Why do women use pregnancy as an excuse?
I should say some women. My friends do and they don't. They do realize that pregnancy will help you pack on some pounds. That is just a fact. But they also, all of the ones i have, have gotten that weight off. My friend once said "You got a year, after that its on you, you can't blame the child cause you are too lazy to lose weight"
These women don't change their eating habits, they don't work out, they have a desk job or some secretarial job that requires them not to move so much. How did they think they were going to lose weight? People in wheel chairs figure ways to work out and exercise their body. And im sure that is a lot harder to overcome than being pregnant and shedding off a few pounds.
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I got heavy after my pregnancy and a year and a half later, I'm still heavy. Why? I'm lazy and a stay at home mom. Sure I go for a walk with my daughter every other day but my eating habits aren't good and I simply need more excersise. My friend still to this day makes that excuse for me, "but you just had a baby." No I didn't just have a baby, it's my fault at this point. I only see that excuse valid for about half a year after having a baby.
It is much easier to make up an excuse for being fat than it is to actually do something about it (monitoring food intake and exercising). Since pregnancy automatically requires a woman to gain weight, it is a great excuse to lean on when she is still carrying 20+ lbs extra a year after the child was born.
Only the lazy ones use that excuse. I've seen plenty of moms who slim down in a reasonable time frame after Jr. comes along. And eating for 2? Not quite. She really only needs about 300 healthy calories a day extra.
Well, when women are pregnant, they do want to eat just about everything that doesn't make them throw up-but like everyone else is saying, not losing the baby weight after is nothing but laziness. It is actually easier to lose weight while breastfeeding, so there's no excuse. Ain't nothin' to it but to do it.
We're not always holding the baby. The baby sleeps frequently. Getting in a few increments of fifteen minute cardio may actually be more effective than one 60 minute workout session.
My kids are 11 and 7 now, and I rarely "feel" motivated to workout. I'm starting to think motivation is more of a choice than a feeling, at least when it comes to this.
Pregnancy does not make women fat. Eating to much during pregnancy makes a woman fat. Many mothers have the baby and look just as every bit as nice as they did be fore with that ONE exception.
And that one exception is the hips do get larger because of natural ways the body moves during birth. The bones of the hip where they connect to the spine will "losen" a bit during birthing. Those bones are meant to do that for the purpose of giving birth. They only become permanently fused after she over the age of child bearing. After having her first child a womans hips will increase about one or two inches in width and may never return to their original size.
While it's good to stay in shape during pregnancy, it's not suggested that women lose weight during that time. In addition, some women are unable to exercise, especially later in pregnancy, because of preterm labor, elevated blood pressure, etc. But I have seen what you described-- women who lived by the "eating for two" motto.
When I was pregnant I walked daily and I watched my diet meticulously. I was in better shape at the end of my pregnancies, than I was a the beginning.
There are enough trim, fit mothers to prove the pregnancy excuse false. Breast feeding even contributes to weight loss. For many women, pregnancy has just become a socially acceptable excuse to continue over-eating well after giving birth.
Females in the US must think that women in other parts of the world don't give birth as well. Obviously they do because otherwise the population would not have exceeded 7 billion. Women in Korea do not bloat out like blimps. Women in Japan remain slim even after several kids. Chinese women pop out a baby and they're back to a size 3. The same goes for Kenyans, Vietnamese, even the French who are European. So we can't blame genetics. It would be nice if American females would begin to take responsibility for their own lardesse. It's noone's fault but their own. But then American females don't take responsibility for anything. They just want 'rights'
Stop wasting time looking for 'fat genes' The only 'fat gene' it's called an over-eager mouth.
It takes three years for a woman's body to completely heal after being pregnant, there are also other factors to consider. A women will get her body back faster if she gave birth naturally and breast fed the kid. Some women will loose the pounds faster then other women some women will never get there body back, it depends on the individual. Pregnancy does a sh@t load of damage, i don't think its always an excuse
Because it's a good excuse
Some can lose it faster than others. Everyone is different, some may suffer more during the pregnancy and after, some are more lucky.
So you expect us to work out and obsess about our bodies after we have a baby? ORLY
I think other things are more important
People just like to make excuses.
A lot of people also like to blame thyroid problems. However, thyroid problems are uncommon. Being lazy, and fat, are more common.