The Perfect Fit: What Your Shoes Say About You

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GENERATION GAP

Disappointing stereotypes abound...

Luv Shoes? Are your shoes telling on you?

Charming!

Must Have!

The Perfect Fit: What Your Shoes Say About You
Meghan Cleary
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
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Stiletto

ASIN: B000JBY0F6

Book Description

Shoe expert Meghan Cleary wants women everywhere to forget the constellations and open up their closets, because The Perfect Fit is a horoscope based on footwear! After all, what says more about a woman s personality than her choice of stilettos and sneakers, mary janes and mules? Quick questionnaires help readers get in step with their true selves, while detailed shoe profiles answer every woman's burning questions: Which career will sweep me off my feet? How do I achieve my perfect look? Who is my arch supporter? And most of all, Is there any problem in life that can't be solved with a new pair of shoes? Sleek illustrations highlight thirty shoe personalities, and sassy sidebars showcase fashion tips, shoe history, and inspirational advice. As easy to slip into as a comfy pair of ballet flats, The Perfect Fit is fanciful, fabulous fun that's just plain good for the sole.

Customer Reviews:

GENERATION GAP .......2007-07-17

Miss Meghan's oeuvre opened my eyes to the real depth of the gap between mine and her generations. She discerns several different "shoe styles" where I can see, at best, a single footwear category, though I would not ascribe to all these sneakers and bowling, running or basketball shoes the attribute "style". On the other hand, where I recognize numerous styles, each available for view in my closet, Miss Meghan can't distinguish more than "high heels". Well, that much for the direction the taste in clothing takes in the young generation. Even more interesting is outlook on life, expressed primarily in the professions Miss Meghan selects for her readers. Positions in the media and marketing dominate the selection. There are few occurrences of the legal occupations, corporate ranks, non-profits, full-time mommies and housewives. There is even a waitress and a lab worker and perhaps a teacher and a fashion designer. What is missing: medical doctors, engineers of all kinds (chemical, electrical, mechanical), technology workers, trades women - not a single lady welder or lady carpenter, for example! - university professors, pilots, military women. Shortly, all the professions important in the life of each society are neglected, with all the marginal and decorative occupations as the recommended careers for the modern woman. Return to Victorian times, shoed in sneakers? After all, those Victorian shoe styles were not glamorous, and after factoring in the difference in manufacturing technology they were more like sneakers or hiking boots than high-heel sandals with ankle straps.

Disappointing stereotypes abound..........2007-05-07

Really disappointed to see the stereotypes this author connects to different styles of shoes. She was totally off the mark on several styles I wear, connecting them to personality traits that aren't even close to how I am. Judging by the other reviews I read, this book may just unfortunately reflect what "the masses" assume about certain people who wear certain styles. Sad to say that this book will likely cause wrong impressions and even discrimination against people who wear certain styles by those who read this book and buy into it. Could be a generational thing in that the author makes assumptions that date the book, reflecting a limited age range's view of others. Alarming thing is that readers may give more credence than they realistically should only because of the author's credentials.

Luv Shoes? Are your shoes telling on you?.......2006-03-16

I went to a showing at Macy's and one of the gifts in the
giveaway bag was this book "the perfect fit, what your shoes say
about you"
on top I got to meet the most charming young lady who wrote the
book. I got to meet Meghan Cleary! The book is filled with little
quizzes and with the whole idea is to help you discover your Shoe
Sun sign and even tells about what you shoes you didn't buy
says about you!! Its the cutest little book and a great gift for
anyone who is a bona fide shoe freak! Now who do you know who is
a shoe freak? Maybe yourself? Want to know why you bought those
stiletto's when you know you won't be wearing them but just had
to have them?
Get today the perfect fit and may you find out what your shoes
say about you!! I am not saying what mine say about me...
At least my copy of the book is signed by Meghan herself!

Charming!.......2005-11-27

Miss Meghan has it together! A must have for anyone who loves shoes or wonders why others love them. I look forward to more from Ms Cleary.

Must Have!.......2005-11-24

This book has great insight. I now look at people's feet when we meet. This book is a really fun read!

Every Sewer's Guide to the Perfect Fit: Customizing Your Patterns for a Sensational Look

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Very disappointing but may help women with flat figures
Outstanding! Fitting solutions not found elsewhere!
I Love This Book!
Clothes for real bodies

Every Sewer's Guide to the Perfect Fit: Customizing Your Patterns for a Sensational Look
Mary Morris , and Sally McCann
Manufacturer: Sterling
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1887374434

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Very disappointing but may help women with flat figures.......2004-01-24

After reading the customer reviews, I purchased this book. I was extremely disappointed, as the authors address only basic fitting for slight adjustments in flat patterns, which are not usually helpful for adjusting to persons with real shape problems and especially not helpful for those with a very large bust. Also, the book does not address the many small adjustments that are necessary for a really great fit. I would suggest it only to those who are able to use commercial flat (vs multi-seamed and contoured)patterns and need only small adjustments.

Outstanding! Fitting solutions not found elsewhere!.......2002-01-24

I've been sewing for twenty some years. In that time I read lots of books on fitting and gone to various classes. This is the ONLY place I have gotten information on how to adjust a dolman and a raglan sleeve for a larger then standard bust.

This book assumes you have no fitting skills. It tells you all the tools you will need. They tell about fitting shells and why shells from different pattern companies might serve you better. The authors tell you how to adjust the pattern for your figure. This book will give you the information you need to get a better fit.

I Love This Book!.......2000-07-28

This book helped me (finally!) to understand how patterns worked and why things I had made were not turning out as I had hoped. There is quite a bit of explaination about why you're doing things. Clear easy to follow pitcures and instructions. I made a great pair of pants and will turn to it every time I have a new project.

Clothes for real bodies.......1997-09-27

Real women, with normal figures of all types, are the key feature in this fitting book. Unlike fashion magazines and dress pattern catalogs which use slim, young models to make the CLOTHES look great, this book shows how to fit clothes to make the average WOMAN look great! Sewing skills are needed but once you have followed the directions and made the suggested pattern adjustments as a master pattern, you can adjust any commercial pattern to fit you perfectly with very little fuss. This is especially helpful for older woman whose figures have changed over time. But any woman can have "tailor-made" fit with this book. Try it!

Achieving the Perfect Fit: How to Win with the Right People in the Right Jobs (Improving Human Performance)

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Achieving the Perfect Fit: How to Win with the Right People in the Right Jobs (Improving Human Performance)
Nick Boulter , Ph.D., Murray Dalziel , and Jackie Hill
Manufacturer: Gulf Professional Publishing
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Tap the skills of your most vital resourceemployees. This book shows you how to improve individual and organizational performance by aligning corporate strategy with the management of people. You will learn why some people are more successful than others and how that can work for your organization.
Whatever your role---CEO, manager, or human resource professional---Achieving the Perfect Fit guides you in how your organization can use employee skills and talents to gain the competitive edge. This book shows you how to:
Improve your competitive position
Get the right people for the right job
Relate pay to skills
Manage cultural differences
Develop the leaders of tomorrow
An impressive team of international human resource management consultants provides you with new contributions and up-to-the-minute case studies.
Attain business success through leveraging individual performance with Achieving the Perfect Fit.

Tap the skills of your most vital resourceemployees. This book shows you how to improve individual and organizational performance by aligning corporate strategy with the management of people. You will learn why some people are more successful than others and how that can work for your organization.
Whatever your role---CEO, manager, or human resource professional---Achieving the Perfect Fit guides you in how your organization can use employee skills and talents to gain the competitive edge. This book shows you how to:
*Improve your competitive position
*Get the right people for the right job
*Relate pay to skills
*Manage cultural differences
*Develop the leaders of tomorrow

An impressive team of international human resource management consultants provides you with new contributions and up-to-the-minute case studies.
Attain business success through leveraging individual performance with 'Achieving the Perfect Fit.'

Improve your competitive position

Get the right people for the right job

Relate pay to skills

Manage cultural differences

Develop the leaders of tomorrow

The Perfect Fit: The Classic Guide to Altering Patterns

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very good
Excellent fitting resource
Excellent book that gives all the steps
Should Have Bought This Before

The Perfect Fit: The Classic Guide to Altering Patterns
Creative Publishing international
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Easy methods for altering patterns so garments fit and flatter any body. Good fit is the reason many people sew clothing. 400 how-to photographs. Good fit improves the comfort and appearance of any garment and is the reason many people sew their own clothes. However, its common to worry about ruining a pattern when you cut it apart to make a fitting adjustment. The Perfect Fit makes pattern alterations easy with proven methods illustrated step-by-step. This complete guide includes analyzing a figure, measuring the body, customizing the pattern, and fine-tuning the fit with small adjustments like moving buttons and reshaping darts. The Perfect Fit shows how to change a commercial pattern sized for millions of women into a sewing blueprint sized to fit your figure alone.

Customer Reviews:

very good.......2007-09-27

I really like that book especially since it is full of drawings. They are really precise as well. it's very short, but there is a lot of information in it. I think it is a beautiful book for beginners

Excellent fitting resource.......2007-08-11

This is the most comprehensive and clearly explanatory book on fitting and alteration I have ever seen.
The photos make it easy to see the problems and the drawings make it easy to see the solution. I highly recommend it.

Excellent book that gives all the steps.......2007-06-08

This book gives all the examples with photos so you will understand what kind of alteration you need to do. Good book for advanced seamstresses. And a must-have for beginners and intermediates!

Should Have Bought This Before.......2007-02-15

Many fitting books have good hints, but I've often had to look in several to get the fit right. This book gives clear and sound fitting help. The pictures clearly demonstrate what you are doing, and the results are very good. Wish I'd found this book before buying so many others.

The Smaller Home: Creating the Perfect Fit

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Great book for ideas and a reality check!
am returning the book...
The Average Size Home Doesn't Have to Be Average

The Smaller Home: Creating the Perfect Fit
Dan Sater
Manufacturer: Collins Design
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0060891890
Release Date: 2006-07-03

Book Description

The Smaller Home offers interesting new ways of thinking about the home. Innovative and efficient use of space can make living easier, more economical, and more enjoyable. The Smaller Home includes the latest ideas for layout options, flow patterns, space conversions, creative storage, and putting technology to work. It is a useful and imaginative guide for making the most out of less space without compromising comfort, convenience, or style.

Customer Reviews:

Great book for ideas and a reality check!.......2007-02-19

This book really looks at the misconceptions many Americans have about designing a home for themselves. The book asks the potential new home clients to re-think their logic in determining what spaces they really need. It has useful charts for analyzing room and space needs and has many beautiful photos of homes.

am returning the book..........2006-12-06

disapointing, if you are looking for inventive original creative design ideas and a well laid out premise of what really makes the smaller home work - perfect if what you want is the "typical" contractor/builder design style.

The Average Size Home Doesn't Have to Be Average.......2006-08-15

Note that smaller in this book doesn't mean the really tiny homes that have been featured in a number of books lately. What Mr. Sater means by smaller is homes that are around the size of the national average, say 2,500 square feet or less.

What this book clearly shows is that in homes of average size, the home does not have to be average in layout, furnishing, function, or anything else. Instead as the author says, the home should be a perfect fit for what you need the home to be. By being a perfect fit, he means that it should have the rooms, the space, the design to suit your use of the home.

Do you entertain formally a lot, perhaps you need a formal dining room?

Do you hate television and never turn it on, you don't need an entertainment center?

Are you thinking of extra rooms for the annual visit of the kids, perhaps a pull down bed in the family room would suffice.

This is the kind of thinking that he uses throughout this book, usually illustrating his thinking by pictures of houses that he has designed. It's a great idea book.

The Perfect Fit: Fat-Free Dreams Just Don't Taste the Same

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What they don't tell you about being skinny
A Fun Read
3 stars
interesting inspirational tale

The Perfect Fit: Fat-Free Dreams Just Don't Taste the Same
Louise Kean
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0061173088
Release Date: 2007-02-20

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Sunny Weston always wanted to be perfect . . . and that meant being thin. Now, after what seemed like a million years on the treadmill—and a million miles from the nearest brownie—she finally fits into those slinky black dresses she's been eyeing for years.

But being a perfect size doesn't necessarily equal a perfect life. Suddenly Sunny's best friends are all bitter and jealous. She's become a stranger in her own body. And though her longtime work crush, Adrian, is finally her boyfriend, she's totally confused now that charming, daringly dapper Cagney has appeared on the scene. Worst of all, she's worried that the recipe for a happy life might not be low-calorie after all.

Maybe it's time for Sunny to discover that the true secret to happiness isn't constantly feeling hollow.

Customer Reviews:

What they don't tell you about being skinny.......2007-06-13

I think every woman who has lost, is in the process of, or wants to lose weight should read this book. While a fun summer read, it is humourously insightful into the obsessive female mind when it comes to being skinny and beautiful. Sunny Weston is both an imaginative and relatable character who is flawed yet continues to search for something better. She perfectly expresses the peril of replacing one obsession with food with an obsession of "beauty", showing how easily self-improvement can morph into vanity. It is a challenging book, with a message of trying to find out who you are for yourself in spite of the surrounding pressures of imaginary standards set by society and friends. If you want a great read with original characters, and a fresh twist to the ugly duckling story, I highly recommend this book!

A Fun Read.......2007-04-29

I found this book to be a fun and interesting read. I can relate to how Sunny feels after losing a large amount of weight and not being sure of who she is anymore. A good book for someone who has weight issues.

3 stars.......2007-03-23

Losing enough weight to make a whole person should have changed her life dramatically for the better and solved all her problems, or so Sunny Weston believed. It didn't. To be sure, there was advantages, but there were also new problems. The man she loves is interested in sleeping with her, but wants someone "better" to marry. Her best friends' issues are separating an inseparable trio, and now her life has become inordinately complicated by Cagney James, a misongynistic investigator she runs into while saving a child's life. Despite all the irritating qualties he has and how much he seems to dislike Sunny, neither can get the other off their mind. He might be a missing piece in the puzzle of her life, though.

*** American readers may find the British-isms a bit of a challenge. Despite this, Sunny's message is one that is important. As anyone who can claim the title former fatty can attest, she's right. Losing the weight doesn't solve all your problems. Inside this often flip story, there's truth. ***

interesting inspirational tale .......2007-02-24

Sunny Weston has believed forever that her weight correlates to her happiness. Now that she has lost ninety-eight pounds, she wonders why she remains unhappy. She ponders if it is the skin now hanging loose, that she transformed her addiction to food into an addiction to lose weight, or that she finally has the attention of her long time unrequited love Adrian though he is engaged to someone else. Her friends suddenly detest her leading Sunny to think they are jealous, but also feeling alone.

Sipping coffee, Sunny hears a woman screaming hysterically. A man has abducted six years old Dougal. Sunny has finally found some good with the weight gone as she runs down the culprit and the rescues the child. Cagney helps her contain the snatcher. They meet at the police station and are attracted to one another. However, she assumes a hunk like Cagney would never have given her a first look a century of weight ago. Still she feels she should still love Adrian while Cagney makes her feel like a strong woman to admire.

This is an interesting inspirational tale that stars a woman who has always believed her weight equates to happiness until she begins to realize there is more to a person that what a scale says. Sunny begins to truly change when she realizes losing the weight helped her run down the pedophile but that it is she mentally needing to change if she is to prevent her "psychological weight" from returning all she lost. Though the romantic subplot is too easy fixed, the key to this fine character study is that the heroine learns that to find inner contentment beyond the personal appearance of THE PERFECT FIT jeans is a bodacious lofty goal worth pursuing.

Harriet Klausner

The Perfect Fit Diet: Combine What Science Knows About Weight Loss with What You Know About Yourself

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Another dreaded diet book!
Not for the Well Informed. Beginners Will Enjoy
Knowledge and variety are the keys!!!
A great approach!
Weight Watchers, in other words

The Perfect Fit Diet: Combine What Science Knows About Weight Loss with What You Know About Yourself
Lisa Sanders
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Over the past 5 years, Lisa Sanders, M.D., has analyzed more than 700 weight-loss programs and has uncovered the ultimate scientific truth about dieting: Sustainable weight loss is only possible on a diet that fits your food preferences, satiety signals, lifestyle, and medical profile. Acting on her research, Dr. Sanders has designed the first science-based method for creating a customized weight-loss plan that works for you-for life! The key to her plan is a questionnaire covering everything from your family and medical history to the foods that relieve stress, trigger feelings of satisfaction, and tickle your taste buds. The scoring process enables you to identify the personal factors that contribute to your weight gain and points you to your most effective diet. Dr. Sanders then reveals how to customize that diet to reflect your food preferences-whether it's a passion for chocolate, T-bone steak, or green, leafy vegetables. Dr. Sanders also offers sensible, easy-to-adopt advice to control behavior patterns and keep you thin forever.

Customer Reviews:

Another dreaded diet book!.......2004-11-06

Let me begin by saying I am glad I am not the author Lisa Sander's sister. Poor Shelley must be gnashing her teeth over Lisa's willingness to share sister Shelley's personal weight loss problems. But share she does and Shelley is one of the few real life examples given in the book. Which makes one wonder if the author successfully tested her theory and followed up to see if lost weight stayed lost.

The author claims that different people lose weight on different types of diets. The goal then is to find the correct diet for you. After journaling and answering questions you will be given your "perfect fit" diet.
The diet may be a counting calories diet, low carb diet or low fat diet. This diet is then tailored to suit your needs.

I have several problems with the book. The first is that she categorizes diets according to how weight loss is accomplished on pp 28-29. For example Dr. Ornish's diet helps people according to Sanders because they eat low fat. Sugar Busters limits carbs as does Dr. Atkins. Then she says that American Heart Association and Weight Watchers are low calorie. BUT here the author misses the point. ALL OF THE DIETS WORK BECAUSE THEY ARE LOW CALORIE. Not because they are low fat or low carb..but because you are eating less. So to say you can lose weight because you are eating low carb is inaccurate. To say you can lose weight because you are eating less calories because you are eating low carb and hence cutting calories is accurate.

So then we get to the type of diet themselves. Yes Atkins may help you lose weight but is it a healthy diet long term? Yes the Ornish plan of VERY limited fats will help you lose weight but fat free is a pretty joyless plan. Yes the Zone plan can help you shed fat but can you stick to it long term.
So here Dr. Sanders advocates picking one of these diets and she helps you choose it BUT can you do it LONG-TERM?

And if you are going to go on a low carb diet or low fat diet, why not just pick up the ORIGINAL diet book which will have more recipes and information? Because Sanders thinks you don't know what type of diet will work for you. But most of us have been around the diet block and know what works for us and what doesn't. And most of us know that most of these plans don't work long-term because they are hard to stick too. Who wants to count calories the rest of their life?

My thought is make small changes in your diet. Eat less of what you eat now. If you eat a lot of sugar cut back so you don't get the strong sugar urges. Walk more. Make simple changes. Weight loss will be slow but it will stay off!

Not for the Well Informed. Beginners Will Enjoy.......2004-10-18

I was really excited about purchasing this book but ultimately very disappointed.

I have read many diet and nutrition books so this particular item was not impressive. The questionairre may be enlightening for someone who has either: never been on a diet, or never really thought much about their motivations behind food.

When I completed the questionairre it told me to Count Calories which I know from past experience does not work for me.

It does have some good information for a beginner. Maybe someone who just needs to take off 25 pounds of recent weight gain but I would not suggest this for anyone who has tried multiple diets. It won't tell you anything new.

Knowledge and variety are the keys!!!.......2004-03-16

I've got at least a dozen diet books under my belt (not to mention just a few extra pounds) and finally I have found one that describes a world I understand. I am a veteran of the Zone diet (too hard to figure out), the Atkins diet (too dull and I felt awful), the carbohydrate addicts diet (managed to make up for all the missed carbs of the day in my one free meal)
and a whole bunch of others. When they didn't work I just figured it was me. I knew these diets had worked for friends. I couldn't figure out why they didn't work for me. This book tells me what I should have known all along: one size doesn't fit all. And none of them were working for me. Now I understand why. Dr. Sanders book helped me recognize that the best diet for
me is one that lets me get the variety I need by looking at calories rather than carbs. And while I still eat fewer carbs that I used to, I understand now that I can't be happy on a diet that makes bread completely off limits.I wanted a low carb diet because my friends told me I'd never be hungry and it wasn't true. But on this diet, I'm never hungry and I feel free to eat the foods I love and I'm losing weight like crazy.

Another aspect of this book that I think makes it so great is that the author explains how all this works. I'm no dummy I am pretty well informed about food and nutrition, but there was alot of info in this book that I just didn't know.
For me, knowing how something works helps me figure out how to do it my way. For instance, now I know it's protein that makes me feel full and variety that makes me feel satisfied. I can choose meals and snacks that I'm sure will hit the spot -- make me feel full and keep me full until
the next meal or snack. And feeling full, and knowing that I'm going to feel full, makes it easy for me to stick to this diet.

One thing you need to know about this book -- and I was prewarned so let me pass it on to you -- is that you won't be able to start the diet the day you buy the book. Dr. Sanders makes you keep a diary of what you eat for one week before
you start. Writing all that down isn't easy and yet doing it was probably the best investment I've made in my health in quite a long time. Maybe ever.

This may be the last diet book I'll ever need to buy.

A great approach!.......2004-03-15

I've been on tons of diets and when they didn't work -- or at least not for long -- I just figured it was me. But it wasn't just me; it was me on those diets. They didn't fit me and I didn't know why. Now I have a much better understanding and I've started a new diet (counting calories) and I get it. I really get it. And I'm losing weight, just to prove it. The test will be if I can maintain the loss but I feel confident that I am designing a diet that's going to fit me and that I can stick to forever. I love this book! And I bet you will too.

Weight Watchers, in other words.......2004-02-29

Sanders makes the grandiose, erroneous claim that hers is the first diet that allows you to eat what you like. She writes, "Unless your diet reflects your individual food preferences, it can't be sustained -- because it won't be satisfying. The Perfect Fit Diet is the first weight-loss program that respects this immutable law of human nature."

NEWS FLASH to Sanders and anyone else living on Mars: basing a diet on the foods you like is Weight Watchers' philosophy and has been for years.

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Substance

a book that makes sense, tailored to your body type

Realistic, easy to understand, easy to use. Buy it!

Stop eating, get off the couch and start working out!

Great Resource

Fit and Female: The Perfect Fitness and Nutrition Game Plan for Your Unique Body Type
Geralyn Coopersmith
Manufacturer: Wiley
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"No one understands what it means to be fit and female better than Geralyn Coopersmith. Her work has brought results to women nationwide."
-Carol Espel, MS, National Director of Group Fitness for Equinox Fitness Clubs

"Every woman should read Geralyn's book."
-Michael Boyle, author of Functional Training for Sports

"Coopersmith leads the reader to new levels of self-awareness and the ability to make educated choices. Underlying her hip, upbeat tone is a sound background in exercise physiology and a strong desire to help women improve their lifestyles."
-Joan Pagano, author of Strength Training for Women

Ever wonder why some women look great with very little effort while others exercise and diet obsessively with disappointing results? The fact is, when it comes to getting in shape, all women are not created equal. We've all heard about apples and pears, but there's lots more to women's bodies than just that. If you've been frustrated by fad diets and the workout of the month that never seems to work, you need a program designed specifically for your unique body type.

In Fit + Female, Geralyn Coopersmith, a top fitness expert and certified personal trainer, ditches the one-size-fits-all approach to getting in shape and helps you determine which type you are. Then you get a nutrition and exercise plan that's tailored for your needs, not just generic, off-the-rack advice. If you want to get back into that clingy little number that now hugs all the wrong places, this is the realistic, scientific how-to for you!

Customer Reviews:

Substance.......2007-06-25

Fit+Female was surpisingly a book with some substance to it. When I bought it I expected a run-of-the-mill book with pictures of workouts and guidlines for a diet. Although it does contain all of these things, the book outlines specific diets and excersise plans for each of the six body types. Coopersmith explains how to find which type you are, as well as including a quiz. I felt like I was reading a magazine with my friends not trying to get in shape. The fitness plans are straightforward. The diet plans are sound as well, and instead of just giving foods to eat, Coopersmith tells why you should eat them and how you should make healthy choices outside her meal plans.
The best thing I thought about the book was that it went beyond the superficial. Coopersmith not only writes about fitness and nutrition, but goes in depth about body issues and self-confidence. She explains that you should love your body for what it is, and as long as it is a healthy body, that is what matters. Coopersmith writes that the ideal shouldn't be the emaciated, stick-figure models, but strong, healthy women. This is a really important message. Fit+Female goes beyond just a fitness book, and I would highly recommend it to any woman.

a book that makes sense, tailored to your body type.......2007-05-18

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The author helps you figure out which of the 6 body types you are via a Quiz. It's a combo of being either an Apple or Pear, and being one of (Meso, Endo, or Ecto). I was amazed when I read the description of my body type and how 'true' her description rang.

She then recommends a regiment of Cardio and Weight exercises (with pictures for each exercise) for your body type. there's a range of 'how often' and 'how hard' you work out based on your own fitness level, time, etc...

Then the books goes into the diet portion, explaining very Factually and realistically what you need to do to lose weight, what to eat (food groups wise) for each body type.

I like that this is very concise and tailored to your body type, so it's fast and easy to digest!! Leaving you more time to actually workout!

Realistic, easy to understand, easy to use. Buy it!.......2006-12-29

I have read many diet and fitness books over the years and this is one of the best. I read the whole thing in just a few hours and now keep it handy as a resource. What I liked most is the down-to-earth, realistic tone. The author clearly understands women's struggles with body image, food, and fitness and provides ways to address mindset, food and body issues.

I think the book is especially appropriate for people who have little experience in fitness. The exercise recommendations are manageable and well-explained.

Geralyn Coopersmith has written a book that I think many will find valuable.

Stop eating, get off the couch and start working out!.......2006-12-12

I have been a personal trainer for over 12 years and have finally found the perfect book for all my female clients. Never before have I read such a motivating yet humorous book that is both concise and informative. If you follow Geralyn's plan for your body type you will be assured success. Fit and Female is the Holiday gift all of my clients will be getting this year(g). I can't wait for her next book. Great stuff.

Great Resource.......2006-11-11

As a trainer, one of the hurdles that I deal with when I am working with female clients is the unrealistic expectations they have when starting a fitness program. When I read Fit and Female, I knew Geralyn identified with what a lot of women struggle with; body image. Having been through the same experiences as so many women, she is really able to capture the female reader's trust. I have given the book to all of my female clients, and it has been an inspiration to all of them. It has helped to change their mindset, and to rethink goals. The Introduction and First Chapter alone are worth the price of admission. Get this book for someone you love.

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The Perfect Fit
The Perfect Guide for New Image Consultants
Perfect Fit - Perfect title for a terrific book!
"the finishing touch"

The Perfect Fit
Lynne Henderson Marks , and Dominique Isbecque
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Image Consulting has been identified as one of the top home-based professions for the new millennium.

This is the first book that outlines in detail how to design an image consulting business, the training you will need and how to market and promote your services.

Also included is a section on resources, sample documents, media lists and consulting tools and training. This is a MUST HAVE if you want to start a successful image business.

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Excellent Advice.......2006-08-31

I found this book extremely helpful and informative with advice for setting up my own image consultancy. It was easy to understand and answered most of my questions as well as offering extra advice on where to get more information on similar topics. Well worth the investment. Thanks

The Perfect Fit.......2005-08-23

I enjoyed this book very much. Gave a complete overview of the Image Consulting industry, as well as ideas for being effective in a potential career as an Image Consultant. Is the best source that I have found as I've been trying to create a new career for myself from consulting I have done in the past.

The Perfect Guide for New Image Consultants.......2003-12-02

This book came along for me at the perfect time! Having just joined the Association of Image Consultants International (AICI) I needed to get materials on how to go beyond just makeup and skin care (which I already have expertise with).

This book takes a potential new Image Consultant through the wide world of the profession without getting you lost. You're treated to explanations of what the different concentration areas are / could be, an extensive questionnaire that gives you a great starting point for developing your own strengths and identifying areas for focus, and literally takes you by the hand.

I would not be as far along in my own Image Consulting business without this book. It is a resource that I refer to on at least a weekly, sometimes a daily basis.

I've used the book to develop proposals for corporate work (the outline is there in the book); determine what I should charge for my work (guidelines are there in the book for various area, but it doesn't dictate pricing); and an extensive resource list for magazines, organizations and individuals who can further expand your knowledge base.

If you are considering Image Consulting as a career or just want to get more information, Lynne Henderson Marks and Dominique Isbecque have created the Perfect Guide.

Image Consultants have a powerful ability to help individuals become more 'themselves'. I have used this book to expand my own vision for my business and I am a much better representative of Image Consulting and myself as a Consultant after reading (and working through) this book.

Perfect Fit - Perfect title for a terrific book!.......2003-01-29

If you're looking for real-world information on starting your own Image Consulting business, this book is a must buy! It doesn't deal with the various makeup lines or color theory, but covers extensively resources, financial planning for your Image Consulting business, writing proposals for Corporate clients, business structure, training and lots more.

Though I'm an experienced Image Consultant and Color Analyst, I found valuable information here to help me take my business to the next level. The section on Corporate proposals was of terrific value to me.

It's an easy read, and will become part of your much-used reference library. Highly recommended!

Dianne M. Daniels
Image & Color Services

"the finishing touch".......2001-05-25

This book is a must for anyone considering becoming an image consultant. It is very apparent that the authors have practiced what they are teaching. Every aspect of the image consulting business is covered including resources for necessary training which many authors omit. I have read many books on this subject and this one by far is the most complete. The contents can also transform a "good" image consultant into an "outstanding" image consultant. In summary, this book meets the needs of anyone remotely interested in this business and the "finishing touch" for those who have chosen image consulting as a career. Thanks Lynne and Dominique for sharing your life experiences.

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Fit & Well: Core Concepts and Labs for Physical Fitness
Thomas D. Fahey
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