Thursday, October 17, 2013

You mus' be shittin' me!

Folks:  If this picture

I've been getting an influx of new followers, emails and comments (on my profile pic) recently. Some saying I'm a bully, I'm fat-shaming and I need to apologize for the hurt I've caused women. I get it. SO here's my First and Final Apology: 

I'm sorry you took an image and resonated with it in such a negative way. I won't go into details that I struggled with my genetics, had an eating disorder, work full time owning two business', have no nanny, am not naturally skinny and do not work as a personal trainer. I won't even mention how I didn't give into cravings for ice cream, french fries or chocolate while pregnant or use my growing belly as an excuse to be inactive. 

What I WILL say is this. What you interpret is not MY fault. It's Yours. The first step in owning your life, your body and your destiny is to OWN the thoughts that come out of your own head. I didn't create them. You created them. So if you want to continue 'hating' this image, get used to hating many other things for the rest of your life. You can either blame, complain or obtain a new level of thought by challenging the negative words that come out of your own brain. 

With that said, obesity and those who struggle with health-related diseases is literally a 'bigger' issue than this photo. Maybe it's time we stop tip-toeing around people's feelings and get to the point. So What's Your Excuse? - Maria Kang

Here are my "Frequently Asked Comments" here: http://www.mariakang.com/2012/10/15/maria-kangs-facs-frequently-asked-comments/

gets you all up in arms about nudity and family values, then you need to get out more.  It's a damn jungle out there and you are sitting at home on your frickin' computer, eating ho-hos whining about a 32 year-old mother of three who is proud of her fitness and thinks everyone should -= gasp - get up off the couch and try to be their best!  Well, that "you can be better than you are" shit won't fly in today's society girlfriend!  Folks got a right to be fat and out of shape if they want - its all for the children!

Take this long-winded pile of poo for instance:

"I think this picture and the presentation along with the caption was off putting and upsetting. There are thousands of other ways to show off a fit body without wearing a bra and underwear for the nation to see. Secondly, "excuses" come in every shape and size. I think for most women it's about priorities, not excuses! My kids are my first priority. If what you say is true you are a very busy working mom with no nanny. Where are your kids while your spending all your free time working on you? Finally, you don't have a daughter. I think if you did your message would surely be a different one. Would you want someone telling her she had no excuse for looking a certain way? What if she didn't look like you, and some woman made her feel bad about it? I'm sure you would change your tune. Your apology is a joke and as worthless to women as your initial post. Put some clothes on and spend some time with your children."

Wait - that's a bra and underwear?  No shit?  Again - you need to get out more - that is decidedly over-dressed these days.

But here's the message:

- Do for your kids, not for yourself and when you die young at least they will know how much you sacrificed for them in the short years you had together!
- Boys?  Who needs 'em?
- Take your shoes off and get your ass back in the kitchen, you Hussy!

Look Ms. Facebook commenter Shaunalee Brown-Chavez - more names makes you an expert - if you don't like the picture then don't look at it.  How do you know whether she cares for her children?  how do you know where they are when she is working out?  Do they have a father?  Do yours? 

Does it dawn on you, just a little bit, that she asked what your excuse was and you gave her a whole litany of tired reasons - the major message of which was "I can't do it or anything near it, so I choose not to try"?

Ah, people - always looking for a reason to get up in arms.

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