The Secrets of Skinny Chicks: How to Feel Great In Your Favorite Jeans -- When It Doesn't Come Naturally

By Karen Bridson

• In the tradition of bestsellers such as Thin for Life (Houghton Mifflin, 2003), this book takes a lifestyles approach



• Teaches readers how to create their own "Skinny Chick Plan" with nutrition and exercise plans flexible enough to fit their lives



• Includes "The Skinny Chick Guide to Eating Out" and "The What-to-Eat-When-You-Have-to-Cheat Sheet" so readers can still enjoy dinner with friends without obsessing over what they can't have off the menu



• Advice from experts, including nutritionists, trainers, and medical doctors, helps readers set healthy goals and plan realistic, effective programs for maximum and lasting results

• Language: English
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Release date: Aug 17, 2010
• ISBN: 9780071491457

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Reviews for The Secrets of Skinny Chicks

[satyridae · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Parts of this book were fascinating, especially the beginning part that told about what professionally skinny women actually do to maintain that artificially adolescent look long past their actual teens.
Parts of it were simply common sense (don't eat anything bigger than your head kinds of common sense). But a lot of it was foolish (eat margarine on your popcorn) and the working out with weights section of it was, to this weightlifter, enraging. It reinforces that old canard about women getting all "bulky" from lifting, and to add insult to injury, says such damnfool things as "If, for instance, you do mini bicep curls but don't bring your fist all the way up to your shoulder level, then you will be defeating your purpose and building short bulky muscles", the which is just multi-layered bullshit. The mere phrase "long lean muscles" causes steam to come out of my ears. It also suggests using 2 pound dumbbells. Presumably pink, with glittery 2s on the ends.

So. Interesting, commonsensical in parts, and ridiculous in others. I wish I'd stopped reading after the first part.

[skinglist · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

An interesting read. While there wasn't any earth shattering, new information published it was an interesting to see some real life tips for implementing the hints from the skinny chicks. I had to chuckle at the calories that some limited to - like 439. Really? Not 440.