Having a nice body, and being a mother of 4 who touts a few motivational phrases does not make a fitness idol. The only reason she's in the spotlight is for her ill-worded views and mundane line of thought that someone better, smarter and healthier already thought up. I can think of at least a dozen people off the top of my head who are more motivating to me than this schmuck. I could probably make a long list of people if I had the time to think about it.
I'm not offended so much by the picture, when I first saw it I thought "yea that's a good way to see it" and I didn't think too much about it. Then I saw her in debate with the Curvy Girls lingerie founder and imo she lost the debate and I did indeed see her as a fat shamer. She said she was NOT a fat shamer, but she that she also doesn't think that women who are large should be proud of themselves.... hmmmm that's fat shaming. You can watch the interview here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXpwsgkxWQc
I'm always up for a good motivational catch phrase and I admire women who have it all. I look up to my friends, my family members, women in my community who I see working out, old ladies who are chugging along at the track every morning, and I am inspired by them. And I can't stand when people make excuses, there is ALWAYS time to put your health first. But I would also like to feel good about what I look like now, I can strive to be fit and I can strive to be healthy, but why are you all out for me to be BETTER when I'm busy just trying to be happy with who I am?
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Originally Posted by starvingforchange
I totally agree. Kang is just telling the world the truth. Many women use babies as an excuse to gain weight or justify weight gain...sorry! Yes, I am a woman and I know many women who have children that are over 3 and they still use the excuse of 'baby' weight.
Women ARE justified to gain weight when they have a baby. We've grown an entire human in our body, we've nurtured it, loved it, taken care of it and it does a number on our physique. Well I don't know if you're a mother but there are mothers that struggle with more things than you seem to be able to comprehend. Oh let's see, I'll make a short list in defense of mothers:
- C-section and the lengthy process of healing
- breastfeeding which burns a lot of calories but also requires you to sit around on your a$$ for many hours of the day
- less time to work, more bills to pay
- post partum depression
- grappling with a new self image
- assimilating to a new lifestyle
- your hair starts to fall out around 4months post partum
- you don't feel sexual very much for a long time after
- a new and different stage of marriage
- no free time
- not being able to identify with your single friends
These are just a few "excuses" that women have, and I'll take them all. Including the excuse of having severe post partum SPD that finally required 6months of physical therapy so that I could relearn how to walk again. Motherhood is a life altering event that happens not only to your life but to your body as well and I won't stand for anyone diminishing the fact that for some women it's just ain't that easy.
Fat shame all you want, but mothers are off limits.