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m all backgrounds will be able to relate to at least one of us,” 29-year-old aspiring model, Tiffany Bank, tells FOX411’S Pop Tarts column. From designing clothes to booking modeling jobs, Bank is joined by four larger-than-life New Yorkers (Leslie, Audrey, Nikki and Heather) all of whom are chronicled in the series as they seek to overcome any weight bias and prove that plus-sized pounds shouldn’t stand in the way of success. “I’m always in really uncomfortable situations, especially in situations when you are at a general casting where you can have plus-sized models and straight-sized models. You’re always looked at a little bit longer than everyone else, and there’s this big misconception in the industry that you don’t have to work as hard to be a professional plus-sized model,” Bank said.  “But there are standards and competition. I’ve had to deal with a lot of criticisms from you’re not tall enough, or small enough, or whatever enough. And of course I’ve been told I am too big for fashion, and my butt is too big. But now I joke around because my butt is what I love most about myself, and the boys don’t complain either." “Big Sexy” also explores how big is too big for the Big Apple. On another occasion, the glammed-up girls are given their marching orders after being rudely rejected by the man behind the velvet rope of a prestigious Manhattan club. “Is there an official weight restriction?” they ask,broccoli, cauliflower, or green beans, says celebrity dietitian Ashley Koff, RD, co-author of Mom Energy.Yes, his hands are bigger—so he gets more. End dinner drama Just because he’s a steak-and-fries kind of guy doesn’t mean you have to give up your favorite healthy meals. "Alternate days to choose dinner," says Dawn Jackson Blatner, RD, author of The Flexitarian Diet. "If you want sushi on your night, he can go along with it or fend for himself." Leave the love nest Gym classes. Social obligations. Couple time. Once you’re hitched, it may feel like something has to give. To make sure it isn’t your gym time, work out with your girlfriends, suggests Koff. 2. Fat trap: The holidays One extra pound—that’s how much the average person gains between fall and winter, according to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine. That may not sound like much, but most never shed those holiday pounds, and they add up year after year, notes Albers. Here, some keys to not getting ho-ho-hefty. Sweat more Kirsch has clients up the workout ante a few months before Halloween. "I bump up the intensity," he says, with fat blasters like rope jumping and squat thrusts. Don’t doggie bag it Indulging on Thanks-giving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve won’t wreck your waistline, says Blatner. It’s all that grazing on leftovers for weeks that’ll do you in. Save treats for events: "Make it special and make it social," she says. Ditch the wine goblet "It’s not so much the calories from booze that are the problem," says Blatner. "It’s that alcohol kills willpower." You can still enjoy some dips into the bubbly; just stop at one a day. 3. Fat trap: Having a baby Here’s a hefty fact: A married woman who has a baby gains an average of nearly 20 pounds over 10 years, found a study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. And women face an average of 7 percent increased risk of obesity over a lifetime per child born, according to research from Duke University Medical Center. That means after three kids, you have a (yikes) 21 percent increased risk of developing obesity. Hormonal changes don’t help: "Pregnancy increases insulin production and the accumulation of fat," says Lori Bastian, MD, associate professor of medicine at Duke University. Beat those stats with these rules._________________________________________________________________________ More from Health.com: 25 Ways to Cut 500 Calories a Day   Rules for a Healthy Postpartum Slim Down   36 Holiday Foods You Shouldn't Eat ________________________________________________________________________ Eat, already "I was working with Josie Maran, and she told me her child was eating better than she was," says Koff. "Josie was forgetting to fuel herself. You need to eat every three hours." Otherwise, you’re likely to get worn out or famished and binge. Eat your own food! No grazing off your kids’ plates, says Blatner. "Put the baby in a bouncy seat and grab a quick bite." Stock healthy foods with low prep time, like canned tuna and frozen veggies. Keep burning Breast-feeding can burn an extra 300 calories per day—but that translates to just an extra half pound per week. You still need to exercise regularly and eat right to get your body back. 4. Fat t