dominique:
What those Hollywood celebrities will never tell you is the expensive plastic surgery procedure they undergo.



Abi o. You see men developing pot belies after marriage. At least the women lose their shapes when bringing children into the world. What's the men's excuse?

dominique:


My sister it's my natural physique o. Apart from having mainly fruits for breakfast and going on long walks, i don't have any weight loss regimen. Best way to lose weight is to reduce the carbohydrates and fats you consume.

Wishing you safe delivery

yomi007k:


After eating eba,amala,yam,rice, with bottles of beer.

Good shape becoms only a dream..our food kills us in Africa

repogirl:
Don't talk until you can carry a kid for nine months, offload them and keep trim!

If you can't do that, then shut the hell up.

You think women love the way they blow up? What do you know about laziness? A woman taking care of her three kids is far from lazy!

I have three and I thank God I am slim naturally because I know how difficult it is for many women to regain their bodies, if you follow the kardashians you will see they struggle also, Kim even did lipo the last time to reduce hers... Do you have money for surgery?

You say dieting is cheaper, I laugh, I hope you have money to afford lean foods and vegetables for your wife. You talk about work out....do you work out? I'm sure you don't, I guess that's because you are either lazy or too busy which is the same with many women. Besides, even if they have the time, how many women have an idea of exercises targeted at reducing their hips or belly fat?

You men who do not have an inkling how child birth disfigures a woman's shape should either support your wives, pay for gym membership, or shut the hell up!

dominique:


Who told you that Nigerian celebs don't undergo plastic surgery? You think they will broadcast it of they did?

What irritates me about your post is how you make it look as if it's only women that gains weight in marriage. The men's own is even worse. I was going through one of my friend's Facebook page, she's been married for seven years with two lovely boys yet she still maintains her nice figure. Her husband on the other hand has almost trippled in size you'd think he was the one that had the babies and is expecting another. Same thing goes for my hubby, he has gained almost 15kg since we married five years ago and I've not gained more than 7 kg. He has changed wardrobe more than three times since we married and his some of his new set of cloths are also starting to cling. And FYI not all women gain weight after babies, me and my sisters and some of my friends got our pre-baby figures back.

If women can get back in shape after babies, men that grow big have no excuse. They're just plain lazy.

themilanway:


But seriously,[/b]women needs to start urging their husband in keeping fit as well[b].I find men with big tummy repulsive,no offence meant,just my candid opinion.

damiso:
I won't lie (kimoni )me sef used to use that child birth excuse but deep down I know or rather knew all those croissants, brioche,cinnamon twirl etc also had a part to play as well


That said people are different and have different health issues so it's really unfair to judge and tag all women (or people) who lack motivation to lose weight as lazy. Keeping fit and living a healthy lifestyle is a mental battle and some people genuinely have issues (depression anxiety low self esteem etc) that they need help with before tackling the other issue which is weight loss.

I have really really changed my lifestyle this year but one thing I am really also working on is not having the judgemental superiority complex that a lot of people who are fit/lead fit lives have. I will try to encourage people to take it a step at time and not dismiss them as 'lazy'. I now do 15km Runs regular but there was a time I could not walk 1km without moaning.

Rather than use lazy,let's encourage people to try to lead healthier fit lives.start from somewhere , walk to pick your child from school, take 15m walk every evening ,there are so many short videos on the internet that you can use to start working out. Reduce portions,eat less processed foods,drink more water,readup on it and just decide I CAN DO IT not for anyone but to feel better in myself.

edwife:
Okay i know that child bearing is a difficult experience and men should appreciate their women for going through 9 months carrying a human being.

But trying to make an excuse for that is very lame.Are you losing weight for your husband or yourself?we all know that FAT is poison.It kills.
Using Beyonce and Kim is a extreme but is it ridiculous?No because most of our girls have them as role model,so why not emulate them in that department too?Is it only their dressings and luxurious lives you want to imitate but not their physics?

After dropping that gorgeous baby,go out there and exercise.Eat healthy,be more active and stop using child birth as an excuse.Everybody can lose weight if they so desire,anybody.

Remember you are doing it for you,stay fit and live long.

BABE3:


My own is, staying healthy at any phase in life is 80% what you put in your mouth and 20% exercise. All i see here is people justifying gluttony.


Someone even said a salad is the ultimate healthy food. Salad is mainly veggies o; no proteins, no fats, no carbs. Such ignorance!

I blame it on ignorance and lack of education of these issues. If you know better, you'd do better.

Why am I even surprised; this is Africa, the more overweight you are, the more you're valued.

tearoses:


Not all salads
I do a mean Chicken salad
Thanks to Jamie Oliver

BABE3:


I meant in the general sense.

I don't even eat raw green veggies. If its not efo riri or a green smoothie, I'd pass.

madcheddartips:
I still try to play football on saturdays and my pregnant wife will say I am leaving her alone cos she is preg. And my belly is protruding gradually. Women self.

tearoses:


Thank you very much Dami
You hit the nail on the head

Rather than put all the blame on the woman, how about seeing it as "BOTH" your problem and deal with it together
There is a girl I know, a young wife with 2 kids struggling with her weight
Inlaws stay with them and both Hubby and inlaws expect her to come home and cook poundo and eba every evening.
She joined a gym, but they will be calling her duing workouts; come home, we are hungry, where are you, even though she had set days for the gym that she stuck to so they knew where she was
In the end she gave up and cancelled the gym menmbership.
I know how much she struggled
Will it be fair for her husband to wake up tommorow and complain that his wife is lazy?

In an ideal world, husband and wifey should be supporting each other but many times it doesnt always happen.
Weight gain is also a gradual thing due to bad habits and in some cases its just lack of knowledge on what foods to eat and not to eat, portion size etc.
The day I knew that carbs are not my friends and an wholy African diet did me no favours was the day my scales started registering lower figures

flyforall:


Blame nkwobi and isiewu for the men bellies

damiso:
H

Na wa for her hubby and in laws.but I get what you mean.

And you are right it's ignorance sometimes especially on the food part because you can never out exercise a bad diet. Me I would go to the gym and come back home and eat 2 big croissants and one mega big mug of tea plenty sugar and evaporated milk and I wondered why I was not losing any weight one needs to really keep learning about food.

Don't be scared of carbs sis. You just need to eat more of the complex carbs and study up on which of the macro nutrients of food(me sef am still studying it I Neva reach like babe3 ) portion control portion control I can't emphasise enough is very key.calorie counting is tricky and I have never gotten it but I can confidently say I have gotten portion control on almost lock down.

Even fats are not such an ugly word .sugar or should I say processed sugar is the real enemy these days.

I have really stripped my food down to basically what it does it for me nutritionally and according to my goal at that point.

eyinjuege:


And here it seems is the crux of the matter! Even without meaning to, so many sound sexist to the core. Why must it be on the wife to take responsibility for the husbands weight gain. Why couldn't you just say husbands need to start keeping fit instead of putting the responsibility on the women. So its because the women are not urging their men to keep fit that's why we have fat pot bellied men around?

themilanway:


You could have made your point without tagging me a sextist,trying to sound smart?

I used the word"urge"because I felt that's the least the woman can do in ensuring her hubby keeps fit.You can look up the word in a dico if you don't know the meaning again.

Some of you don't necessarily need go gun blazing just to pass your message across,it reeks of childishness.

BABE3:


My own is, staying healthy at any phase in life is 80% what you put in your mouth and 20% exercise. All i see here is people justifying gluttony.


Someone even said a salad is the ultimate healthy food. Salad is mainly veggies o; no proteins, no fats, no carbs. Such ignorance!

I blame it on ignorance and lack of education of these issues. If you know better, you'd do better.

Why am I even surprised; this is Africa, the more overweight you are, the more you're valued.

BABE3:


My own is, staying healthy at any phase in life is 80% what you put in your mouth and 20% exercise. All i see here is people justifying gluttony.


Someone even said a salad is the ultimate healthy food. Salad is mainly veggies o; no proteins, no fats, no carbs. Such ignorance!

I blame it on ignorance and lack of education of these issues. If you know better, you'd do better.

Why am I even surprised; this is Africa, the more overweight you are, the more you're valued.

ireneidiva:

Abegi. What does 'how many women have an idea of exercises targeted at reducing hips or belly fat' mean? Is that an excuse? Can't they use google? My dear whatever you have passion for, you create time for. Childbirth does not disfigure women please, if you were fit before childbirth, you will still look good after childbirth. Ladies on this thread should learn and stop beefing the op.

tearoses:


My dear it took me ages to work out what is right for me
Ignorance is the problem
Like you I thought it was only down to excecise
Its not
The advantage of excecise though, is it makes you think twice before putting anything in your mouth, when you think of how long you spent on that crosstrainer to loose those calories you are about to eat in one mouthfull
It took time but now I know what to do and I am doing it plus Ive also managed to live as well
Sometimes you go on diets that rob you of proper living and thats why they are unsustainable and people fall off them
I still have my jollof rice/fried rice at weekends and I am still steadily loosing. I have an owambe today sef
Slower than I would have liked, but it stays off and doesnt come back and I am still enjoying my life
I was at redhot last night
But its easier for me becasuse oga too is on board
If he was demanding egusi and poundo yam every night, it wouldnt be this easy.
Portion control . . Im getting there
have you got one of those portion control plates? They are quite good