Naomi Watts is thin and pretty
When I got pregnant with Sam I was in great shape. I’d been working out 4 or 5 times a week for years, I did yoga a few times a week, and walked all over the city. I was tight, toned, and slightly underweight. By the time I had my first doctor’s visit when I was 8 or 9 weeks pregnant I’d already gained 8 pounds. It never stopped. I kept gaining and gaining despite the fact that I was still working out 4 or 5 times a 50 week and doing yoga. I stopped looking at the scale when I hit 50 pounds gained a month or two before my due date.
Everyone told me I’d have no trouble losing the weight, especially because I was breastfeeding. I heard all sorts of rumors that breastfeeding helps with weight loss. I heard about women who dropped weight without trying and kept losing weight until they were below their pre-pregnancy weight. I heard about women who kept the weight on and lost it all at once when they stopped nursing. I struggled and struggled to lose the weight after Sam was born. When he was six months old I still couldn’t fit into all of my pre-baby pants. By 9 months postpartum I was able to wear most of my old clothes. With the help of two nasty stomach bugs I was back to pre-pregnancy weight by Sam’s first birthday. By the time he was 18 months old I’d gained 8 of those pounds back.
Maybe I would have lost the weight again when he stopped nursing, but I got pregnant again before I had the chance to find out.
So when I hear about people who credit breastfeeding with rapid weight loss I get a little bit bitter. Screw you, Naomi Watts. I’m sure your personal trainer had more to do with your fabulous shape than breastfeeding.
Actress Naomi Watts has said the pressures of motherhood are the reason for her slim post-pregnancy figure.
The ‘Funny Games’ star, 39, admits she put in little effort to shed the extra weight she had gained during pregnancy - because nursing her son, Alexander, solved that problem for her after she gave birth to him last July.
She said: “Breastfeeding - that’s how you drop weight. Even though you are just eating all the time, he is eating too”.
At least she’s honest about the sleep thing.
She adds: “My son is a true joy, but motherhood is harder than I thought. The biggest surprise was the lack of sleep. He is still struggling to sleep through the night”.
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March 11th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Ah! You are so right, these damn people with their personal chefs and trainers…it’s annoying.
Thanks to nonstop puking while I was pregnant I only gained 15 pounds to begin with and then my daughter popped out just a shade under 9 lbs so I was pretty good to go. My body however, did not begin to look normal again until I started Weight Watchers. I was back to my normal weight but still looked…lumpy, for lack of a better word. And breastfeeding didn’t do a whole lot for my body except make my boobs huge…and they were huge to begin with so this was not appreciated.
March 12th, 2008 at 3:02 am
I was highly successful at GAINING weight despite breastfeeding. All those hours on the couch nursing in front of the TV did not help matters.
BUT…
I still like it when celebrities speak about breastfeeding at all just to spread the word. Personally if someone’s breastfeeding for the “wrong” reasons, whether for losing weight or celebrity worship, I don’t really care. It’s still better than if they never tried it at all!