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Rosie had a great piece this week on Jessie J celebrating her post-baby figure. The body-positive messages meant a lot to me, and I’m not even a mom! Jessie had posted her thoughts on Instagram in response to pesky questions on how she must be ready to get her old body back. I offer you now a companion piece from another new celeb mom, Keke Palmer. In a new episode of her Baby, This Is Keke Palmer podcast, Keke explained how she’s working to get fit as an investment in her career, while also acknowledging that it’s her career that helps her afford all that. Some highlights:
On getting fit being a choice for her career: “It is my job. Let’s not get crazy—I don’t want people thinking that I am setting unrealistic standards. I can afford a trainer, meal prep and a lot of things,” she said during the Aug. 1 episode of the podcast. “It is expensive but I am investing in my career because it is my career to look good. Not even is it my career to look good, it is my career choice to have the kind of career that I want to have.”
‘So much more to work with’: “I was always putting so much pressure on myself and I feel like with Nope, I got a great opportunity to do some action stuff and I definitely had already obtained a pretty fit body. But my frame has always been quite small, so it’s interesting after the baby to see all the extra stuff I have to work with and how much my fear of having extra weight actually became a strength as it pertained to weight training and working out,” she said. “It gave me so much more to work with and mold with.”
She’s sensitive to body image messaging: Even as Palmer is looking to train up and once again be ready for action films, she noted that she’s talking about the specifics of her decision because the actress and producer doesn’t want it to become a misconstrued message about body image. “I never want to put it on anybody,” the mom of one began. “I always want to make it clear that when I am talking about fitness, health and wellness is that, ‘Your journey is your journey. You figure it out the way you can.’ And when you look at these celebrities and people in the industry, know that it is their job.”
Do whatever works for you: “There’s always this thing of, ‘How’d they do it?’ And I think for me, the main thing I would say to any new mom is do what you can when you can, whatever it is that makes you feel good,” the actress said at the time. “If it’s important to you, then hell yeah put in the work miss girl. Get you whatever diet you want to do or whatever workout regimen that works for you. And if that’s not what you’re worried about, then don’t worry about it.”
[From The Hollywood Reporter]
It’s such a joy to see a woman speaking so confidently about choices she’s making for her career. She just seemed matter of fact about what she wants to do and why. And then she qualifies her statements by reiterating the message to moms: this is me, you do whatever feels right for you.
I also appreciate the concession that yes, the costs of fitness are a privilege she can afford. If I had the money I would absolutely spend some on people to help me do better! In the meantime, Keke has given me a new outlook. “It’s interesting after the baby to see all the extra stuff I have to work with and how much my fear of having extra weight actually became a strength as it pertained to weight training and working out.” I’m totally going to adopt this mantra of seeing ‘extra stuff to work with’ as being a strength. Just in my case it will be from my pre-baby, pre-pregnancy body.
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