The program includes their unique “Step-It-Up/Step-It-Down” routine for maximizing caloric fat burn as well as the authors custom designed “Express Core & Tone” routine which offers a complete essential body core and tone workout in less than ten minutes per day.
Size 2 for Life is available on Amazon as well as bookstores worldwide.
Price: $21.99 Pages: 222
ISBN: 978-0-9821047-4-3
Publisher: Stance Publications
Pub date: January 16, 2009
About the Authors
Ashley Marriott has been designing dance and fitness programs for more than 10 years. She is a featured spokeswoman, host and model on Exercise TV, FIT TV and numerous fitness DVDs. Ashley is certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine and the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America.
Marc L. Paulsen, M.D. is a graduate of Brandeis University and Stanford University Medical School. He received his training at University of California, Irvine Medical Center. He is a member of the American Academy of Sports Medicine and a former Medical Director of the Exercise Science Lab at Orange Coast College in California.
I think the most frustrating thing about vanity sizing in today’s world is how it affects online ordering. I love the convenience of shopping online. Browse, add to shopping cart, check out, stalk UPS driver, try on items, love them. In a perfect world, everything I order would fit properly. But they don’t. This means I have to order everything in a 0, 2 or 4 if I shop online. This way, I can try all the sizes because I can never know what will work. Then, I have to go to the store and return the items that didn’t fit. It’s frustrating to not have universal sizing across all the brands.
I love that you are giving this book away. I hope I win it!
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What is the most frustrating for me is shopping for bottoms. My waist is a size 4 and my hips and butt are a size 6. There are only 2 companies that cater to women that aren’t plank shaped. I have such a hard time buying jeans. I go into a store, try on 10-15 pairs and go home with nothing. I wish there was an in between size or different sizing chart entirely for women with curves so that we don’t have to alter all of our pants!
I’d love to read this book. I’ve been trying to lose those last 10 pounds for over a year…
The problem I have with vanity sizing is that it keeps people unhealthy. Poor eating habits and behavior thrive on vanity sizing. I like that I’m a petite person and essentially a size 2 at most stores. But it’s the stores that tell me I’m a double zero where I have trouble. I’m not fooled and no one else should be.
Sizing definitely gets very aggravating at times, especially if I’m ordering online. And I’m not just talking about different labels and designers, but even within the same label, sizing isn’t always consistent. The other day, I was trying on a Theory pencil skirt in size 2 , and it was too big. But I tried on a pair of Theory size 2 black cigarette pants, and they were way too small. I couldn’t even button them up. I’m pretty confused as to what size I actually am; I’m basically a different one in each store.
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