
Photo by Frederick M. Brown/GettyKick-ass super trainer Jillian Michaels is irking people. She said she won't give birth for fear of ruining her perfect body, she told a reporter for Women's Health, reports Fox News.
Not that she doesn't want to become a mother -- she'd like to adopt, both to save her sexy stomach and because when you "rescue" someone, you "rescue part of yourself."
Michaels is a formerly overweight child who fought hard to get the body she has, which has clearly become part of not only her identity but her ability to motivate and inspire others toward healthier lifestyle goals.
She doesn't want to go backward and lose all that she fought for, and I don't blame her for that.
There are definitely some body image issues here. What I don't understand is how someone who knows so much about fitness and body mechanics really thinks that pregnancy is the end-all of a gorgeous body? Just look at Gisele or Heidi Klum -- surely Michaels is in even better athletic form than they are.
Going into a pregnancy with a fit body raises the chances you'll come out of it in great shape too.
I think Michaels is missing a really good marketing opportunity here -- prenatal fitness videos. I had a real hard time finding good ones when I was pregnant, and I'd snap up one by her in a baby's heartbeat.
Would you like to see Jillian Michaels get pregnant and create a line of prenatal workout videos? Would you buy one?
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Comments (37)
So true!!I have a few of the biggest loser work out dvds and if jillian had a after baby fitness video i'd definately buy it!
Well, she's got a point....chick has a rockin' bod but yes, she is missing out on a market there!!!! YA, I would buy it!!!!!!
Oh my lord, she makes me sick. I try not to judge, but that's just total insanity.
I don't think it matters what her reasons are for not having a child. At least she is not getting pregnant then aborting it, and since she wants to be a mother there are so many children out there who need loving parents and she can afford all the adoption cost. The way I see it, it is a WIN-WIN situation for her. She keeps her body and doesn't have to fight to get it back and she gets a child.
For me the problem with her statement isn't so much about her body, as her comments about "rescuing" a child by adoption. As mom by adoption, I can tell you it's not rescuing anyone.
NOOOOO!!!!! LOL! can you see her potty training? YOU! WILL! SIT! ON! THAT! TOILET! BECAUSE! YOU! ARE! NOT! A! QUITTER!
J/K but seriously, she doesn't have the most tact, why would we expect anything less?
RE: ABOVE (lovinangels) - LOL That was real funny! -
She pushes lots of drugs - non effective weight loss drugs - she's also illiterate, uses a ghost writer. I'd hate to see her drug addicted uneducated offspring. God forbid she passed along that face!
I have Gillian's 30 Day Shred workout and it's wonderful, however if she made a prenatal workout, I don't believe that I would do it. As a matter of fact, if she got pregnant I would hope she wouldn't do a workout. Gillian is very overbearing in her workout videos, and that's fine for a non-pregnant person, but for a pregnant woman, it could be a bit much. She really pushes you and really urges you to hold out as much as you can. Do you have to listen to a DVD? No, but many people will.
I personally find the comment selfish and stupid! Many many women come back from the pregnancy looking smoking HOT! With her knowledge in Fitness and nutrition I think she would bounce back rather quick. I personally think she is missing out for really dumb reasons.
And...Robinw...REALLY? She does not push drugs! She promotes a healthy vitamin that helps weightloss. As far as her face and not passing it along...This is coming from someone with a generic AVI and not one of your own face.....hhhmmm...One might argue that maybe you should not be passing on your face. :)