Skinny sucks… apparently.
I remember the day well. My fiancé, an ex-test cricketer, had announced our engagement on social media while we were holidaying in the US. He posted a photo of the two of us in a New York restaurant. We were flooded with well wishes and positive comments. It wasn’t long, however, before the trolls emerged.
Amongst the light-hearted comments such as “bowling a maiden over” and that my fiancé was “batting above his average”, were far less complementary remarks. I needed to “eat a hamburger” and was apparently suffering from some kind of eating disorder.
Much to our surprise, this food-deprived bride to be would fall pregnant just a few days later.
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I so do not care about this. I can't believe it's even something to bitch about. There are so many more important issues in the world. I've been listening to and witnessing fat bashing all my life, and I can't bother with that either. I don't give a rat's ass what the internet or anyone else thinks of MY body. It's a given that there are always trolls about, making off centre or downright rude comments. Ignore them and move along, or refrain from posting pics. Disable comments where you can, deal with it by ignoring and they will go away. #firstworldproblems #whocares
Six weeks after having a baby I was SIGNIFICANTLY lighter than when I got pregnant. Yes, at 37 I managed to "bounce" back after my first pregnancy. But I look at the other mothers around me, and many of them have too! I think it's probably more normal to regain your figure after having a baby than it is to keep the weight on. The nutritional requirements for bring pregnant equate to eating approximately an extra piece of toast a day. "Eating for two" as an excuse to indulge is just that. Indulgent. And if that's what you want to do, go for it! But don't presume everyone did that! Don't take it out on mother's who do get their pre-baby body back quickly.
I had that with my last two kids, both in my 30s. It would seem that the pregnancies were something that kicked my metabolism up. I only put a few kilos on each pregnancy. My first two pregnancies, I put the more "usual" 12-15 kilos on and was the same weight after birth and I was significantly younger then. I think that there is a very wide variety of normal post pregnancy recovery. Some keep baby weight for a while some don't and less weigh less afterwards. They're ALL normal.