The "Today" show grew a pair and called out celebs...

MLS0630

Love that on the "Today" show they were criticizing celebrities that refuse to gain the recommended weight during pregnancy so their bodies do not look "deformed". I'm sorry but if you're not willing to make healthy choices and "sacrifice" your figure for a few months by gaining a suggested 25-35 pounds (or whatever your physician has deemed healthy), I question whether you are fit to be a proper mother to that baby...

The whole time I was watching this I couldn't help but thinking of the ladies TTC or those of you who took months/years to get pregnant...Pregnancy is BEAUTIFUL!

(Link to website/video) https://moms.today.com/_news/2011/07/28/7184564-is-skinny-while-pregnant-a-dangerous-trend

angelaggie

I watched it and loved it. I like how they said, "it took 9 months to gain this weight, expect a year to get it off." I hate seeing magazines with stars 6 weeks later.

526SadieSadie

It drives me absolutely crazy when they say "Find out how so and so lost her baby weight in only 5 weeks!"

I know how she did it.

Because being in shape, thin and beautiful is her job.  She doesn't have to grab a quick croissant on her way into an office every day and throw a D'Angelo's grinder down her throat at lunch.  She has the money to buy everything organic and fresh and even hire a cook to prepare it all and maids to clean her house and a nanny to change diapers so she can spend 5-6 hours a day on a treadmill or doing yoga and freeweights while her personal trainer coaches her through.  It's a laugh.

MLS0630

angelaggie:

I watched it and loved it. I like how they said, "it took 9 months to gain this weight, expect a year to get it off." I hate seeing magazines with stars 6 weeks later.

 I agree! I felt very proud of myself to have lost all of my baby weight through proper diet and exercise (and breastfeeding) by the time DS was 5 1/2 - 6 months old, and repeated the same process with DD.  And I gained 45 lbs with DS and 35 with DD.  I hate seeing moms panic about losing the baby weight a day after the baby is here.  Enjoy the BABY! They are only that little for a brief time, the weight will come off!

sherpa

I think a grown woman should know better than to compare herself to women who have jobs dependent on the way they look.  Women that get down on themselves because they didn't lose the baby weight in 6 weeks have bigger problems than weight alone. Are they going to teach their children to compare themselves to celebrities?

Don't forget, these celebrity women were all monitored by their physicians. How can we judge them for eating well and exercising during their pregnancy, especially based on photos and videos of them. They've been trained and styled to look their best.

I say good for them for making better food decisions than others.  Not having time to eat healthy is not an excuse for eating like crap and packing pounds on. 

::wiping taco bell from lip and loosening the old pants now::

 

TwinCitiesGirl

sherpa:

I think a grown woman should know better than to compare herself to women who have jobs dependent on the way they look.  Women that get down on themselves because they didn't lose the baby weight in 6 weeks have bigger problems than weight alone. Are they going to teach their children to compare themselves to celebrities?

Don't forget, these celebrity women were all monitored by their physicians. How can we judge them for eating well and exercising during their pregnancy, especially based on photos and videos of them. They've been trained and styled to look their best.

I say good for them for making better food decisions than others.  Not having time to eat healthy is not an excuse for eating like crap and packing pounds on. 

::wiping taco bell from lip and loosening the old pants now::

 

Perfectly said.  So they work their booties off and make good dietary choices.  As long as the baby is getting what the baby needs, who cares?  Also, some of these celebs have rock-awesome genetics to thank.  I know for myself, I put on baby weight very well -- I never got bloated in my face, hands or feet.  I was one of those skinny women with a basketball in her belly.  After Little Dude was born, I was back to my pre-preg weight within a couple weeks.  It wasn't due to a special diet, it wasn't due to exercise and it CERTAINLY wasn't due to starving myself - I've just never had a problem with weight.  I'm just very genetically blessed.  No boobs and not the best complexion, though.  We all have our crosses to bear. 

Joie80

My understanding is that they are purposely not putting on the recommended amout of weight in order to not have to deal with it afterwards. That's a little different than eating healthy and remaining active. Even when making good dietary decisions, one should still put on a minimum of weight for a healthy pregnancy. I agree with the PP; if you're not willing to make some physical sacrifice for your unborn child, are you really ready to be a mom?

CharMaeK

Well stated Ainslie325.

MLS0630

Ainslie325:

To be honest, I'm uncomfortable with this "news" story.  Does it really make us feel better about ourselves to tear down women in the public eye by presuming to know what and how much they eat? Is it really fair, accurate, or responsible to make up a name for their presumed "condition" ("mommy-rexia") and imply that what we do is healthy and right while what they do (which we have no firsthand knowledge of) is dangerous, self- centered, and wrong?

The reality is that these women make their living in large part by their looks.  They also have more resources at their disposal than we do, and likely work with trainers and dieticians through their pregnancies and after.  Our realities are vastly different.  Women in the entertainment industry have a vested interest in gaining the least possible amount of weight (hopefully within the parameters of good health) in that this will allow them to return to work more quickly after delivery.  I suppose we could argue here that this in itself is a misplaced priority, but then we'd be assailing every working mother who values her career-- and that's not something I'm willing to do. 

Many celebrities do gain the recommended amount of weight (or more) during their pregnancies, while many others are simply genetically thin (we all know these lucky women, pregnant or not, in our own lives, too).  Certainly, some celebrities who appear to gain a small amount during pregnancy may be motivated by body image problems, but it's quite a leap to 1.) visually assume what these women's weight gains really are, and then, 2.) once you've made that estimation, to psychoanalyze why they've gained what they have as a complete and total stranger to them.

Women spend way too much time tearing down other women in order to justify their own actions or feel better about themselves.  Given the number of health-related warnings surrounding pregnancy, we who are pregnant can be especially opinionated and judgmental about the personal choices of others when they're out of step with our own.  Not once in the article was a celebrity mentioned by name, actually quoted about her own feelings or experience in an attempt to substantiate this "call out," nor was any celebrity's doctor quoted.  Rather, a reporter and a couple of unaffiliated doctors made inferences based on our perception of celebrities as vain and narcissistic and used these to construct what I see as an unfair and inaccurate generality.  I'm all for women feeling good about themselves and being healthy, but I don't think this article is a helpful step in making that happen-- for any woman, famous or not.

While I see your point, I merely was acknowledging this article because I agree with the idea that if we all had a 24/7 nanny, dietitian, personal trainer and the funds and time to work out to our hearts content, then maybe we could get back to pre-preg bodies in 3 weeks...Needless to say its unrealistic and it contributes to the "baby blues" that some women combat. I just liked the fact that they were acknolwedging that some women are interpreting all this information incorrectly and in turn hurting the baby.

jkjohnsonwedding

We need to remember that these women often have personal chefs, clothing stylists, makeup artists, hair stylists, and personal trainers. Anyone watch "Pregnant in Heels?" and see the episode where one woman had a team of about 5 people with her throughout her pregnancy? I'm sure if we all had someone to watch our baby for a few hours while we worked out and then had a delicious, healthy meal cooked by our personal chef we'd be dropping the baby weight too! And... magazine covers are airbrushed. As long as you're eating enough for your baby, more power to ya! Me? I'm sure by the time I lose the weight from my first baby I'll be on to making baby #2...