I've been reading the Daily Mail again...
Why do I continue to do this to myself? I think I like to read the reader comments to make myself feel so much better. This is what is bothering me today....
On the Daily Mail Website today is an article that has been paraphased from Closer Magazine about Claire Richards, a member of the (thankdully) disbanded group Steps, which was a band over in the UK in the ninities who specilised in covering Bee Gees songs (I know, I know).
Anyway, Claire Richards has had a baby and since giving birth to her sproglet now weighs 15 stone and is a size 18.
The actual weigh thing doesn't bother me - I had the opposite problem post pregnancy and I actually put weigh back on to lose it sensibly - but what bothers me is the readers comments, because how dare they be so rude? I actually think it's more offensive looking at size 0 ladies than to look at a size 18 woman - she's only one size above the UK national average size of 16 anyway.
I hate this idea that we all must conform to being slim. As I said, I lost enough weight to be a size 12 after giving birth to Lauren last year, but I looked so ill that I deliberatly put on some weigh and now it's coming off again slowly and with Lauren being more and more active it can only come off even quicker. I don't want to be slim and look ill, I'd rather be on the slightly bigger size and have a bit of colour to me.
I personally think we don't have to be happy with ourselves - I'm not happy with my body at the moment, but I am happy with how I'm losing the weight and as long as I remain healthy I don't care what the norm is supposed to be.
On the Daily Mail Website today is an article that has been paraphased from Closer Magazine about Claire Richards, a member of the (thankdully) disbanded group Steps, which was a band over in the UK in the ninities who specilised in covering Bee Gees songs (I know, I know).
Anyway, Claire Richards has had a baby and since giving birth to her sproglet now weighs 15 stone and is a size 18.
The actual weigh thing doesn't bother me - I had the opposite problem post pregnancy and I actually put weigh back on to lose it sensibly - but what bothers me is the readers comments, because how dare they be so rude? I actually think it's more offensive looking at size 0 ladies than to look at a size 18 woman - she's only one size above the UK national average size of 16 anyway.
I hate this idea that we all must conform to being slim. As I said, I lost enough weight to be a size 12 after giving birth to Lauren last year, but I looked so ill that I deliberatly put on some weigh and now it's coming off again slowly and with Lauren being more and more active it can only come off even quicker. I don't want to be slim and look ill, I'd rather be on the slightly bigger size and have a bit of colour to me.
I personally think we don't have to be happy with ourselves - I'm not happy with my body at the moment, but I am happy with how I'm losing the weight and as long as I remain healthy I don't care what the norm is supposed to be.