I stumbled upon by chance with news of those that make me think "but are we all crazy?" Maria Kang is a 32-year-old fitness teacher and mother of three children, 3, another 2, and an 8-month-old baby.
To promote himself, he has published on his Facebook profile the photo you see above in which he appears wearing an enviable physique with his children and the question "What excuse do you have?" An impressive flutter was armed with a shower of criticism to the point of seriously asking him to apologize for the photo. Should we apologize for being the mother of three children and being great?
It reminds me a little of that pregnant woman who lifted weights two weeks after giving birth to those who have also been dropped from a donkey as careless, unconscious, irresponsible and so on.
But returning to the fitness mom, we must clarify that she is a woman used to exercising even before being a mother. He gets up very early and trains one hour a day 5 or 6 days a week before waking his children.
His provocative photo quickly went viral on social networks and received thousands of comments, mostly negative. Some of the niceties they told him were:
"I hate you. You are fake and a bad mother. You only serve to exercise. Dedicate yourself to take care of your children. ”
"My excuse? How about not being a narcissistic person who spends his days obsessing with his body? I have a doctorate, does she have any? I spend almost the same amount of time practicing piano, can you play it? I get involved in politics, does she do it? "
Ok, the question prompted a little to light the spirits, because they may have touched the fiber of mothers who try to recover their figure after childbirth and do not get it. Many women have been offended, but you have to take it as an advertising slogan, which is what it is. There have also been comments in favor of women who have felt motivated and have seen that it is possible.
Mary apologized, but in her own way. It is seen that it is weapons to take:
“What you will interpret in the photo is not my fault, but yours. The first step in owning your life, your body and your destiny is to own the thoughts that come out of your head. I have not created them. Are yours. So if you want to continue "detesting" this image you will have to get used to hating many other things for the rest of your life. "
The mother's body after childbirth
Obviously, when a woman becomes a mother, her body changes. Most of us have extra kilos, stretch marks and bulging guts. But it is also true that there are women who, thanks to their genetics or as in this case, based on perseverance and effort (or both), manage to have a great physique again, sometimes even better than they had before they were mothers. Each woman is a world.
It is not an obligation to recover the figure after delivery, of course. That is according to how each one accepts their own motherhood. Go through one very personal choice that nobody should criticize, neither in one sense nor in the other.
I think this woman you don't have to apologize for being a mother of three children and being great. You can be as good a mother as anyone. It is the most common, yes, but stretch marks and kilos are not a measure of being a good or a bad mother. I also think you have to criticize others less and look more inward.
Do you think I should apologize?
