Does the media put to much pressure on new moms to lose their baby weight?  

Well, I don't have kids--but, I have very strong opinions on this issue.

I think that pregnancy and having a baby should be the time of a woman's life when she doesn't have to worry about stuff like weight gain and counting calories. Be healthy, definitely.. but a lot of these celebrities who are usually underweight to start with, they have to gain more than the average woman when pregnant, so for them to drop the weight so quickly after having the baby is rediculous.

I'd like to thing that if and when I have a baby I will be able to enjoy it and eat anything I wanted, within reason.

Then again, the media is way horrible when it comes to weight anyway, I think I will be sick the next time I hear them talk about a pregnant woman "getting fat", because that is idiotic, pregnant women are growing a baby, and that is good weight gain.

People and the media just really need to lighten up and live their lives and be happy. And leave people alone, especially when they are growing and child and taking care of a newborn! I mean, I know some of them lose weight fast because of feeding the baby, and that is good, but the starvation is only going to hurt the mother and in turn hurt the baby, because the mom's milk won't be healthy, or the mother is too wrapped up in losing those "evil" pounds. LOL

But yea.. the media is just rediculous, a bunch of hypocrites!

i think there is a standard that is set. if u dont meet the standard. u dont fit in. everyone body type is different. people will lose the weight at a different rate. i think new moms should concentrate on the fact they have a new baby, and not think about loosing the weight. it will only stress them out, and put their health in jeopardy.

I absolutely think so. The real reason that these actresses are losing so much weight is become of personal trainers. And that's because they can afford them. Middle America doesn't have the time or the cash for a personal trainer and a full time nanny to watch the kid as you work out. Of course on top of that they sometimes have work done too. But on top of that they also have an intake of pills, health foods, or go on several types of expensive diets. I can imagine how a woman must feel after she had her baby. The media really isn't helping.

I don't think the media does as much as society does. You look at the "in" things and everyone has to be near dead to "look good".

I think the reason it's in the media and magazines so much is because companies monopolize on the insecurities of woman. The show people that have slimed down or compliment those who get slim quick so other who don't feel they have something wrong with them. Thus all these products on the market to get thin.

I think society puts the pressure out there and companies use marketing tactics that make us feel we need to be that way too.

Bella, I think the media and all its venues put to much pressure on girls, young ladies and women period. It is not just baby wieght but from the time a girl is born the stress and pressure to be pencil thin and beautiful is more than any of us can achieve. Its not fair and we have allowed it to happen. Most of us are not a perfect size 6's.

I think to many have to much to say on this what new MUM'S should be doing.

They demand new MUMS do this they demand new mums do that.

Hey get off their back, they have just done a wonderful job.

We need to help, not demand.

So what if a new MUM has a TUMMY, maybe you should get 8lb of potato jammed into your TUMMY (for 9 months) and see how you are after its removed.

Anyway, the MUMMY Tummy is OK to me, it shows, a mature women, It shows me she is no little girl anymore and should be respected.

So to all the MUMMY TUMMIES out there your OK in my eyes and the rest who wish to slag you all can get S>T>U>F>F>E>D> big time,

HICCUP/

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the media just likes to have something or someone to yap about regardless of what it is. they scream and take detrimental pics of people that are too thin as well. lowest form of journalism to be sure. and no.. i didnt do any form of fad diets after my having my kids. i dropped 15-20 pounds in the delivery room when they were each born, and over the course of the 6 weeks before my postpartum check-ups, had dropped the rest of it with normal activity and was back into my prebaby clothing before the babes were even two months old. i werent hardbodied or anything, because trying to work out with stitches and bleeding like a seive really isnt a smart thing to do.. but i was back to the weight with ease.. and after my innards were back in order, then started working out to tighten everything back up.

Society, in general, puts a lot of pressure on women to lose weight. We are to be a certain size, and that includes new mothers.

Fad diets are just that-- fads. True, sustained weight loss comes from long-term lifestyle changes rather than short-term deprivations.

I feel that the media puts too much emphasis on weight altogether. It's not what you WEIGH, that's important, it's that you are healthy. If you are healthy at 150 then good on you. If you are healthy at 180 then good on you. Being emaciated and showing bones does not seem very healthy to me. I guess some could be healthy and bony looking, but it does make one wonder.

Women should BE curvy, and soft looking. I don't mean soft as in weak, I mean soft as in beautiful, voluptuous. Those soft eye catching curves are what MAKES one womanly.

Honestly how many men are attracted to women that look like little boys? Really here, percentage wise, how many? I bet the percentages would speak for themselves.

There is way too much emphasis on WEIGHT.