Celebrities Losing Baby Weight

Exposing An Unhealthy Trend in Hollywood

Sep 8, 2008

While models, singers, actresses and otherwise famous females blossom during pregnancy, they are often photographed weeks later looking remarkably svelte.

While the world watches and waits for the debut of celebrities after they give birth, it is fair to say that a great majority of women in the public spotlight work feverishly to lose their pregnancy weight. Within weeks, many are photographed looking remarkably skinny.

How They Are Losing Weight

Many wealthy moms have access to live-in chefs, personal trainers and complete home gym equipment. They also have a plethora of assistants, managers, agents and others subtly whispering in their ear that in X amount of time, she’s got to Look Good. Some celebrities have been known to schedule a c-section and a tummy tuck in the same session, while others claim that breastfeeding is their sole method in losing weight.

Is This A Healthy Trend?

According to David Katz, medical correspondent for ABC News, the average woman gains "30.5 pounds during pregnancy" and that healthy recommended weight loss would be "one pound per week." While breastfeeding can burn over 500 calories a day, Dr. Katz notes that "losing weight too quickly can dry up breast milk" or can even cause its nutritional value to decrease. Some celebrities are losing at least 30 pounds of pregnancy weight in a matter of 3-4 weeks, which would average to a loss of about 10 pounds per week. That cannot be healthy.

Obsession over weight gain also interferes with a new and fragile mother-baby bond. While mom is pounding the pavement, who is caring for the new little one?

Who’s Measuring Up?

Here is a list of some of the celebrities who have been seen looking startlingly small very shortly after giving birth:

Who Is To Blame?

Are these women solely responsible for compromising their health to lose their pregnancy weight so quickly? Or is the relentless scrutiny of the media to blame? Paparazzi follow celebrities everywhere, vying to get the most damaging shots—from underneath, from behind—any way that might catch a famous mom looking other than her best. It can be difficult to ignore the roaring of the crowds when you know that these people pay for you to look your most beautiful and brightest. Perhaps if the media were a more forgiving sort, then celebrity mothers would not have to resort to practically starving themselves in the weeks after their bodies are already struggling to naturally heal from childbirth.

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