https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 12 Nov 2026 19:13:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1154652 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:39:16 +0000 .twist. 1154652@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TemperanceBrennan: truly! And each one would cause the same uproar, because each one has a group of people who can't or don't or won't do those things. </p> <p>We all just have to be happy for each other's successes and be inspired by one another. Peace! LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1154499 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:56:30 +0000 Mamaof2 1154499@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not offended. I am a little envious though! I wish I looked like that after kids but I don't! At the same time she is a fitness trainer so its her JOB to look like that! My job is to sit on my fat a$$ all day and type on the computer....hence my fat a$$ ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1154347 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 08:20:42 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1154347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: I think you hit the nail on the head. There could be a whole series of pictures of a working moms doing elaborate crafts with her kids, a stay-at-home mom with a side business, a mom that makes all her own baby food from scratch, a mom that cloth diapers, a mom that exclusively breastfeeds, a mom that makes all of her kids cloths, etc. etc. with the tagline "What's your excuse". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1154079 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:51:37 +0000 Kimberlybee 1154079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@.twist.: Agreed! She has to look the part and live by her fitness mantra for her fitness blog. Maybe we should create a 50 state alliance mommy fitness blog and check up on one another and post pics to force us to look good too?? LOL </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1154063 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:37:15 +0000 meganmp 1154063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. J: @pui: @Mrs. Polish: Ditto to all you've said. Also, I think she's right- it's not HER that women are mad at. There are rarely valid excuses for meeting your own goals. Hers just happened to be looking the way she does, and she did it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1154060 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:30:45 +0000 DillonLion 1154060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am not envious or inspired by her at all, which i think were her goals with the picture. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1153987 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 21:00:49 +0000 sarac 1153987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My excuse is that I'm not a recovering bulimic, as this woman is. Getting back the body you had prepregnancy is quite different than achieving fitness perfection post baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1153915 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 20:13:19 +0000 Pirouette 1153915@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bookish: ha I couldn't agree more! :) I always find it crazy how people need to brag so much on the internet about working out. You should brag about your grades, haha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1153878 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 19:57:05 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1153878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I was reading her site - I love this quote of hers!</p> <p>&lt;&lt;It wasn’t until I became a mother when I began to truly love my body…loving it for what it was truly created for. I am twenty pounds lighter than I was when I first became pregnant. I instinctively know that my body responds to me now because it knows that I will feed it, love it and nurture it. It knows I’m not saying, “I hate you” or “I feel gross” or not feed it because of anger, depression or fear.<br /> My body knows it is loved.&gt;&gt;</p> <p>(<a href="http://www.mariakang.com/2013/02/18/chapter-six-motherhood-can-make-you-better/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mariakang.com/2013/02/18/chapter-six-motherhood-can-make-you-better/</a>) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1153868 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 19:50:37 +0000 googly-eyes 1153868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not offended by it but I do think it's off-putting for reasons that have been stated above. I also don't find it motivating in the slightest. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1153856 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 19:46:04 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1153856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What bugs me is more pressure on a new mom to do it all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1153838 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 19:38:29 +0000 Bookish 1153838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pirouette: you said what I was thinking! My SIL is a fitness instructor at a gym and it is her job to stay in amazing shape. My job right now is getting a graduate degree and being a WAHM. Different priorities, but it doesn't make either of us wrong. I do think sometimes that if I bragged about my grades the way some people brag about how they work out, I'd get laughed off the internet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1153763 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:49:17 +0000 HellOnHeels 1153763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>People are way too sensitive, IMO. I doubt she meant to "fat-shame" other women/mom's, but rather motivate them. As PP's have mentioned, a lot of mom's use their kids as an excuse to not eat healthy and exercise and she is trying to say that it IS possible to have a healthy and active lifestyle, even with young children. I mean, hey, if you're okay with how you look and feel great, awesome! I don't think she's telling every mom that they have to look like a personal trainer or model, but if you want change, you have to work hard to get there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1153732 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:28:47 +0000 dojo 1153732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I find it motivating! I know that I make excuses to not work out or to eat things I shouldn't. She looks great and she should be proud! </p> <p>I did blow up at DH back when LO was first born because he had no concept how long it would take us to get things done in the evening and was saying how there was no reason why we each shouldn't have at least an hour to work out each night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1153719 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:15:14 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1153719@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: oh she looks great! That IS something to aspire to. I love that she is in a bikini! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1153706 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:07:38 +0000 blackbird 1153706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This one! </p> [attach=618/13/musawr.400x600.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1153686 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:56:34 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1153686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: oh really!?? I want to see! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse/page/2#post-1153677 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:52:00 +0000 MsMamaBear 1153677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: I loved that picture too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse#post-1153670 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:46:04 +0000 blackbird 1153670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs pen-her Facebook page shows her in a bikini, showing off her stretch marks. That photo was from a photo shoot and it was photoshopped. But I love that she shared those other photos. She has saggy skin, too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse#post-1153661 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:35:15 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1153661@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Polish: agree. I have excuses, but I'm honest about them, yes being mom is one of them but I'm not saying I could never be fit because I'm a mom, I'm just not making it an active choice.</p> <p>I think it makes people feel bad but that's not her fault nor her responsibility. It's too easy to say "I can't be fit because I'm a mom". But I also think there is a difference between fit and healthy. She is both, whereas I'm healthy but I know I'm not fit.</p> <p>My own personal issue is I get sad when I see fit moms like that who aren't covered in stretch marks and have the ability ot get back into shape. Even if I became as fit as she, you can't tone a stomach smothered in stretch marks. So what makes me upset is that I feel like a very small minority of moms who stomach is ruined forever. BUT that is not her fault and I say kudos to her for how hard she works. Even "just" one hour of exercise a day is a huge commitment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse#post-1153630 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:18:29 +0000 MsMamaBear 1153630@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No problem for me and I'm plus size! I saw it as, I have 3 kids, you can MAKE time to work out and eat clean, so can you. I've been working out and getting healthy since last year, so maybe that's why I read it that way? I stopped making excuses and decided to just DO IT. I also don't aspire to be that little, so that probably helped too.LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse#post-1153629 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:17:06 +0000 shopaholic 1153629@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't take her picture as offensive or fat-shaming at all. I think people see their own insecurities perhaps, and feel like it's bullying or shaming. But I see a woman who has put fitness and health as a priority and is using the picture as encouragement - like "you have no excuses" and "you can do it too!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse#post-1153621 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 17:11:29 +0000 mrsjazz 1153621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not offended. She looks great. I know that I have plenty excuses &amp; reasons for not working out. I could stand to lose some weight and tone up, but I don't want to look like her. Not everyone aspires to this body type.</p> <p>Honestly, I feel like she posted the photo with that specific caption because she knew it would be controversial and get her a lot of attention and drive traffic to both her FB and her website. She's got the brains and the brawn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse#post-1153597 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:52:29 +0000 dolphin 1153597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i have no issues with it. i think she looks great and should be proud! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse#post-1153596 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:51:53 +0000 artsyfartsy 1153596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't see it as a big deal. It's important for all women to be healthy, but if being physically fit or skinny isn't a priority then so be it. It's not for me. I want to be at a healthy weight, but a body like hers isn't important to me. No big deal</p> <p>She's just reminding me that it's possible to stay fit even as a mom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse#post-1153592 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:46:48 +0000 MrsSCB 1153592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It seems a little confrontational. I love to see workout inspiration, and I just feel like she could have been inspiring if she wanted to, instead of making people feel defensive. From the beginning she could have been more open and honest by saying off the bat that she grew up seeing how weight can negatively affect your life and that taught her that health is important and that she works hard to be fit to be an example for her kids or something. But the way she did it just seems designed to make people feel annoyed or offended.</p> <p>@kiddosc: ONE hour of exercise a day and she looks like that?! What IS my excuse? Haha, I'm gonna assume her diet is probably much better than mine.... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse#post-1153538 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:07:03 +0000 Pirouette 1153538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>meh...i'm not offended, but i'm also not really impressed. Everyone has different priorities, jobs, etc., and the fact that she chose a career that requires her to maintain the highest level of fitness and a killer body is good for her, but it's not a one size fits all world. I don't consider it some great achievement, because it's her job to make sure she's always in optimal shape. It's my job to keep my brain sharp for my career, which i imagine will be just as difficult as a new mom as her calorie counting and exercise. but i don't intend to post a picture for the world bragging about my efforts ;)</p> <p>I understand she is trying to motivate, but I don't find things like this motivating. they seem guilt-driven. Of course, i've always been an avid exerciser and don't really look to outside sources for motivation anyway, so maybe i am just not the target audience. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse#post-1153212 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:43:48 +0000 plantains 1153212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She looks amazing and I am not at all offended. Health and fitness is important to me, but so there are also other things that I care about in terms of my quality of life so I am not going to give up all semblance of a fun life to look like that, but that is my choice. My decision to have a latte and pumpkin doughnut hole is solely based on my thinking that it is worth an extra pound:) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse#post-1153207 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:42:48 +0000 mediagirl 1153207@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dang. An 8 month old, 2 year old and 3 year old? My only response is wow. My inner dialog is saying, "I sure hope she took care of herself during her pregnancy and didn't starve herself so she could get back to "normal" post pregnancy." That is what bothers me. I think she looks athletic and happy and I hope that women see her as an inspiration to workout and eat healthy if they want to look like her.</p> <p>I, on the other hand, will clap with one hand while I dig into my bag of chips with the other. </p> <p>@kiddosc: and yes, genetics plays a huge part!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-excuse#post-1153206 Wed, 16 Oct 2013 13:42:35 +0000 MsLipGloss 1153206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pui: @kiddosc: I agree. Some night even argue that that (30 min cardio, 30 min weight training) may be over exercising in some instances. Diet really is 80% of your results.</p> <p>ETA: I'm not offended either. </p>