Amy Adams Defies Hollywood, Keeps Baby Weight

on December 30, 2010 at 5:15 PM

Amy Adams Parade Cover Amy Adams, superstar actress and mom to 7-month-old Aviana should win an award! Yes, she deserves accolades for her acting abilities, but I propose she receive a big gold star for not buying into that whole I-just-had-a-baby-and-I-weigh-100-pounds thing that seems to happen to actresses in Hollywood.

Amy found out she was pregnant just as she wrapped the filming of her latest movie, The Fighter. And even for that role, the director encouraged her to look like a real woman and not a hard body even though she was going to be wearing half-tops. And now, post-baby, Amy is embracing the extra pounds . Isn't that refreshing? Isn't that the kind of woman you want to see on the big screen?

The lovely Amy told Parade:

“I’ve been working out when I can, and I’m trying to eat in a healthful way, but losing weight is not my number-one priority."

That deserves a standing ovation!

It is twice as hard to swallow celebrities who seemingly drop their baby weight overnight when you stop to consider that all of those actresses have round the clock nannies, personal chefs, trainers, and gyms that are built right inside their beautiful mansions (and tummy tucks! Yes I'm saying it!). It makes it more difficult for all of us regular moms to feel good about ourselves when we don't feel quite like our old selves. Which is why I loved the fact that Amy also said this:

"It’s part of my job to return to some semblance of what I was before. But I don’t feel I’ve ever made my career on my rockin’ bod. Being pregnant finally helped me understand what my true relationship was with my body - meaning that it wasn't put on this earth to look good in a swimsuit".

Don't we all feel exactly that same way? Wouldn't we all would like to feel like the woman we were before we had a baby? Even if she's slightly softer and rounder in some places?

Becoming a mother is such an emotional and physical change and we should always remember that we look different because of the amazing transformation we just went through that gave us our babies. Thanks to Amy Adams for reminding us of that.

What was your first priority after you had your baby? Were you worried about losing the weight fast?

Image via parademagazine.com

Filed Under: postpartum weight, celeb moms

Comments (7)

cleanaturalady

on Dec 30, 2010 at 6:13 PM

Good for her. Although she still looks pretty trim to me.

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on Dec 30, 2010 at 8:45 PM

Good for her but if that's a post baby picture nobody can blame her for not being worried about the baby weight. She looks fabulous. I don't think the women who are beating themselves up fit into a size 4 gown. It took me a full year and a half to get back to my pre pregnancy size four. I did not diet at all but simply ate healthy food and I naturally lost the weight over a period of time. It takes 9 months to put the baby weight on and in my case having three babies in three years I had about 20 extra pounds hanging around.

Addys_Mom

on Dec 31, 2010 at 1:34 AM

I have always loved amy adams. she just seems much more real than most actresses. With my first two kids weight loss wasn't a priority but it will be with this kid because i was on a roll with losing my baby weight before finding out i was pregnant and i dont want to get back into a slump

tazdvl

on Dec 31, 2010 at 2:07 AM

Good for her!

joymama123

on Dec 31, 2010 at 9:00 AM

Weight loss was not even a top-5 priority for me after my kids were born BUT even though I gained about 30 pounds with each of my pregnancies I was back into my regular clothes within days. I have always been very athletic and just enjoy working out every day. I waited at least 4 weeks after each baby to get back into any type of exercise plan again. People were always making comments to me after the kids were born-really negative things even asking if I had adopted becasue there was no way that I just had a baby-this after wearing a bikini on vacation 9 days after my third was born. I don't get stretch marks either. I have good skin, good genetics and I have always taken care of myself. There are some women that just lose the weight right away. Even though losing the weight was never a priority or me, and while it didn't have to be a priority for me, other women treated me weird becasue of how quickly I 'got my body back.' And yes, Amy Adams looks great, but she is obviously one of the women who get their body back pretty quickly so she doesn't really need to make it a priority right away either.

momtothemax2910

on Dec 31, 2010 at 9:14 AM

Good for her! My philosophy was it took 9 months to get there, it can take 9 months to come off.

WarriorsWife523

on Dec 31, 2010 at 3:10 PM

My priority was keeping the person I'd just made alive, but that's me. Lol.

I've always had a love-hate relationship with my body. In my best shape ever, right after I finished basic training for the Army and was on my high school's cross country team, I was never smaller than a size 8 or 10. I am all for being healthy, but we have to stop holding up Heidi Klum as the standard for beauty (though beautiful. she is). Most women could not walk for Victoria's Secret a month after giving birth.