NutriSystem Size 2 Commercial - UGH!

[disneyeveryyear]

I keep seeing the woman on the NutriSystem commercial who is now a size 2 and for the first time in her life she is comfortable in a bathing suit.

This stuff is so discouraging. I don't need to be a size 2 to be happy. It's not realistic for me, but I must see this commercial twice a night, and it frustrates me so much!

 

[Zoesmama03]

Ugh I'd be discouraged by that especially if she was what maybe a 10 to start with.

 

[donac]

I agree. I cna't stand those commercials and usuallly turn them off. How unreal is that. You don't need to be a 2 to be happy.

 

[westcliffemom]

That commercial annoys me also!

 

[rkandmjsmommy]

I agree, the last time I saw a size 2 it was followed by a T and I was 2 years OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lets keep Tyra Banks in our mind and not those size 2's
Onward and Downard

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

 

[disneyeveryyear]

Ugh I'd be discouraged by that especially if she was what maybe a 10 to start with.

I know - she lost 33 or 35 lbs. and now is size 2. What is a size 2 + 35 lbs, an 8 or 10? I am hoping to end up at a 12 or 14 and she is finally not self-conscious in a bathing suit because she is a 2?

Force feed her some corn starch and thicken her up!

 

[ucfsweetie82]

These commercials get me so mad. Everyone is not meant to be a size 2. I don't understand why they can't have women who have gone from a size 26 to a 10 or 12. It shouldn't even really talk about sizes. The important thing is that you are happy and healthy. Good luck to everyone and their goals.

 

[Karalea]

So I am not the only one that hates her??

I change the channels when that commercial comes on. It is almost as bad as the other one from the bachelor who was a size 10, got down to a 2, had a baby and is now a 2 again. Its amazing that her heavy weight always has her in a size 10

 

[disneychrista]

Sorry NutriSystem. I am a woman and I hips, I will NEVER be a size 2. A size 10 would make me dance on the ceiling.

 

[gypsydoodlebug]

Their marketing company really let them down on that one, given the fact that it turns people off on Nutrisystem. "I eat chocolate every day?" Riiiiight. Sure you do. But a chocolate-flavored ExLax chew doesn't exactly count, now, does it, sweet pea?

 

[the Fidge]

OMg I jsut saw this commercail last night while using my exercise bike and could have just choked!

When I was a teen and in my 20s I worked very hard to stay slim I exercised for 2 hours a day m-f and weekends 4 hours. I am 5'5" and weighed at my lowest weight 110. I never fit into anything normally a size 7 and some a size 5.

MY BONES WOULD NOT SHRINK!!!!

I think it is very irresonsible to set folks up to think a size 2 is a "normal" goal. I know my hip and pelvis would not get any thinner with all the exercise in the world!

How many young girls think a size 2 is obtainable it is insane! The average size of women in US is 14 and will be dgleighted and tickeld the day I can fit my self iinto that!

SIze 2, my arm is a size 2! So glad I am not the only one that was blown away by that add. I tohught the image inudstry is supposed to acting responsibly and the days of Kate Moss and the anorexic look are over!

I would be running down the straight naked if I was a size 9 again forget the bathing suit!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

ok sorry about that ! Not really a kodak moment I guess!

 

[fofinia]

OMg I would be running down the straight naked if I was a size 9 again forget the bathing suit!!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

LOL!!

Hate it too!

I think too we have to remember, that just because the skirt she has on in the commercial is a "size 2" doesn't mean it is a true size too. You know what I mean? Lots of different brands run different ways.

My sis once tried on a pair of jeans in Oldnavy marked size 6 and they were falling off of her. She said here you try. "Why I'm a 14/16?" Well didn't I almost button those pants up! there is no way they were a 6!!

Keep up your healthy goals!!!

 

[JJ&JSMOM]

Definitely keep healthy goals. Not only do I hate these commercials but I make sure my kids don't see them. It really makes me angry that the tv industry does this - they know that its unhealthy for people to see these especially young girls. I don't want my kids to have a poor self image and think the only way to be happy is to be skinny. Its more important to be healthy and thats what I tell my kids.

 

[disneyeveryyear]

When I was a teen and in my 20s I worked very hard to stay slim I exercised for 2 hours a day m-f and weekends 4 hours. I am 5'5" and weighed at my lowest weight 110. I never fit into anything normally a size 7 and some a size 5.

MY BONES WOULD NOT SHRINK!!!!

I think it is very irresonsible to set folks up to think a size 2 is a "normal" goal. I know my hip and pelvis would not get any thinner with all the exercise in the world!

The other thing I try to remember is that a size 2 today is not the same as a size 2 when I was a teenager (not that I was ever a size 2). My niece is 23 years old and is about 5'3". She weighs 125 lbs. and wears a size 2. When I was a teen, that would have been a 5 or a 7.

Clothes do not fit the same way today that they used to.

 

[stacy6552]

FYI odd numbered sizes are juniors, which are proportioned differently and generally 2 sizes smaller than misses sizes, which are even numbered. So a size 5 is in fact smaller than a size 2.

And yes exposing ourselves and children to healthy body images is important.

But can we lay off the judgey "she probably started as an 8 or 10" comments? We all have body issues and loosing 20 pounds is loosing 20 pounds and to be commended no matter where someone starts out.

Flame away.....

 

[ReggieB]

Okay my problem with the adverts is not the "I'm a size 2" thing. Good on her for losing. What I find really funny us comparing the ad to the one with Dan Marino (sp?) She is all wow my husband thinks I'm sexy now, and the Dan one is wow my sex life has really improved. I love that the guy ad is all about how great I look and I can score hot chicks, and the woman one is all no one loved me before, but my husband does now. As a woman I am slightly annoyed by that. But then I find Cosmo magazine annoying in the whole "I am independent woman" then on the next page it's "how to keep a man" (don't get me started on Sex In The City!!) Is it any wonder we women have such conflicting ideas and self esteem issues??

Having said that I still am on NS!! I've lost 20lbs, but I am so not close to being a size 2!!!

 

[PaulaSue]

I keep seeing the woman on the NutriSystem commercial who is now a size 2 and for the first time in her life she is comfortable in a bathing suit.

This stuff is so discouraging. I don't need to be a size 2 to be happy. It's not realistic for me, but I must see this commercial twice a night, and it frustrates me so much!

DITTO

 

[lajones81]

I keep seeing the woman on the NutriSystem commercial who is now a size 2 and for the first time in her life she is comfortable in a bathing suit.

This stuff is so discouraging. I don't need to be a size 2 to be happy. It's not realistic for me, but I must see this commercial twice a night, and it frustrates me so much!

I agree! I get very frustrated by any of the weight loss commercials when the people say, "I was so unhappy in my size 8 jeans!" What?! Size 8!! I think I wore that when I was in elementary school! LOL All joking aside, those commercials are so discouraging!

 

[bicker]

I can see it both ways really. I know that the more physically fit I am, the happier I am. That doesn't mean I'm not happy as I am now, nor does it mean I have to get down to 160 to be happy, but I know from experience that I'll be happier at 160 than I am at 200. Not everyone is wired that way, but many of us are. And at least for me, it's not a number that matters, but rather it is how I (physically) feel that matters. It does seem like the advertisement is seeking to appeal to folks who either know or believe they'll be happier if they weigh less, and that message is clearly missing the mark for a lot of the folks who might be otherwise interested in Nutrisystem. I can't say that the advert affected my decision either way (because my wife just woke up this morning and said, "Let's do Nutrisystem..." -- wasn't my decision at all, except whether to join her or not. ) However, if I was going to go it alone, and I saw that commercial, I'm not sure I would have been anything other than encouraged by it. YMMV.

 

[Susan555]

I don't see the problem with the commercial. When I put on weight after my daughter was born and after being on Paxil for a year, I was wearing size 12 jeans and was MISERABLE. I felt tired all the time, I felt so fat I didn't want to leave the house, and I was just totally disgusted with myself. I had always worn a 7 or 8, but for some reason I felt HUGE at a size 12. Well, I began eating low carb and lost 60 pounds in about a year. I got to my goal weight/size within 6 months and the weight just kept coming off. Even though I had never worn anything smaller than a 7 since my mid teen years, my size 7 and 8 jeans began to literally fall off. I've been a size 2 in jeans now for 2 and a half years. Even though I didn't think I could weigh 125 as an adult (I'm 5'8" and always weighed around 145), I feel SO much better, healthier, and more energetic than ever before, and I don't ever want to weigh over 130 again. So it IS possible to be a smaller size than you ever thought you could be.

My only other comment is to those of you who seem to resent people who feel "fat" in a size 8 or 10 or 12 - why does that bother you? Just because that's not YOUR situation doesn't mean it's not a valid concern for other people. I felt like an absolute cow in a size 12, and I was so terribly unhappy with my body. You shouldn't invalidate other people's feelings just because you might think there's nothing wrong with a size 12. For ME, 12 was totally unacceptable - and frankly, NOW a size 5 or 6 would be unacceptable as well. And there's nothing wrong with that at all.