Mariska Hargitay worries about losing her baby fat

I just think it's sad that women sit there thinking about this while pregnant. My pregnancies left their "tubby" scars, but I miss being pregnant, and wish I had focused more on the pregnancy. I have the rest of my life to lose the weight.

It's just kinda sad that she, and other "stars" have to worry about it.

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And here I was the whole time thinking how great it was that I was seen as pregnant and not just fat, for once. I never wanted it to end only so I could have a different title.

It is a shame that there is such a focus on getting immediately skinny. Enjoy it all, people.

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Mariska and others (Jennifer Garner and Liv Tayler are excepted here) are in the public eye, and oftentimes use their celebrity for causes. Why, then, do they succomb to society's pressure to be skinny two weeks after such a life-altering event. I would love to see them out on the town, throwing the "skinny bias" right back into the faces of those who would titter about their baby pounds. I wish they would stand up and say, "Look at the miracle my body just performed. It deserves to be celebrated for the shape that it's in, not shamed because it doesn't fit into some unrealistic Size 0 mold."

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If they're concerned about losing the weight quickly, they get criticized because it's an unrealistic expectation to put on a new mom.

If they DON'T lose their weight quick enough and look "celebrity beautiful" right away, they'll get criticized for that too. (Look at how many times there have been comments there have been in the media about Britney "letting her looks go" after she had her baby.)

Damned if you do...damned if you don't.

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I truly feel for Mariska, because her paycheck really does depend on her meeting the expected standards. There aren't too many celebs who can get away with looking chunkier for long.

Unfortunately, until the Hollywood image changes, and actors aren't expected to be unrealistically skinny, celebs are always going to have that pressure on them, even when they don't have children. It's just plain not easy for some people to be that thin. There are people out there who have to work five times as hard and they still have to fight their curves.

I'll bet if you were were to narrow Hollywood down to the actors who are naturally thin, or can maintain their thinness easily (without drugs or eating disorders), you would only be watching the same dozen over and over.

I'm waiting for the day when the Rubenesque, voluptuous figure is the desired one. Or, better yet, ALL sizes are embraced, and we can focus on being healthy (I know this has been talked about before - yawn). Maybe all it would take is for a few directors/producers to insist that these actors put on a few pounds or they don't get the job. Then we could all stop putting so much pressure on ourselves to look a way that is not natural.

But then... they would not be too special, those celebs; they would be too much like us. But look again, reality TV is everywhere. Maybe this would be the perfect time for a size transition in Hollywood.

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