What is my excuse? I normally don't care about ads like this and tend to shrug them off, but I have to say this one really bothered me. As a mother of two I gained a significant amount of weight during my pregnancy in addition to that I gained a medical condition that causes me to rapidly gain weight. I work out every few days but for me losing weight is an uphill battle. I am not an unhealthy person, my bmi is within a normal range though my weight is a little higher than I would like. I have stretch marks circling my waist and thighs, but to be honest I think that this is what makes me ME. I am not a carbon copy of a personal trainer in some magazine and I'll be damned if I am going to let some magazine tell me that how I look is me making excuses. I think that these
are way more beautiful than some carbon copy made to make us all feel guilty. We all have different metabolisms and daily routines as well as health problems so In my opinion to say its an excuse when not every mother looks like that is a very smallminded and horribly mean spirited thing to do especially when most mothers are already so self conscious about the changes that our bodies go through as a
NATURAL part of having children. To say that we are less or are making excuses is so highly offensive to me that every time I see that picture it makes me want to tear it up in frustration. So please remember that not all of us agree with ads that make women out to be barbies or super models because that is not a realistic view of all that we are.
What is my excuse? I normally don't care about ads like this and tend to shrug them off, but I have to say this one really bothered me. As a mother of two I gained a significant amount of weight during my pregnancy in addition to that I gained a medical condition that causes me to rapidly gain weight. I work out every few days but for me losing weight is an uphill battle. I am not an unhealthy person, my bmi is within a normal range though my weight is a little higher than I would like. I have stretch marks circling my waist and thighs, but to be honest I think that this is what makes me ME. I am not a carbon copy of a personal trainer in some magazine and I'll be damned if I am going to let some magazine tell me that how I look is me making excuses. I think that these 
are way more beautiful than some carbon copy made to make us all feel guilty. We all have different metabolisms and daily routines as well as health problems so In my opinion to say its an excuse when not every mother looks like that is a very smallminded and horribly mean spirited thing to do especially when most mothers are already so self conscious about the changes that our bodies go through as a NATURAL part of having children. To say that we are less or are making excuses is so highly offensive to me that every time I see that picture it makes me want to tear it up in frustration. So please remember that not all of us agree with ads that make women out to be barbies or super models because that is not a realistic view of all that we are.
