Christina very slender in 2010 with little makeup on in Haiti visiting with the children as providing awareness as an ambassador against hunger for a food program:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZkvzNjLo5o&feature=related

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evO6GGOkSug

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But I get what Tiff is saying here…I feel like she was trying to say that it’s a lifestyle choice.

One thing I will say though is that I do not wish that I was the same weight as I was at 16-I’m in FAR FAR better shape now that I was then, thanks to knowledge and a religious workout routine. Part of me working out obsessively has been a determination to create a pattern that will transcend into my later years-whether I have kids or not, I want to always focus on exercise.

I was always an art geek growing up-never into sports and didn’t discover the gym until college. But I’m lucky in the sense that I enjoy exercise and healthy food but I also make it a point to walk the two miles to work evey morning instead of taking the 15 min bus ride.

I DO think that every woman is different but I’m alwasy surprised that a lot of women don’t understand how working out/calorie consumption tie in. For instance, you can’t eat a 700 calorie cupcake and negate that by working out for an hour. Doesn’t work like that.

And can I also add that sleep deprivation is always a KILLER when it comes to the waistline. If I don’t sleep, I crave carbs like crazy. My body is telling me that I need carbs to give me the energy I’m lacking. I can only imagine how much this is compounded when you are not sleeping because your baby is up all night!

You women are amazing-having a child is so hard on us-physcially, emotionally. But as my mom says-it’s worth it!

Whoa-just wrote a novel there-sorry guys!

PS-Bodhi, we miss you! Seems like you used to be around here more often..

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But I get what Tiff is saying here…I feel like she was trying to say that it’s a lifestyle choice.

One thing I will say though is that I do not wish that I was the same weight as I was at 16-I’m in FAR FAR better shape now than I was then, thanks to knowledge and a religious workout routine. Part of the motivation for me to work out daily has been a determination to create a pattern that will transcend into my later years-whether I have kids or not, I want to always focus on exercise.

I was always an art geek growing up-never into sports and didn’t discover the gym until college, where I discovered how therapeutic exercise/athletics can be. But I’m lucky in the sense that I enjoy exercise and healthy food but I also make it a point to walk the two miles to work evey morning instead of taking the 15 min bus ride.

I DO think that every woman is different but I’m always surprised that a lot of women don’t understand how working out/calorie consumption tie in. For instance, you can’t eat a 700 calorie cupcake and negate that by working out for an hour. Doesn’t work like that.

And can I also add that sleep deprivation is always a KILLER when it comes to the waistline. If I don’t sleep, I crave carbs like crazy. My body is telling me that I need carbs to give me the energy I’m lacking. I can only imagine how much this is compounded when you are not sleeping because your baby is up all night!

You women are amazing-having a child is so hard on us-physcially, emotionally. But as my mom says-it’s worth it!

Whoa-just wrote a novel there-sorry guys!

PS-Bodhi, we miss you! Seems like you used to be around here more often..

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I totally grant you and said above that when I was having kids, childrearing and doing a full time career it was harder and I was much heavier.

I too am/now was in the medical field and the stresses of oncology and watching kids die drove me to seek out endurance riding (seriously long rides in the mountains and 50-100 mile races) as a way of escaping my anxiety and stress of my job. My hubby would care for the kids.

Now on CIrque, I have completely admitted many times that I eat super clean and walk a ton because I have lived in Europe and Canada and all over without use of a car. I got into yoga to get off pain meds and my kids are older. I DO have it easy right now.

I just do know a lot of women who look amazing as they age and give birth. My hips are a bit bigger, but everything else is pretty small. I fully realize how hard it is to balance a busy life and I don’t judge.

Just making a point that many do look as good. I do notice a difference in what part of the country I am in and where in the world I live. Just don’t judge people who like to work out for stress or rehab and eat clean because they have intestinal issues. You never know someone’s whole story. I’ve lived both ways and I was a little what some would call lazy, but I would call exhausted after a long day with job, kids, laundry, dinner, etc…

Peace pipe? I did not mean to offend you.

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She CAN sing really well, but as someone said she oversings much too often!

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