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In Big Fit Girl, Louise Green describes how the fitness industry fails to meet the needs of plus-size women and thus prevents them from improving their health and fitness. By telling her own story of how she stopped dieting, got off the couch, and unleashed her inner athlete—as well as showcasing similar stories from other women—Green inspires other plus-size women to do the same.
Green also provides concrete advice, based on the latest research, about how to get started, how to establish a support team, how to choose an activity, what kind of clothing and gear work best for the plus-size athlete, how to set goals, and how to improve one’s relationship with food. And she stresses the importance of paying it forward—for it is only by seeing plus-size women in leadership roles that other plus-size women will be motivated to stop trying to lose weight and get fit instead.
Price: $16.95
Pages: 248
Publisher: Greystone Books
Imprint: Greystone Books
Publication Date:
14 March 2017
Trim Size: 8.50 X 5.50 in
ISBN: 9781771642125
Format: Paperback
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"Louise Green tells it like it is: the fitness industry does not meet the needs of plus-size women, but that should not stop you from getting fit—in the body you have. Inspiring and empowering.”
—Taryn Brumfitt, Founder, Body Image Movement
Louise Green is a plus-size athlete, a personal trainer, and the founder of Body Exchange, a plus-size fitness boot camp. Green has been published internationally on such platforms such as Time Magazine, The New York Daily, The Wall Street Journal, UK’s Daily Mail, Glamour, Huffington Post, and xoJane. Her speaking engagements have included the Body Love Conference, and a keynote presentation James Madison University, during Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
Jess Weiner is the author of A Very Hungry Girl and Life Doesn’t Begin 5 Pounds from Now. She has also served as Dove’s Global Esteem Ambassador for the past decade. She lives in Los Angeles.
FOREWORD BY Jess Weiner
INTRODUCTION: FINDING MY Way to Limitless
ONE: SHATTERING STEREOTYPES
TWO: UNLEASHING YOUR Inner Athlete
THREE: CREATING YOUR Master Team
FOUR: GEAR AND Go Time
FIVE: GOALS THAT Stick
SIX: PEACE, LOVE, and Food
SIDEBAR: BIG FIT Girl Recipe Vault
SEVEN: PEAKS, VALLEYS, and Plateaus
SIDEBAR: BIG FIT Girl Top-Twenty Playlist
EIGHT: PAYING IT Forward
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
APPENDIX A: 5K for Every Body
APPENDIX B: BIG Fit Girl Stretching Routine
APPENDIX C: SAFETY Rules for the Road
APPENDIX D: INJURY Prevention
THE BIG FIT Glossary
NOTES
INDEX