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lisadarena


 
 
Moms, and the pressure to lose baby weight.
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on May 25, 2008 (Read 2926 times | Comments: 11)
I have had my 3rd child 8 months ago. The first 2, I gained 50lbs. This last one, 78lbs!! I lost it the first 2 times within a year, dieting, and exercising. This last one..not sure if it all the 78lbs, or my age, (34), but it is so hard. I wake up at 3am everyday and hit the gym for 2 hours. It is coming off, slowly but surely. There are a couple of ladies at my gym who are "plastic", they have had implants, lipo, botox etc...and have made comments in my presence about my still having the weight on me when Christina Aguilara, Heidi Klum etc..all lost their weight in weeks after they had their baby. Well, if I had nannies, personal chefs, personal trainers, their money etc... I'd probably be in my "skinny" clothes by now. Why is it that women face so many pressures to look a certain way? I do my part, I workout, I eat right and I am healthy, but that isn't enough it seems for "society' to accept you as an individual. I wish the entertainment industry would work on a much more positive self image, not only for mothers, but more importantly for our teens who seem to develope eating disorders by 12!!!! AGH! It is so frustrating to live in a world where you are truly judged by the way you look, and not by the person you are. Anyone else feel this way?
cshafer08
cshafer08
on Aug 27, 2008 Quote  »     Reply  »

HEALTHY women is the REAL beauty! Look at all of the old paintings, the Mona Lisa for example. She had HIPS, a gentle POOCH, THIGHS. This is what beautiful is, a woman, a mother, REAL! I think ALL of you mommies should go check out this amazing website called The Shape of a Mother. The address is www.theshapeofamother.com I give big kudos to the creator of this site. You are all beautiful as you are. Being fake doesn't make us pretty, I've had plastic surgery (breast aug) due to the way my breasts were so uneven, and I know now that what I saw in the mirror didn't define who I was as a person. Plastic surgery will not make you nicer, it will not get you more friends. Sure people will talk about that body part in a DIFFERENT way. But they're still going to talk! You're real and that's the important thing.
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