Weighty Issues....

Of late there’s been a lot of buzz about Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s post delivery weight gain. Initially I didn’t show any interest in reading these articles for the mere fact that I have never liked the actress. It’s another fact that if one doesn’t like a beautiful actress like Aishwarya, it’s assumed that you are jealous of her beauty!!!!! Anyway, coming back to the issue, as much as I tried to ignore these articles, it became impossible to do so because it was all over the place, on the internet, newspapers, facebook and even prime time news!!!!! And as I looked at the images I did realize that she had gained much of weight as compared to her earlier hour glass figure. I felt sympathy for her not for her weight gain but because she was also a woman going through a natural process of child birth but no one was giving her a chance.
Probably my interest in reading this bit of news was related to my own weight gain post delivery. I seemed to lose weight easily in the initial days after birth which made me ecstatic. I thought all I had to do was feed my daughter and the calories would take care of itself. Sadly it was not so. As weeks went by I realized that I started gaining weight and was looking more round. To begin with, I was never a thin person; I was what I liked to call “pleasantly plump” :)
I started getting poured with advices on how important it is to maintain your weight post delivery and if I didn’t control my weight initially then there was no chance of losing the delivery fat at all etc etc…… it can actually get a bit irritating because first of all you are dealing with something that you have not been used to till now, i.e.; a baby, you are awake at times when earlier you used to be dreaming and to top it all you are expected to maintain your weight which probably is your last priority at the point in time. Weight loss is important but then each one to their own. Also each body is different and mine has always been a disobedient one. I liked to take it slow. I was in no hurry to lose my weight and prove to the world that in spite of having a baby, you can maintain your figure.
But the sad part is that even public figures (read actresses :)) who had delivered never stepped out of their homes till they got back to their previous self. That makes us even more pressurized to lose weight. In such given circumstances, I felt very happy to see Aishwarya plump and round. First of all, I could not ignore her guts to step out and show the world the way she was especially when she has always been one to be known for her thin frame and second of all it would give all the ladies a moral boost because they would think, “if Ash took this long to get to shape, then it’s ok for me to take a while longer” and they will not be forced to feel sorry for their odd shapes….
As much as I disliked Ash earlier, I could not ignore her truly feminist attitude when it came to this. Kudos lady, way to go!!!!!