Published On 18 Dec 2013
The stories of Maria Kang aka“What's Your Excuse Mom” and fitness blogger Caroline Berg Eriksen who posted a selfie of her toned physique less than four days after giving birth, caused a lot of backlash and raised a lot of questions regarding the body image standards new mothers are expected to meet soon after giving birth. Meanwhile, Taryn Brumfitt, a 35-year-old Australian mother chose to tackle the same subject, but from a completely new perspective, gained a lot of popularity for promoting a more realistic body image.
She struggled with her own body image so much she even contemplated getting plastic surgery to get back her pre-baby figure, but changed her mind while watching her 3 year old daughter play and realizing she won't be able to teach her to love her body if she can't do it herself, so she set out to learn how to do it and gained a lot of recognition in the process.
Mrs Brumfitt posted two photos of her body pre and post pregnancy on her website Body Image Movement, photos which went viral, having 3.6 million hits and being shared by almost 20,000 people on Facebook. If the first photo shows her looking toned posing for a fitness competition, the second one shows her post pregnancy body which showed the signs of having a baby. Her focus was on loving and accepting one's body with imperfections and adopting a balanced view when it comes to body image.
Tags: post baby body, body image issues, body image, post pregnancy weight loss
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