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Secrets to being perfectly petite

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    Diet and exercise for women 5'4" and under

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All right let's hear the -- women's.

Our five point four or shorter and.

Making it harder to lose weight that's the downside so how do petite stars like Reese Witherspoon Kelly -- bed Dolly Parton and Natalie Portman do it luckily our next guest has it down to a science.

-- Paris is a lifestyle and weight loss expert and the author followed.

The -- advantage -- -- morning what is the -- advantage the petite advantages how smaller women half of the women in America 54 and under.

Can really use their height.

To their advantage to lose weight Powell has to -- At a disadvantage -- -- if you're smaller.

Every pound you lose really shows so with a program that put together that's a combination of eating and exercise you can really shed the weight and you can really see the difference in your body that's exciting.

And it's motivating.

The disadvantage of being a petite is that you can't eat like the big girls which actually was the first working title of the book.

And if two women are -- 45.

All the 160 pounds one is 591 -- -- the -- the difference in your daily calorie needs it's only forty calories doesn't sound like a lot.

But when you look at it over a year you -- gained four pounds of fat over ten years forty pounds of -- over thirty years 120 pounds of -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- It's vegetable -- -- the good fat cottage cheese Ezekiel -- 40% of your daily.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- That's your protein that's your vegetables the right carbohydrates cart should not be -- lines cogs are necessary your body problems in his that I can eat that piece of -- -- one but to what the -- -- -- have had been great comment the thing is you'll be.

All because of your bigger breakfast which exactly is what most women.

Don't do they say -- calories and then you're starting -- -- and let's face it if you're doing that strategy a lot of times you're gaining weight I want to bring the weight back down.

It's not and so many other women and money team because half of all of us and -- that's right and no car deal when it comes to your exercise strengthened to lengthening the winks and you and your strength training exercises I'd give you a full body work out three times a week for 31 minutes most -- shot that only asking for an hour and a half of exercise -- a -- gets the job done so check it out the -- advantage -- -- care -- that we hit the New York Times best -- the -- -- I -- yeah very much.