Gwyneth Paltrow. Thin before babies. Thin after babies. Rich. Huge house, money for trainer, able to afford lots of workout equipment. Possibly even a nanny even when home. Envision it.
Waifish Gwyneth, mother to Apple and Moses, thinks every mother has the time to spare to work out and lose that baby weight.
"Every woman can make time -- every woman -- and you can do it with your baby in the room," she said. "There have been countless times where I've worked out with my kids crawling around all over the place. You just make it work, and if it's important to you, it'll be important to them."
Notice the use of every?
I'd like to know how Gwyneth reasoned to her babies that they must sit absolutely still, not get into any drawers or pull down curtains, and told them they are not allowed to cry or need attention or crawl toward mommy when she's doing her Pilates moves with the help of a trainer during her two-hour workout.
Some days when I am alone with the twins I don't have time to shower. Carving out two hours to do anything is a feat. And it's usually with a baby on my hip. Not conducive to bicep curls. Unless I'm curling my twins.
Oh wait ... I get it. Paltrow must have help and she must understand that only women who have extra hands around could do this, right? Wrong. Let's not overlook the fact that she says every woman. Stresses every woman. So that means you, me, and your friend who just had triplets. Yep, even that friend -- the working mom who had a c-section, preeclampsia, and a baby in the NICU. Even the mom who struggled with her weight pre-baby. Yep, she has time. And plenty of it. Of course!
It's funny how she also says how hard it was for her to get the weight off -- hard with the first baby, even harder with baby number two. She claims it was the hardest thing she's ever done. So she's saying the right thing there -- and when she says that, it's like I want to say, Yeah Gwynie, we should be pals because I'm just like you, but then wham! She gives me a Hollywood ego-sized dose of reality saying we all have lots of time to sweat off all the pounds we gained in nine months and we can and should all be fit and skinny mommies just like she is.
She believes there is no excuse for any of us to not slip back into our pre-baby jeans even if we didn't have all the resources she could afford. Because, you know ... the most important thing we all think about after we have kids is how important it is to get every last pound off and how we must MUST fit back into those jeans. Gasp! God forbid we left the house packing a few extra pounds with our newborn. God forbid instead of obsessing over making time to work out, we instead make the most of our time as a new mom to bond with our baby before they grow up before our eyes.
I can't be the only one offended by Gwyneth's "every woman can make time -- there's no excuse" comments, am I?
What do you think of Gwyneth's comments?
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GAG ME!!! Good for her.....she should put her money where her mouth is and offer free daycare & Pilates classes for new mothers!
you are taking this wayyyy out or proportion. shes not insinuating everyone do TWO HOURS A DAY just do SOMETHING! and i agree with her! squat while you do the laundry, bang some lunges out while you wait for something to come out of the stove, grab a jump rope and work it for five minutes while your kids nap, just DO SOMETHING. get OFF THE CHAIR your sitting at to TYPE that article and SQUAT while you type. if you have time for cafemom, you have time for a quick workout, and a clean diet.
oh and, if all of you commenters were as active and busy as you claim, you would have been losing weight simply from all the activity you claim to do. and including your children is easy, there is baby and toddler yoga, try including your kids in it.
Puh-lease!!! Someone who was raised in Hollyweird, who has plenty of money and every available resource at her disposal, has no clue what it is like to actually TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN!!!!! Now that my kids are older, it is easy to exercise but when they were babies, it was virtually impossible. Gwyneth needs to get off her mighty pedestal and spend a week or two in the home of a REAL mother, one who doesn't have a nanny, a personal trainer, a cook and a maid THEN she can talk!! Until then, she needs to shut her trap. She is only making herself sound stupid.
i had healthy twins and i don't know how long it took me to lose the 70+ lbs. why? BECAUSE IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG AT ALL.
as those before me said, DO SOMETHING. my mailbox is half a block away; i walk. i do lunges down my hall. i take the stairs one or two floors up. when i watch anything on tv, i MOVE.
"she has a chef and a nanny and a manicurist and a personal trainer........" whiny bitches.
who taught you how to do sit ups? a pilates instructor? is it rocket science to eat just a bit less than you currently are? what about a glass of water, instead of a soda or sweet tea?
i've run a full house since before my babies were born. i've known i have an affinity for sweets; therefore i don't buy a box of little debbie snacks at a time. i can eat them all in a day and i don't want to.
so she has some delusions, possibly. shut up and be happy that some people are still living in their ideals. misery seems to love company, you bunch of wankers.
I do not have excuses for not being able to workout every morning....I have REASONS. This morning, for example, went as follows:
"Ah, yes...up before everyone else"...music on softly....*crunch1, crunch2....crunchlast....next move...wait, toddler is up..."Good morning sweetie"....change Pull-Up....and stretch, two, three, fo..."Can you wait for your juice for one more set?"...ur, five six....pour the juice, two, three, four...."Where was I?"...."Give Mama her dumbell"....curl, curl, curl....and lunge...."Look out!"....crying toddler, two, three, four...."Mama didn't mean to lunge back into you"...finally working up a sweat....what's that smell?....a poopy diaper at 7am?.....