"I constantly grappled with the selfishness of extreme fitness juxtaposed with the selflessness of new motherhood, and the world had a lot to say about it."Jordan Musser breastfeeding her daughter after the National Physique Committee Bikini Competition in Pittsburgh, where she won two first-place titles, in September, 2019.
Prepping for a bodybuilding competition involves excruciating diet manipulation, rigorous amounts of cardio and long hours in the weight room. At my most intense, I’ve spent nearly three hours a day lifting weights and doing cardio. I’ve eaten the same meal of chicken, cucumbers and vinegar twice a day every day for weeks on end.
Then I settled into mom life. I lost my baby weight quickly and slowly eased back into exercise. Suddenly, standing on stage seemed on the horizon again. I got back in contact with my coach, and we developed a plan. There was just one problem: I was breastfeeding and I had no intention of giving it up.
I kind of enjoyed the uncomfortable beat that I almost always got after dropping this fact. Inevitably, I would get one of three responses. There were the “way to go mama!” girl-power people who thought it was crazy but kick-ass. There were the “Oh, you’rebreastfeeding people,” who probably didn’t approve of breastfeeding in the first place, and certainly not nursing a 10-month-old. And then there were the slightly appalled “is that even healthy?” people.
At the height of my competing, my daughter was still primarily breastfeeding for sustenance. I am trained in nutrition, and I knew that I could be depriving her if I wasn’t careful to make sure I was eating in a way that served both her growing body and my fitness goals. I was, in a sense, making the task of becoming ready to step on stage as hard as possible for myself for the sake of my baby. I had no advantages. I had no shortcuts. I was trying to find that delicate balance between nourishing my body so I could nourish my baby’s body and depleting my body without depleting hers.Musser and her daughter about three months after the 2019 bikini competition.
With all of these things in mind, I posted the photo at the top of this essay to my Instagram account. In the photo I am sitting on stone steps outside of the competition venue in which I just won first place in both of my entered categories. I am spray-tan orange, wearing a rhinestone-encrusted purple bikini, holding up two ridiculous trophy swords, with my daughter in my lap, latched on and nursing away. My hair is bleached blonde and wild and I am beaming with accomplishment.
At least she honestly reveals it as a type of eating disorder.
Cover up is respectful to others.
A body builder trying to get attention, imagine that.
What a great article about an awesome Mom. The journey of motherhood takes many different paths all with one goal a healthy happy child.
Doesn’t your body release toxins into your breast milk if you are losing too much weight too fast? I would really like to know. I’m breastfeeding now and would love to be able to lose the weight without worrying that I’m hurting my baby
Save the reading. You're here for the pic
Im surprised she got any milk out of that beef jerky
Love this!
I honestly would never have thought with the extreme body regime that she would have produced enough milk but it looks like she did and she worked hard and it all worked out. Awesome 💪
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