Shame on People Magazine

Did anyone else happen to see this lovely little interactive “Battle of the Bulge” feature in People magazine? Celebs who “battled the bulge” and won? OY VEY. Three of these women were PREGNANT this year!!! WTF?! That “bulge” of which they speak, is a BABY BUMP! Give them a break! While some of those weight [...]

Pregnancy and Satisfied Eating

When I first found out I was pregnant, I stood in the bathroom, braced myself on the wall, and took a few deep breaths.  This was a planned pregnancy, but that didn’t make the moment any less of a surprise somehow.  I walked out to tell my husband and my hand was shaking so much [...]

NYTimes — New Goal for the Obese: Zero Gain in Pregnancy

Let me state up front that I’m not pregnant — but that eventually I’d like to become a mom, so I have been doing a lot of reading on pregnancy.

About a year and a half ago on my blog, at the height of my disordered eating issues, I admitted that pregnancy weight scares me quite a bit — but not enough that I would not be willing to embrace it when the time comes.

(Since then, fellow WATRD blogger Claire Mysko’s book, Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat, came out and has been a helpful tool for people like me who are working through body image issues; I hope to read it again when I’m pregnant someday).

Anyway, for most women, the notion of pregnancy weight is daunting — even if you know it’s for a an amazingly good reason.

But imagine if you were clinically obese and told not to gain any weight during pregnancy? We know obesity carries with it many risk factors, but what would that do to your mind, and to your body? To your baby’s development?

And so reading this article in the New York Times today, New Goal for the Obese: Zero Gain in Pregnancy really gave me pause.

“It’s Funny Because It’s True!” A Pregnancy WTF on “The Office”

On last night’s episode of “The Office,” Pam faces the ultimate lady conundrum. She wants to look slim and trim in her wedding dress, but she’s also pregnant. And hungry. As she reaches for a doughnut, obnoxious co-worker Ryan chimes in on cue: “You know, it’s a myth that women need to gain more than [...]

Halle Berry Responds to “Hollywood Bump Watch”

For weeks, the tabloids have been speculating that Halle Berry is pregnant. Her crime? Apparently the wearing of loose-fitting sundresses in L.A. (where the average temperature these days is about 85 degrees) is a big no-no. An A-lister who is not constantly showing off her perfectly slim and trim body MUST be pregnant, right? Wrong. [...]

Those Stretch Marks Run Deep!

This post introduces Guest Post author YumYucky to WeAreTheRealDeal. She is the mother of four (who somehow looks like a teenager) but has the battle wounds to prove it! ——- My children changed my life forever, but please don’t cue the singing birds and violins. I’m not referring to the warm and fuzzy, tender moments [...]

The case of Maggie Baumann and the problem with “pregorexia”

Maggie Baumann was brutally honest when she came forward and admitted that she had suffered with eating disorders through both of her pregnancies. In an essay for MomLogic, she described what it felt like to be horrified by the changes to her body during those months. After working hard on her own recovery, she shared [...]

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