• 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • Join the riot newsletter
  • Wishlist
RunwayRiot
fashion for all women


  • Shop
    • Clothing
    • Accessories
    • Beauty
    • Editor’s Closet
    • Our Obsessions!
    • Gift Ideas
  • About Runway Riot
  • Fitness
  • News
  • Beauty/Fashion
  • Designers
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
Wish
list
  • Shop
    • Clothing
    • Accessories
    • Beauty
    • Editor’s Closet
    • Designers
    • Gift Ideas
    • Our Obsessions!
    • Guilty Pleasures
  • Beauty/Fashion
  • Fitness
  • Self-care
  • Current Obsessions
  • The Latest
  • Let's Stop Rushing Everyone to Lose Weight After Giving Birth
  • Woman Sends Anti-Body Shaming Message About Being Told She's 'Too Big' After Weight Loss
  • GabiFresh on Why Eating Healthy Doesn't Mean You Want to Lose Weight
  • Star Pronounces That Her 'Fat' Pre Weight Loss Body Was 'Vile'
This Woman Has the Best Message About Why She Doesn’t Want Her Pre-Pregnancy Body Back
by Eliza Dillard | January 28, 2016 at 3:02 PM
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

You know the drill. A woman carries a kid inside of her for nine months, pushes it out into the world, and then does a mad dash to get back to her pre-baby bod. We’ve seen it recently with face of the Atkins Diet Kim Kardashian (amongst handfuls of other famouses), and we’ve seen it with real people we know outside of Instagram. If you’re not at least trying to drop the extra cushion that carrying a live human puts on your bod, then you’re doing life wrong, society says.

Luckily, there’s one woman who isn’t buying the obsession with pre-baby bods. In a personal essay for Romper, body positive hero Katherine DM Clover explains why she doesn’t give a hoot about trying to drop her pregnancy pounds, and we’re here for it.  She said this:

There is this idea, one that’s very prevalent in our size-obsessed culture, that every new mom must want those “extra” pounds gone as soon as possible. In fact, the world is full of diets, exercise plans, and more, all designed to help new parents with what seems to be the ultimate goal: losing the baby weight. If you work out every morning in an attempt to get back to your pre-pregnancy body, that’s cool, you do you. As for me, though, I’m never going to try to lose the baby weight.

I wasn’t interested in our diet-obsessed culture before having my son either. I’ve tried hard to be as body positive as possible in my lifetime, and it’s an important value I’d like to pass on to my child. There was nothing wrong with my body that needed fixing then, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with it now.

It’s not every day that we hear people making the case for keeping the pregnancy pounds, so cheers to that.

Clover also explains that, surprise, between balancing work and home life, she doesn’t have much time for the gym. And besides, she’d rather be doing more fulfilling activities in her free time than focusing on her weight, she says. Like, ya know, spending time with the CHILD SHE JUST BIRTHED. Imagine that wild concept.

And she didn’t stop there. Clover’s essay got more exciting with every mouse scroll, with little gems like this one:

All of these pounds are a part of me, and I can’t think of any good reason why some of them would be keepers while others need to be quickly shed.

As a body-positive person, I strive to love my whole body exactly the way it is today. Does it look a little different after creating and growing a whole other human? Sure thing. Does it still wake me up in the morning, carry me from point A to point B, and ensure that my son is happy, cared for, and loved? Hell yeah. My body is my body, and it’s great.

This feels like a dip in the sea on a stifling afternoon in July. We love everything about Clover’s message on why losing the baby weight isn’t a necessity and wish this idea would get a little bit more mainstream. We also have a strong feeling that her children will be major winners at life with a rad mom like this.

[Romper]

Related Links:
Let’s Stop Rushing Everyone to Lose Weight After Giving Birth
Surprise! Kim Kardashian’s First Goal for 2016 Is to Lose All of Her Baby Weight

Tags: Weight Loss
About the Author

Eliza Dillard

Connect with me:
  • My website
I Want That!
Missguided
Choker Neck Sweatshirt Nude
Shop now + Wishlist
$23.40
Floreat
Zharah Peasant Dress
Shop now + Wishlist
$79.95
LOREN HOPE
'Clara' Crystal Bracelet
You Know You Want Me! + Wishlist
$58.00
Trish Mcevoy
Eye Base Essentials
Buy Me + Wishlist
$29.00
Guerlain
Souffle d'Or de Shalimar Perfumed Iridescent Powder for Hair & Body, Holiday Collection
You Know You Want Me! + Wishlist
$98.00
PJ Salvage
Short Pajamas (Plus Size)
Buy Me + Wishlist
$92.00
Articles of Society
Carly Crop Patchwork Skinny Jeans (Shadow)
Buy Me + Wishlist
$74.00
Mac
Pearlmatte Face Powder
Gimme! + Wishlist
$27.00
This Woman Has the Best Message About Why She Doesn’t Want Her Pre-Pregnancy Body Back
Glitter Pouch,SILVER,ONE SIZE
Shop now + Wishlist
$14.00
AZAARA
Lace Drop Earrings
Buy Me + Wishlist
$134.98
Too Faced
Too Faced Chocolate Bar Eyeshadow Palette
Shop now + Wishlist
$49.00
ADDITION ELLE LOVE AND LEGEND
Cargo Pants (Plus Size)
You Know You Want Me! + Wishlist
$98.00
19 Female Professional Athletes Who Are Changing The Way We Look At Fashion
November 7, 2017 at 3:12 PM
11 Body Confident Trends for Transitional Wear
November 7, 2017 at 3:05 PM
The Power of 11: How to Align With Your True Self
February 14, 2017 at 12:50 PM
The Best Single Statement Shirts to Wear this Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2017 at 8:33 AM
Couples That Workout Together Stay Together
February 14, 2017 at 2:39 AM
RunwayRiot
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
Sitemap
  • Shop
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • All Stories
Join the riot
© 2023 RunwayRiot, LLC - All Rights Reserved.
  • FAQ
  • Terms
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Design
  1. Mediaite
  2. The Mary Sue
  3. RunwayRiot
  4. LawNewz
  5. Gossip Cop