26th
Jun
Poor Jessica Simpson. Yes she is getting paid a whopping $4m to lose her baby weight but seriously, the pressure on her is incredible.
I have read many stories this week about her crying about having to lose the weight, feeling overly stressed about the weight loss and all in all finding it really difficult – and surely the $4m isn’t that important to her? She isn’t exactly on the bread line.
I wonder if in hindsight she would have wished that she hadn’t signed such a big contract with Weight Watchers – as if reports are to be believed she has 5 months in which to lose 26kg which is an ENORMOUS amount to lose in such a short time.
At Lose Baby Weight we are BIG believers in not even thinking about the weight loss until you are 100% emotionally and physically ready and I would say Jessica is neither of these. I feel incredibly sad that because of money on the table she is potentially effecting the precious first few months with her baby and it really is something that no mother should have to go through.
She did gain quite a few kilos and the media are already publishing pictures (the one here are from TMZ) of her post baby body and comparing it to pre pregnancy and all I want her to do is say “stick the money, I am not ready to lose the weight, now everyone go away”.
But I doubt she will do that and many people reading this will say that she brought it on herself and sold countless stories and pictures of herself during pregnancy and yes that is all true but I honestly don’t think she had any realisation of how tough things would be post birth and how the weight doesn’t magically fall off.
And like all weight loss plans Weight Watchers isn’t a quick fix – it requires discipline, determination and committment and trying to do that on little sleep and when you are emotionally fragile is tough.
I also hope the Weight Watchers team are not putting too much pressure on her. 5 months is an incredibly short period of time and hopefully they will tell her to take it easy and if it takes 12- 18 months that too is fine.
And for any mum who is thinking about losing baby weight make sure you only do it when you are ready, do it in a safe way, do it on a healthy way and don’t let anyone pressure you to lose any weight until you feel ready which for some mums is a couple of years later.
And if you do need help please see our specially designed weight loss plans for mums which are helping mums all over the world lose weight and feel great.
I totally agree with you guys! The POOR woman – that’s enormous pressure and Weight Watchers should hang their heads in SHAME! That is NOT helping women feel good about themselves by pushing Jessica to lose so much so fast.
If other women don’t get the same results, don’t they realise that they will compare themselves and feel like failures?
Shame on YOU Weight Watchers, shame shame shame!
This is so sad, its little wonder why everyday mums (like myself) beat up on themselves when all.they see everywhere is how this celeb shed the baby weight and seeing them pick on girls like Jess Simpson and making them feel low in themself which could lead to all sorts of postnatal trouble. Quite frankly some of these celebs looked better with a bit more weight on!!! do it in your own time Jess you are beautiful regardless enjoy this time with your new baby it goes so fast!
I couldn’t agree more with this article. That really is a huge amount to lose in such a short space of time, and the first five months are so crucial for her recovery and baby bonding time. I had alot of pressure on me in the first year to lose my baby weight and it just made things harder. I even started doing 40 laps a day at a local pool, plus dieting, plus walking and it seriously made zero difference. In the end, when everyone backed off and I was ready, I lost it all in the space of about three months. Mums just need the time to reach “that place”. Like you, I’d love her to tell them to “stick the money”.
Totally agree with what is said. This poor woman has every little piece of her life scrutinized & picked apart, No doubt at all that she simply isn’t ready to do this, she looks so sad. It has taken me almost 5 years to be in the right “place” mentally & emotionally to start on my own weight-loss journey & I have given myself 12 months to get there. Jessica Simpson I say – stuff em’, stuff the number on the scales – your daughter doesn’t give 2 hoots what her Mumma bear looks like or what number is on the tag of your clothes – all she is going to know is that you were there for her. As you said it would be great if she told Weight Watchers to “shove the $$’s where the sun don’t shine”. Shame on WW for setting such an unrealistic goal, not just because she is in the spotlight, but for anyone – 26kgs in 5 months, is simply unattainable if you want to keep it off long term…..
I am a single mum and I had twins 5 and a half months ago. I joined the gym and Jenny Craig, but as I am exclusively breastfeeding, my milk supply dropped. I also found that I spent most of the day in the car, doing the school run, going to the gym and then back to school to pick up my other child. I wasn’t spending enough ‘quality’ time with my babies. After three weeks I thought this is mad!!! I quit the gym and JC, I now go to play group, or spend the day at home and the money I was spending on gym membership and JC goes towards a cleaner and my washing getting dropped off for a wash, dry, fold at the local laundromat. Even if I was offered that amount of money, I wouldn’t do it. Time goes by way too fast and I will never get this time again to sit at home and admire my little treasures without having to rush off to work. My milk supply is back to normal and my babies & I are back to our usual happy selves.
I wish everyone stopped putting pressure on stars and themselves to lose baby weight in such a small period of time. I was 84 kg’s after having DD1. And it took me a good 2 years to get to 72kgs, the last 4kgs were the hardest to lose and am now down to pre pregnancy weight of 68kgs so 16kgs in total, but still have a baby belly and am now trying for #2. I work 2 jobs and help with my husbands part time business (he also works a full time job), but that’s the sacrifice you have to make to keep a roof over your head and have been lucky to have relatives to look after my DD, which means she is not in daycare, and in between working I have enjoyed spending quality time with my DD, family and friends. How is it possible for stars to spend time with their children when they are working so hard on their figure. I was pleased the other day to see a picture of Pink, still carrying her baby weight. Media is such a bad influence on weight issues, they have to realize that ppl strive to look like them, and looking like SJP and Angelina is not healthy.