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Fit Mom Maria Kang Asks: “What’s your excuse?”
Julianne Moore Talks Fitness
Kim Kardashian: “You want your guy to think you’re really hot”
Emmy Rossum & Lea Michele at ELLE’s Women in Hollywood Celebration

Fit Mom Maria Kang Asks: “What’s your excuse?”

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 01:24 PM PDT

Fit Mom Maria Kang Asks: What's your excuse? | beauty body image

Maria Kang is niot exactly a celebrity, but this story deserves a post: this fit 32 year-old Californian mother of three has spurred a social backlash after posting a picture with her toned flat stomach showing while asking the question: “What's Your Excuse?”. The reason why the photo has attracted national attention is that many seem to think that Maria is trying to shame overweight mothers / women. After the firestorm, the fit mom of three (who says that she is not naturally thin and works out a lot to look this way), posted on her Facebook page:

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?

What’s your take on this story?

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Julianne Moore Talks Fitness

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 01:01 PM PDT

Julianne Moore Talks Fitness | celebrity quotes

On her fitness regime:

"I try to do Ashtanga yoga two to three times a week. I've also started working out with a trainer, doing light weights and a lot of jumping around. I paddle board. But it's not the kind of exercise people say it is. I think you have to really paddle hard. But if you're just gliding along like I am, then no! The main problem is I can't do anything six days straight because I get hurt. That's the thing about old age–eventually your hip starts to hurt and you have to switch to do something else."

… says 52 year-old Julianne in Health Magazine.

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Kim Kardashian: “You want your guy to think you’re really hot”

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Kim Kardashian: You want your guy to think you're really hot | kim kardashian

On dressing for her man:

"You want your guy to think you're really hot. I'll put something on and he'll [Kanye] say, 'No, that doesn't look good', and I'll trust him.”

On her new style:

"I want to dress a little lighter colorwise. I think North looks cute in light colors, and then I want to wear light colors," she reasons. "North doesn't typically wear pink, though. She wears mauve or blush, not, like, typical baby pink."

On how she’s losing the baby weight:

"I haven't exercised a whole lot so far, just because I've been busy with the baby and I don't want to leave her. I still have some [baby weight] to go. Atkins worked for me and I don't feel tempted to eat a bunch of junk food. It's just about staying healthy – it will come off."

… says newly engaged Kim (33).

Pictured here: photoshopped after being photographed by Terry Richardson for the UK brand/store Lipsy.

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Emmy Rossum & Lea Michele at ELLE’s Women in Hollywood Celebration

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 09:58 AM PDT

Emmy Rossum & Lea Michele at ELLEs Women in Hollywood Celebration | lea michele

27 year-old beauties Emmy Rossum and Lea Michele showed up at ELLE’s 20th Annual Women in Hollywood Celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills – while Emmy went for an all-red look matched with red lips, Lea opted for a sexy little white dress with cut-outs.

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