Two months ago Maria Kang, a woman, mother of three children, became famous by publishing a photo of her, with her three children, in a wonderful state and with a phrase that said "Wich is your excuse?".
Many women put it back and a half, and although here we already comment that we should not apologize for being great, what probably generated more controversy was not the image, but the phrase, as if every woman and mother had to aspire to have that body and, if not, there would be some absurd excuse.
The same thought Taryn Brumfitt, a mother of three children who after giving birth to the third party also had an enviable body but then said something like "the horn" and decided to take care of herself a little less, to live more quietly, not apologize for it and answer Kang thus explaining his excuse.
Participating in a contest for the best body
In May of last year competed in a beauty contest in which the best body fruit of the sport was rewarded. It was a challenge that he set, to look for how far he could go with his body, to see how it could look. To get to the contest he spent 15 weeks following a very hard training and a very strict diet. Let's say that, for three and a half months, he devoted himself body and soul to achieving his goal. She did it, and as she says, "I lost a lot of weight, I went on stage and there I strutted with my shiny bikini and my pornographic shoes".
This is the change that he achieved:
People praised her figure, told her that she was an example to others, but she realized that nobody noticed the work, sweat and tears behind it, and not only his tears, but also of his family. He realized that he spent the day saying to his children "I'm going in a minute", without really going. I didn't have time for them because, if I wasn't training, I was preparing special meals. She had more discussions with her husband than ever, because not eating what she wanted (chocolate, especially) put her in a bad mood. His life revolved around his figure, eating things he hated and looking at the bus eating hard-boiled eggs, climbing the scale every two by three and washing his hair almost obsessively. And this is how it looked and felt like a good day: obsessed.
Until he decided to stop having a perfect body
Then he decided that he had to put an end to that lifestyle because he didn't want to sacrifice many of the things he likes, like going out with his children, staying asleep longer on weekends, eating what he wants and how much he wants and from time to time. when to go out at night with her friends
That does not mean that it promotes insane habits or justifies obesity, because it ensures that run, lift weights and eat healthy, but now he does not deprive himself of accompanying his coffee with milk with a cookie or eating a hamburger from time to time if he feels like it. She calls that equilibrium, because health, she says, is not only what others see, but the combination of a person's physical, emotional and spiritual planes.
So what you see in the image that tops this post happened: he stopped having a slender and thin body and recovered a few kilos. That is why he wanted to give his opinion and say the following:
When you see a poster like Mary's, saying: "What is your excuse?" Please do not feel threatened or upset, but rather happy to know that having a "perfect" body is not something as positive as it seems to be.
They all have their excuse
As you can see, Taryn has his excuse. She prefers not to become obsessed with her body and be able to treat herself from time to time, in addition to enjoying her family, going out with her friends and spending time with her children. Other women have other excuses, probably similar, which is nothing more than the difference in the scale of values of each.
For Maria Kang, her body is important, a lot, basically because she is a fitness teacher. Taryn is not, does not live on his body, so the logical thing is that sooner or later he left that obsessive behavior to return to what he had probably always done. Other women have other professions, not related to their physique, and it would be absurd that suddenly, after being mothers, they dedicated themselves to having a perfect body (according to current canons), neglecting their family, their baby and ultimately , his life.
Those are the excuses, the life of every woman, what they consider important at all times because no, the most important thing when you are a mother is not your body. In fact, if you don't live on it, the body should never be the most important thing in anyone's life. A hobby yes, a way of life, I don't say no, if in general you eat a healthy diet and do some exercise, which is what we should all do (at least when the children are older and there is time for it), but never an obsession that makes you stop seeing your children grow.
But Taryn is not Maria ...
So far I think that most of you will agree with me: we all like to see each other more or less well but, even eating healthy and doing some exercise, we all know that there are many things that go ahead of the fever of achieving a great body, such as family and work.
Taryn got to put aside all this to achieve his goal of having a slim and athletic body and that is why he explains his experience. However, we do not know if Mary has to make the same efforts and sacrifices to achieve the same. I comment because in my case, in my house, Miriam could if she wanted to put on a bikini, make poses, and would almost go through one of them. However, neither diet nor exercise (if being a mother is not considered as such, of course). Come on, that with hardly any effort, just to do a little sport every day, or every other day, would be the same as Maria Kang. Perhaps the same thing happens to Maria, who doesn't need much to be as she is.
The problem is that then It is no longer a matter of excuses, but a matter of genetics, and if that is the case, then the phrase "What is your excuse?" It is not only inappropriate, but it is also cruel, in a world where it is very difficult to accept kilos.
