Strollerderby : body

What You Look Like After Triplets

JeanneSager — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:01:00 GMT

This mom is BRAVE. And totally awesome.

A mom allowed herself to be photographed throughout the weeks of her pregnancy with triplets. Then she jumped forward to three months after delivery and struck the same pose - shirt pulled up to just below the boobs and everything hanging out.

Wow. The stretch marks are scary, but honestly, they're what to be expected for normal women who get stretchmarks (because, I'm sorry, but I have some intense loathing going on for you "Oh, I didn't get a mark" women - I fart in your general direction) and one carrying three babies at that. But look at that tummy tone! Go mama!

I love these kinds of pictures, honestly, because they remind me that my tummy will never be toned again . . . and that's OK. I don't need to look like Angelina, and my husband doesn't think I need to look like Angelina.

Because the picture at the very end of the long series of triplet pics says it all - it's the three "sweet peas" (her words) she got out of it all. Yeah, totally worth it.

Click here to see the entire series.

Image: ShapeofaMother

School Kids Get Exercise Balls Instead of Chairs

JeanneSager — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:30:00 GMT

Your kid could be getting an education - and a core workout - all at once.

Teachers at schools around the country have opted to pull chairs out of their classrooms in favor of workout balls – those giant rubber blobs that are the bane of out-of-shape mothers everywhere. Turns out, they're keeping kids focused - and not just on keeping their butts centered.

In a study published last month in the Chronicle of Kinesiology and Physical Education in Higher Education, a college professor who switched out chairs for workout balls says the balls improved students' focus and their attention. For young kids who need to get the wiggles out, the balls give them a chance to bounce their behinds, something your average chair can't.

Of course there are drawbacks. Critics say without relief for leaning back, kids are putting pressure on their tail bone all day long - and teachers can't well be expected to roam the aisles correcting kids' posture. And posture is a big issue with kids - backpacks on wheels started flying off shelves a few years back when parents got the warning that their kids had "backpack syndrome" from carting packs that were more than ten percent of their body weight.

But teachers aren't currently strolling the aisles telling kids to stop slumping in their seats either (who has time for that?), and I'd dare so most kids have horrible posture in your standard chair. At least with the ball, they develop core muscles which, in turn, strengthen the back. Come to think of it, maybe I need to do this to finally get the aching back left over from the little girl who loosened up my abdominal muscles.

Some schools are asking parents to chip in for the "seats" for their kids. Would you?

Image: MSNBC

Best of FameCrawler: Week of December 12th

Whit Honea — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:00:00 GMT

Amy Poehler Returns to SNL - Video

How Kate Gosselin Plans Her Holidays

Photos: Ashlee Simpson Debuts Post-Baby Body!

Bad Idea: Pussycat Dolls Offer to Babysit Britney Spears' Kids

Jessica Alba Is To Good To Be True

Is That A Baby Bump?

(Sort Of) Confirmed: Janet Jackson is Pregnant!

Details: Keri Russell Strips Down

Mariah Carey Preggers?

Shauna Sand's Husband is Freaking Nuts, Allegedly

Best of FameCrawler: Week of October 3rd

Whit Honea — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Matt Bryant Plays, Honors Son (Updated)

Duggars Reveal Sex Of Baby # 18

Bill Maher Calls Sarah Palin "A Bimbo"

Sarah Silverman Is Still Doing That Baby-Making Thing With Jimmy Kimmel.

Angelina's Post Baby Body Revealed- Photos

Travis Henry Arrested

Jim Carrey Says Jenny McCarthy's Son Taught Him a Deeper Love

Jenny McCarthy Hits Back At Amanda Peet On Vaccine Issue

Chris Rock: Sarah Palin's A Hockey-Mom Version Of Kim Kardashian

Justin Timberlake Proposes To Jessica Biel! Is She Pregnant?

Sarah Palin: Miss Alaska Pageant Video

Body Found in "Baby Buyer’s" Apartment

Hannah Tennant-Moore — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:30:00 GMT

The story of the Pennsylvania woman who told police that she paid $1,000 for a baby has a taken a turn for the worse. Tragically, it appears that the dark suspicions of some commenters to my first story about Andrea Curry-Demus (pictured) were well founded: police have found a woman's body in Curry-Demus’ apartment. A placenta was discovered nearby.

This is not the first time that Curry-Demus has attempted to steal babies: In 1990, she stabbed a woman in a ploy to kidnap her infant. The day after the stabbing, she took a baby out of Children’s Hospital and brought the infant to her apartment. Police found the baby there the next day, unharmed. Curry-Demus pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and reckless endangerment, and was sentenced to 10 years’ probation, a sentence that, in retrospect, was far too lenient. Curry-Demus has also been found guilty of theft.

She will remain in jail unless she can post $10,000 bond and agrees to be examined by a psychiatrist.

Photo: New York Daily News

Woman Claims She Paid $1,000 for a Baby

Best of FameCrawler: Week of May 16th

Whit Honea — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Angelina Jolie is a Big, Fat Liar!!

You Can Spot A Pregnant Britney By The Size Of Her Handbag

Five Hottest Pregnant Celebrities

Beyoncé Is Pregnant and Packing On The Pounds

Claudia Schiffer Topless!

Angelina's Pregnant Bikini Bod - Can We Hate Her?

Survivor Finale: Baby Scandal!

Let's Talk About Ashlee Simpson's Boobs!

Best of FameCrawler: Week of May 9th

Whit Honea — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Hello, Harlow!

Sheyla Hershey's Got Big (Size FFF) Dreams

Nicole Kidman: DUMPED

Elisabeth Hasselbeck's Post Baby Bikini Bod!

Secrets of How Celebrity Moms Lost Their Baby Weight

Britney Finally Gets Her Boys

Oh My God That Britney's Shameless: Oops, She Did It AGAIN?

Pregnant Posh! Beckham Baby on the Way!

Sarah Jessica Parker's Pregnancy News!

Laura Fay Is N.Y. Rep. Vito Fossella's Baby Mama

Best of FameCrawler: Week of May 2nd

Whit Honea — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair Photos: Annie Leibovitz Speaks

Oprah Reveals Scoop On Tom Cruise Interview

Jessica Alba- A Bra Would Only Slow Her Down

Lourdes Looks Like A Young Angelina Jolie?

Claudia Shiffer and Daughter Clementine

Melissa Joan Hart Has Her Pre-Baby Body Back

Kate Hudson Tops People's Most Beautiful People List

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon Married...and Expecting?

Courteney Cox Getting Baby Help from Friend

More Halle Berry Post Baby Body Pics!

Newsflash: Public Weigh-ins Not So Comfortable

Madeline Holler — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 14:32:00 GMT

Turns out, women tend not to like being weighed in public. Oh wait, you already knew that. Because you hate it too!

The side effects of public weighings -- and we're talking at the doctor's office, not reality shows -- may be causing more than moments of humiliation or heads whipping around to give you the once-over.

The problem is, some women, particuarly those who are really tipping the scales, may avoid necessary tests and treatments so that they can avoid stepping on the scales in front of the entire medical reception staff and/or waiting area.

Results of a new study from the University of Pennsylvania, which found that women hate it more than men, include the recommendation for some inexpensive changes in clinic policies. Namely, not weighing patients in front of others. (Brilliant!)

Here's something else they found (this, you may not actually know already):

... [O]bservers generally overestimate women’s weight while women tend to believe that people are underestimating their weight due to slimming clothes or cosmetics. This means that, while women in the study demonstrated they do not want people to know their weight, their true weight was lower than others’ estimates and a public weighing would correct the misperception.

It's always surprising to me when the scale at the doctor's office is in a high-traffic area. Or when the say your weight out loud in front of others. Can't they just jot it down, lips sealed?

Tell us your embarassing weigh-in stories, including those from your younger, more delicate years. Or, if you're skinny, this is an opportunity to gloat.

Photo: ScienceDaily.com

Why Tweens are Too Young for a Brazilian Wax

Madeline Holler — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:34:00 GMT

Jeez, I can think of a million reasons, the first of which: is there anything to wax?

The other 999,999 reasons … come on. I know we’re sexualizing girls at younger and younger ages, but 10? Waxing her pubes?

Apparently, you're never too young for this Australian website, read by girls aged 9 to 14. In an article about Brazilian waxing, they try hard to make the case:

So why does it appeal. Nobody really likes hair in their private regions and this removes it.

In another article (yes, more than one on the site), there's this description of what exactly happens. The good news is, I feel like this might deter all but the most goaded young kids.

Wax is smeared onto the mons, the cloth is pressed into place...then they turn the music up loud...rrripppp. It's quite normal for the waxer to throw your legs over their shoulder, or ask you to moon them so they can get the strays. The waxer then goes over your red bits with a pair of tweezers to pluck out recalcitrant strands.

Why does “pluck out recalcitrant strands” make me cross my legs?

One Australian writer, appalled by the notion that some celebrate getting rid of the just-grown hairs of adolescence, gives us a rundown of how things are going in the land of kiddie hair removal. (And you say marketers aren't savvy.)

As a cosmetic pharmaceutical company, Nair is obliged to reinvent normal bodily functions as problems with handy product solutions. And the Australian arm of the company has claimed its target audience is slightly older, in an attempt to distance itself from the US campaign, which involves phrases such as "Pretty isn't a look. It's a feeling," "Nair will leave your skin smooth and totally touchable!" and this pearler from Stacey Feldman, vice-president for marketing at Nair's parent company, Church & Dwight: "When a girl removes hair for the first time, it's a life-changing moment."

Life-changing, indeed! Now, about teaching girls the proper names for body parts, better add “mons” to the list so the little tykes know exactly what they're getting in to.

Strollerderby Playdate: Man Boobs Are the new Black

Mike Adamick (Cry It Out!) — Wed, 16 May 2007 11:01:00 GMT

Last week, Sarah wrote something or other about boobs -- and all hell broke lose. Turns out some people have a thing against seeing boobs in public -- especially when they're attached to children's mouths. I don't know who these people are, but I'm surprised they could find a keyboard and an Internet connection under that big rock.

In support of a women's right to breastfeed wherever and however they please, a bunch of bloggy moms started showing off their assets. And then something amazing happened: So did dads. For a few days, man boobs ruled the Internet. Plump, doughy, hairy man boobs. Minus the milk part, of course.

So as a tribute to the best in fatherhood, I'll offer the best in man boobs -- blog style.

Karl at Secondhand Tryptophan got it started with a shot of his own. As a reward, the parenting world is waking up the image of your boobs right. now.

OK, Karl was the only one I could find. Men are wimps. Do you know how difficult it is to find blogs with the words "man boobs" in them -- well, non-porn blogs? Still, I thought Karl deserved a few more words of praise.

So to keep this playdate rolling, I'm switching topics. Here are a few more of my favorite daily reads. Make sure to check them out. These guys, and moms, rock.

AdventureDad always has an interesting, and international, take on parenting.

Chicky Chicky Baby is too good to sum up in one sentence. Check her out. Go on.

I Hate Snaps is green. And funny. And he's got big, meaty fingers.

Liv Tyler Says Motherhood Helped Her Let Go Of Body Issues

Alisyn — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 14:59:00 GMT

The lovely Liv Tyler, model, actress and mom to 2 year-old Milo, says becoming a mom helped her let go of her negative body image.

"I've been on a diet my whole life..." she said. "But once I gave birth, I didn't want to think about myself or feel insecure...; I wanted to think about my child. So I stopped worrying about diets."

Liv went on a 2 year hiatus following her son's birth, and called the experience "transformational," [because] "getting pregnant and caring for a baby gave me a confidence I'd never had before. I really felt I'd done something well, and I can't say that about anything else in my life."

I don't know if it's motherhood, or just growing older, but I definitely see my body in a more positive way than ever before. What about you?

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