My gosh the media piss me off sometimes. I am so tired of reading articles about how Mel B is a “bad role model” to new mothers for joining Jenny Craig 5 weeks after having her baby (number 3!)!! What an evil woman! COME ON
Seriously if Mel B wants to feel more confident about herself then strength to her! She is losing weight and doing it in a responsible fashion…how is that a bad thing? She is on a controlled eating plan (not starving herself) and she is exercising regulary. Personally think she should be applauded as a role model.
It is beyond me how Miranda Kerr can be hailed a goddess for bouncing back to the catwalk (IN A SWIM SUIT!) just 7 months after baby while claws come out when scary attempts to drop a few Kg’s.
There was no explanation given for Kerr’s (A-mazing) figure other than yoga and breastfeeding. Quite likely Miranda did lose the weight through breastfeeding and yoga (I hate her). She is a genetic freak. However, this brings me no comfort, what it does bring me is a whole range of body image issues and a huge bill from local yoga and healing center.
Lets be real for a second. 99.999% of people are not going to look remotely like Miranda after a spot of breastfeeding and a few downward dogs. It is unrealistic. Jenny Craig is realistic and it is accessable to a very large number of Australian new mums.
Magazines are touting the fact that a woman shouldn’t be pressured to lose weigh after baby…fine, well and good. Personally I’ll feel less pressured to lose weight when I see a woman over 55kg gracing the cover of any magazine at the supermarket checkout. Put Mel B on the cover and I might actually begin to feel like a normal rational woman.
What the media don’t say is that many woman WANT to lose the weight - they don’t want to look ridiclous they just want to feel more confident about themselves. Thats okay in my books. What Mel B is saying ( boy do I love her accent) is do it but do it responsibly…do it healthily.
Any of this pressure new moms (infact all woman) are feeling to lose weight is probably brought on by the lack of realistic images in the media (especially those of woman who have just had a baby…channelling Kourtney Kardashian). The damage is done and Mel B and Jenny Craig didn’t do it. What thaey are doing is helping woman stay in control and not get warped up in extream. dieting.
If you aren’t feeling confident with your body and do want to lose weight post pregnauncy why not do it through a balanced eating plan with a support network behind you? Why not have pre-prepared meals so you don’t have to stress about cooking and calorie counting on top of everything else? Why not have all the hard work done for you so you can focus on the most important thing…baby.
Off to yoga I go…
