Good morning!
Thankfully I did not have any regrets yesterday after my decision not to race. My muscles in my legs were quite sore all day long and I just didn’t feel myself. I took it easy and had a nice Sunday!
What a hockey game last night!! It was a heartbreaker, but I really think Miller deserved that win last night. He was smokin, wasn’t he?
I had so much fun going through all of your Size Healthy submissions. What an uplifting feeling! I am just imagining so many of you looking at the tag and smiling each day because that is what I have been doing myself.
Tiina from Finland wrote:
I do feel pressure but I guess the pressure is much bigger in the States and Canada. Here in Finland the pressure to be size 0 is not same as in e.g. Hollywood but still we do have skinny models in magazines and I feel like clothes today are smaller than they used to be. For example, today’s size L (US 8) is the old M(US 4) or S (US 6). So I have to buy larger clothes than normal. Is this because the fashion industry wants us to think we are too big? Not everyone has to be like catwalk models.
Here, normally, nobody asks about your size. But people measure you by their look. We have tons of magazines about how to lose wait and leave healthy. I do understand the tips from the media on how to eat and leave healthy as some say Finnish people are the fattest nation in the world (I don’t agree). But sometimes it gets overboard.
Monica wrote:
I am loving this “Size Healthy” idea. I just told my mom the other day that I needed pants, but didn’t want to buy them because I don’t want to buy anything in the size that currently fits me :( Well, forget that number – it’s size healthy now!
Paige said:
Hi Angela! I think your size healthy post is such a cool idea. Hope it’s not too late to get in my “size healthy” picture in to you.
This is on a pair of my Banana Republic jeans. In my opinion, this store is the epitome of vanity sizing.
Heather:
Morgan wrote:
Thanks for the awesome contest! It was a great reason for me to write this post. Even though I’ve always been skinny, that didn’t mean I was always healthy. So the size on the pants really was NOT an indicator that I was doing right by my body. For me – size really does not matter!
Liz:
Melanie wrote:
I know I didn’t write it on my tag but I got a little creative and thought, “Why not show it to the world?!” Wear “Size Healthy” on my belt. Let everyone know I’m healthy – stretch marks and all!
Michelle:
Joy wrote:
This was actually a hard challenge for me because I cut sizes out of
my clothes when I buy them – but these are new leggings to wear under
my run shorts.
And to answer your 3 questions
Do you think there is too much pressure on women today to attain that
size 0 or even 00? Yes – I am miserable if I am not XYZ sized
What do you think about vanity sizing?
It makes me NUTS!
Have you ever been asked by someone what size you are?
ALL. THE. TIME!
Heather wrote:
Angela, thank you so much for doing this contest…even if I don’t win, I’m so excited to cross out the size of everything I own and write “healthy” instead! What a great reminder :)
Click below for the rest of the post!
Monica:
Kelly wrote:
Here is my Size Healthy pic. It is absolutely true, and actually really frustrating that even different styles within the same brand might have different fits – meaning you have to try on each and every pair, knowing that you might be a couple of sizes up or down in each one. Wonderful idea!! :)
Sarah:
Ashley:
Angela:
Caroline:
Brooke wrote:
Thank you so much the idea to write “size healthy” on our clothing tags. I think it is so important to know that the numbers don’t matter as long as we are healthy. I have attached a picture of my jean tags with your inspirational message!
Thank you
Kristin:
Courtney:
Jimena wrote:
Hi Angela
It was such a good idea and I decided to start with my favourite t-shirt that reads
¨Je suis Belle et Superbe¨ it just boosts up my mood whenever Im down.
Wish You the best!
Kimberly wrote:
Yay for “size healthly”!!! My body has changed SO much since become pregnant with my first child and to be honest, it’s not easy to see those numbers rise on the scale. BUT, I have never felt more beautiful, feminine, or sexy. Yes, sexy. Round belly and all. Size doesn’t matter!
Kayzilla wrote:
These babies are actually a smaller size then the rest of my pants I own, but I never took much notice to them. All I care about is how comfortable they are… but, As the tag says, still makes my booty look cute. Lol, am I vain or what! :P I don’t mind though. I like ’em. They fit. That’s how pants should always be.
For the next week or two, I will be featuring a few bloggers every day who posted about Size Healthy.
Check out Size Healthy Around the blog world:
And now for the three randomly selected winners for Glo Bar gift certificates:
- Angela
- Catherine
- Sarah R.
Congrats!!!! Thank you to everyone who participated. Please email me (angela [at] ohsheglows.com) to claim your prize.
High ho, high ho…
Melanie, don’t you still see the size all your hard work has got you when you look in the mirror? Fair enough if you want to define yourself partly by a clothes-label but I think the success of this project shows that a whole load of people would rather define themselves by how healthy they look and by who and what they are. Not by which end of the rail they find their clothes on.
Live and let live, hey?
that rude comment, was just RUDE!
Of course you need to know your real size when you go shopping, but its not like you need to flaunt it and tell everybody else. If you are happy and confident with the size you are, then its HEALTHY. Its your own business to know your size for shopping etc. But as for anyone elses business, theres no point. Its just a NUMBER. I like hearing Size Healthy because even if you go up 1 size, its no biggie because you’re not focusing on numbers, your focusing on what makes you feel BEAUTIFUL!
“My question is how can you be a size 0 this implies to me you do not exist. just a thought”
Size 0 just so happens to be my “size healthy” most of the time. I’m barely 5 feet tall and in what I feel like is great shape for me. I didn’t think this was supposed to be about the actual sizes anyway.
I love the size healthy idea . . . it really isn’t about what’s on the tag!
Again sorry it was not meant as an insult to people who wear that size it was more a comment on why a size 0 was created in the first place. I happen to think we are all of a size and to me a 0 implies no size. Again sorry i did not word it better as insulting people was not my intent. My own daughter is a size 0-2 and she thinks it is an odd size to have as well.
It’s okay Maureen, I get what you’re trying to say. Along the lines of “why wouldn’t they just call size 00 size 1 and go from there?” Sorta thing… I guess it’s mostly about vanity sizing. But I do agree it’s weird (like, nobody is size 0 in shoes are they?)
I love this! How inspirational. :-)
Ange, I’ve nominated you for an award – your site is great! I’m sooo happy I’ve found another Canadian blog I love!
http://readinginwinter.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/over-the-top-award/
K
What an inspiring and uplifting post! I hate to go shopping and I think it is because of the ridiculous range of numbers. So way to take a stand against that and inspire others to do so as well! And I’m sad I missed the hockey game – favorite sport, hands down =)
This is the best post ever!
Eff the haters? ;)
Releasing ourselves from an arbitrary number, to me, is a wonderful concept! I have definitely fallen victim to the sizing monster. Great, GREAT idea Ange!
what happened to the miami meet up :( I already wrote it on my calendar and everything, must say I am majorly bummed, ft lauderdale is just not possible especially in the early morning, rush hour would make that drive take far far too long from my house
Hey Kelly!
I dont think we are going to Miami anymore because it is so pricey and doesnt fit in our tiny budget! :( Sorry about this. I AM however considering just popping into the city perhaps, so I will update if that should change. I’d really love to meet too! :)
Great post Angela! So awesome!
ps
I was curious what your post would be about the hockey game! It was SUCH a great game…as an American I’m probably a little more excited about the outcome ;-)
You’re a good sport!
I totally agree with the commentor a few above me that said that size 0 can be your size healthy if you are in that size while eating healthily and not obsessively exercising. I have personally gone through treatment for an eating disorder and I know how hard it is to accept a “size healthy”, so I absolutely love all the effort that ange put into this and I am grateful that people are finally coming to see that we are not all created to be that same size. If we were all the same size and shape, the world would be a VERY boring place!!
Also, I thought it was VERY rude and impolite of Melanie to make that comment about this movement to help people to stop stressing and comparing sizes with others!!
I just looovvvveee this!! :) I wish a few of the women I know who obsessed over numbers would start thinking like this!!
I almost see “Melanie”‘s condescending comment as being defensive in an attempt to protect her “size tag status”. Angela, “Size Healthy” has more POSITIVE impact than one dissenting voice who appears concerned that her “size status” is going to lose power.
I am willing to bet that most of the people here have “worked hard” for their size, but what’s abundantly clear is that more of us value the end result in an entirely different way, or in the very least would like to.
I support Size Healthy 100%
how cool to see so many people participating! thanks for the size healthy motivation, what a great idea!
Great post! Too bad no matter what the message and how positive it is, there will always be haters.
And Go USA Hockey! ;)
At BCBG the size 0 isn’t anything close to what the models wear. I hope this doesn’t upset anyone: I’m tiny and the 0’s used to be a little roomie on me. But compared to the runway models I was large!
It just goes to show you that the image projected in catalogs and on the runway are unrealistic. Their models couldn’t even go out to the store and find something that fits. It would need to be customized.
This is such a wonderful post. So inspirational!
Isn’t that a shame though? Not just for the models who are being required to conform to an unhealthy aesthetic, but also because you can’t look at a model and get an idea of how things are going to fit on *anyone* besides a model? But somehow we blame ourselves when clothes don’t fit the way we see them fitting models!
What a great idea! People really have gotten into it, huh??
Thanks for coming up with this idea Angela – its so inspiring to see women doing something so positive
Wow, this made me cry a little! It’s wonderful to see woman shed their lack of confidence and shine through their sizes. I’m currently pregnant so I can’t think about size right now anyway and it’s been really nice:) I love feeling pretty with a big rounded belly!
This really is an AWESOME post! Too often we get caught up in ‘sizes’ or what is written on the label. Size Healthy all the way!!!
What an interesting discussion! :)
I for one am tired of classifying and categorizing myself into sizes and feeling bad that I’m not a single digit size. Let’s face facts though, I may never be a single digit size! That said, I truly do understand being able to objectively (and not obsessively) see changes when trying to get healthy–that may be a weight loss, a change in measurements, etc. I don’t know what the intention of the poster was. But certainly, numbers do not make the person. How you feel is so much more important than your size and feeling vital and healthy trumps every size!