While no you don’t need to “eat for two” I know when I was pregnant I went through phases of being absolutely ravenous (getting up in the night I was so hungry) and then that week the app would say baby was going through rapid development that week. I’m plus size, but I only gained 2 stone during pregnancy and back in pre pregnancy clothes for the most part already 11 weeks post partumVirgie Tovar is great and you have a right to remain fat is a fab little book and would really recommend it to anyone, I’m not fat and loved it and gained from reading it. Diet culture is unhealthy, there’s tons of scientific studies that show no one keeps weight off they regain plus some, and how bad it is for you.
But that doesn’t mean that everyone should be as large as grace and constantly breathless on YouTube, there’s far more nuance to it than that. There’s a variety of body shapes & sizes that people will find themselves naturally landing at, and Virgie’s message is not starving / depriving yourself to fit the Eurocentric beauty ideal of skinniness/being lean if that is not how your body is. I think it’s obvious that actively gaining significant amounts of weight quickly (or becoming so huge it’s not possible to live properly) is of concern to medical professionals and needs acknowledging, if you’re a 10 who shoots up to a 16 there is something that needs checking out but that’s not to say being a 10 or a 16 alone is worrying. Same with depriving yourself of a nutritious mixture of food, that needs sorting. It sounds like the YT video was purposefully reductive if it suggested Virgie advocates for you just getting unwell as she doesn’t.
Your pregnancy folder carry case literally tells you you don’t need more food when pregnant, in your third trimester you need 200 additional calories a day which is like what, 3 bananas??
Could you imagine if instead of continuing to gift influencers, brands gifted frontline workers with free trips, spa breaks and products instead?! Or if an influencer decided to regift what a brand gave them to a frontline worker? At a time like this there are people way more deserving and in need of this stuff and they definitely aren't influencers. They were already leading easy lives.It really boils my blood that she gets gifted holiday stays at nice little spas. Meanwhile I have family members on the front line that are exhausted and overwhelmed yet they get no recognition what so ever. She hardly works, why the hell does she need a gifted stay?
I too am a teacher and can’t with her selfish ass attitude. We are in a fucking pandemic grow the fuck up. I gave birth in May when lockdown was heavy for us in the US it sucked but it’s life I was happy my baby and I were healthy. Im confused though. If she supposedly planned this baby why would she get pregnant knowing the state of the world why wouldn’t she wait until we at least were down to a few reported cases worldwide. Since she’s so self centered wouldn’t she want to be able to enjoy her pregnancy without the masks, social distancing, limitations, etc? She definitely isn’t built struggle or handle hardships not grit whatsoever.This has well and truly wound me up; im a teacher and exposed to 150 plus children a day in close proximity, never mind the kids and teachers I pass in the corridors. How on earth can she bitch and moan about a staycation after coming back from a spa when I haven’t been able to see any family or go anywhere due to my job. It’s disgusting.
Also she paid for a private one anyway? She’s so fucking annoying lolWhy is she moaning on Twitter about pregnancy scans?! You only have two on the NHS anyway (from what I remember) especially if she’s so low risk!
And the point is not to see the baby (although that’s a nice bonus) it’s to check the baby’s development!
Yeah I'm sure it's still only two scans on NHS. Notice how she says the private scan they had booked is the last scan that HE can be at. So maybe that means she'll be having another scan on NHS hmmm wonder why "Low risk" Grace would be needing more than 2 NHS scansWhy is she moaning on Twitter about pregnancy scans?! You only have two on the NHS anyway (from what I remember) especially if she’s so low risk!
And the point is not to see the baby (although that’s a nice bonus) it’s to check the baby’s development!
I mean it could be giftedShe needs to shut the fuck up, at least she is a privileged position where she could afford to pay for a private scan!
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