Comments on: Stupid Celebrity Quotes: Gwyneth Paltrow on Pregnancy Weight Loss

By: linda

linda — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:45:40 +0000

i dont think its arrogant at all, and its not stupid. you wont magically lose the weight. it takes ahrd work and it does get harder with each baby and the older you get. too much was made about what she said. she said you could exercise with your kids in the room. why does it matter if she has any looking after them? she is in the same room. seriously people!

By: maria

maria — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 07:03:01 +0000

I have to agree I didn’t read her comments as negative. I imagined that, like many moms she was working out with babies crawling on and about, neglect didn’t really come to mind. And, I also agree that its important for kids to learn that exercise (along with healthy eating, sleep etc..) are important. And, again, perhaps this has been her greatest challenge, not sure its fair to judge that.

I’m all for her also saying without pause that she breastfed and is including her baby in this journey…

By: Jennifer Lance

Jennifer Lance — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:44:27 +0000

@PureMothers

You know a lot more about Gwyneth than I do:) Thanks for offering another perspective on her comments.

By: Umm Abdullah

Umm Abdullah — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:27:57 +0000

Just as food for thought….lactic acid can be released into breast milk during intense exercise. Some babies may get fussy and others may even shun the milk. It is better to take it easy for the first six months…give your body time to recover from birth. Eat healthy, breastfeed, and walk or exercise moderately.

Fitness is an important part of healthy living, but obsessing over body image isn’t (and the kids will pick up on that one too). Just my two cents =)

By: PureMothers

PureMothers — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:22:09 +0000

Okay, I am not a Gwyneth fan. She wears fur even though her hubby is a vegetarian. Stupid and cruel. And usually she does sound a bit stupid – but… I think you’re interpreting what she said. She didn’t say she worked out for 2 consecutive hours. Maybe she worked out for an hour while kids napped then another 1/2 hour of yoga while kids played then another 1/2 hour of treadmill while Daddy was with the kids. Working out that way increases metabolism more than working out for 2 hours in a row. When she says “if it’s important to you, it will be important to them” maybe she is teaching them that exercise IS an important part of life. With the obesity epidemic and lack of exercise due to indoor sedentary lifestyle of children (think video games & tv)- I agree with her! You read it as vain – I read it as a good health choice.

And my labor was 36 hours – all natural, drug-free home birth and YES – losing the baby weight is harder than my labor, too. It takes longer with less immediate results. 36 hours of labor produced a baby – 3 years as a mommy and I still have an extra 15 pounds!

Can’t you at least give her kudos that she nursed for 2 years? That being said – she supports the torture of innocent animals by wearing fur.

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By: Gerti

Gerti — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:46:41 +0000

I don´t think it´s that bad. If we had the chance to have a nanny and a personal trainer who wouldn´t use it. I think it´s better she admits that for her it wasn´t easy either. That makes her much more normal than other celebrity moms. A lot more people look at her body and judge her for “still” being overweight than the avarage mom. I think Christina Aquilera´s comment about her wanting a c-section because she didn´t feel like hours of labor pain and ripping down there was by far more arrogant and stupid than this. But that´s just my opinion.

By: Hunny

Hunny — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:34:02 +0000

We could ALL lose the baby weight if we had nannies, personal trainers and personal nutritionists and home chefs under our employ. How arrogant.