I am about to have my second baby and I just honestly can’t imagine being like Sarah and even caring how your body looks and going to the extent of photoshopping images. When you’re a busy mum you do not care how you look, I’m sure we all want to work out more etc, but she is soooo focused on it. It’s sad that it can consume someone’s mind so much.
So, sooo much this.
And the thing with Sarah is also, she’s all preachy about lIsTeNinG tO hEr BoDy, but then very clearly forces herself to restrict and over exercise in an attempt to get her peak ED body back. She’s clearly not as into it as she tries to convince her viewers (and herself). She always seems strained, strung out, and like she’s working against herself.
In truth, if Sarah was gentler on her body and actually truly listened to/respected it, it’d probably look better, and be better for her cortisol and oxytocin levels (which might also help for, I dunno, bonding with your kids?! Nah, Sarah’s not interested in that).
I am my own case in point here. I very recently had my first baby (a boy..I’M a BoY MuM nOw guYs, YoU wOuLdN’t UnDErsTanD
). I am very freshly post partum. But I am already fitting back into pre pregnancy clothes; my stomach is flat; I had zero prolapsing or muscle separation; I even have some core definition back already. All DOING NOTHING but living it up in my baby bubble (ya know, before me and husband have to go back to real work, like normal people).
Now, I am not saying this to brag or gloat or make anyone else feel less than. That’s also why I am not posting pics even though I know Sarah would be truly pissed to see someone else with better abs than her lol. So this is for Sarah, not a commentary on anyone else’s experience:
Hey Sarah,you want to know how much I exercise I did in pregnancy? Virtually none at all. Incidental walking and some
open-ended water play swimming (not laps, just frolicking around) was all I managed, and it was FINE.
Do you know how strict I was with my diet? Not at all. I enjoyed pretty much all food groups, didn’t restrict anything. And gained 10+Kg
And guess what? I also had an unmedicated water birth, Sarah.
Suck it.
All by following my doctors advice, truly giving my body what it needs, relaxing and resting…and - can you believe it - without purchasing a single workout or restriction diet or shill physio plan! It’s almost like our bodies will heal on their own if you respect them. Radical concept!