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 Oh, I know that Us Weekly is not exactly the bastion of stellar journalism, but someone's got to call them on their BS, right? Check out this weird slideshow: The blurbage uses the generic term stars, but 15 of the 15 celebrities are female (go figure) and apparently they have won some kind of approval from Us Weekly for managing their weight. Or dropping some weight, maybe, even though I can't really tell on some of the photos selected. For instance, in Lauren Conrad's case, her big achievement was losing a mind-blowing six pounds. Most women in real life would probably give their eye teeth to look like most of the Before pictures. Actually, setting aside the entire approval for looking better, the Before pictures are my biggest problem. Almost a third of the women pictured (4 out of 15) are, like, 14 months pregnant in their Before shot, so a lot of their post-partum weight loss plan involved passing a 9 lb. human and associated effluvia through their cervix. Please don't misinterpret: I have no doubt that it's difficult to lose weight after a pregnancy. Hell, it's difficult for me to lose weight and my uterus has never had an occupant. But picturing these women at the peak of pregnancy and then raving about their amazing weight loss...doesn't it kind of imply pregnancy = unhealthy fat? And they had the audacity to pick the absolute worst paparazzi picture of Jennie Garth, sans makeup, looking like her feet are killing her and like she just wants to curl up on a couch with a blanket and a TiVo that's chock full of Project Runway. Yay for women taking pride in their bodies! Yay for embracing fitness! But booo for Us Weekly for jumping on those achievements like a hungry pack of wolves. 3 CommentsLeave a comment |
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I'm all for these women becoming healthier, as they say in the slideshow. But I don't see why its necessary for them to be losing that amount of weight and all- they looked great before! And take a look at the faces of those photographed as being pregnant- they're glowing. They look happy. No wonder so many celebs have distorted body images, when they're constantly pressured to lose weight (that they often REALLY don't need to lose).
When you gain 40-60 pounds to have that 7-pound baby (that's the average, not 9 pounds as you suggested), then yeah, it is hard to take the weight off. Just because celebrities seem to do it so easily and in such a short time does not mean that it isn't damn hard for everyone else out there having babies to lose the weight afterwards. Don't diminish their accomplishments!
I agree with the fact they shouldn't have used half of the before pics....and I think most of them look better with some freaking meat on their bones!!! I love Tori Spelling but in her after picture, she looks horrible! Her head is way to big for her body!! Kudos to those of us that lose all the baby weight - yes, Court, it's hard to do especially for us normal, working moms, not those of us who have private chefs, nutritionists on call, meals and snacks delivered and trainers that come to our homes.....god forbid that we do it working full time, chasing kids, grocery shopping and cooking our own meals! Props to us that live real lives and manage to do it.