I can’t tell if you’re being serious or not but saying that it’s not cool to lose weight (maybe you’re being tongue in cheek?) is ridiculous. I hate the whole body positivity to the detriment of health movement. If someone wants to lose weight in a healthy and sustainable way in order to be healthier then that should be congratulated and encouraged. She hasn’t crash dieted or gone dangerously thin, she’s started exercising more regularly and got fitter and healthier and in doing so has lost weight. She says she feels stronger and fitter so physically and mentally she’s done a good thing. On this occasion I don’t understand the hate.
Ditto, I was going to say this. I don’t see anything wrong with getting healthier and stronger in any stage of your life let alone after such a huge body change as having a baby
As an arthritis sufferer (diagnosed at 25) I feel v strongly about it. This article is a great one.
“For a woman of normal height, for every 11 lb weight loss (approximately 2 BMI units), the risk of knee OA dropped > 50%. Conversely, a comparable weight gain was associated with an increased risk of later developing knee OA (odds ratio 1.28 for a 2 BMI weight gain)”.
that’s not to mention the benefits for heart health.