Biggest Loser's Jillian Michaels "Can't Handle" Getting Fat While Pregnant
Credit: Courtesy of Women's Health
On The Biggest Loser, tough-loving trainer Jillian Michaels helps motivate overweight contestants lose weight, get in shape and learn to love their bodies in the process.
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In real life, the fitness-driven 36-year-old admits she has very exacting standards about her own impressively taut body. Michaels confides to Women's Health magazine that she wants kids -- just not the natural way. "I'm going to adopt," she says. "I can't handle doing that to my body. Also, when you rescue something, it's like rescuing a part of yourself."
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The famous coach wasn't always the model of healthy living. As a kid, Michaels was overweight, and weighed 175 pounds at just 12 years old, when her parents separated. "I was an only child at the time, so there was nowhere to go with any of it," she recalls. "I felt abandoned."
Michaels' daytime talk show Losing It With Jillian debuts in fall 2011 -- "that's exactly when Oprah goes off the air!" she exclaims. When asked if the timing is a coincidence, she tells the mag, "No, mama! It's been waiting for this moment. And now that moment is happening."
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The ambitious fitness guru says the upcoming show is "about rebooting your life."
She also says dates both men and women.
"I've been in love with both," Michaels said.
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66I dissagree with every negative comment, I Love, love, love Jillian. She motivates me I am studying to be a trainer myself and I had a few pregnancies one I got so thin after and another although I couldn't hold much down the whole nine months I went up to 183 so no I don't think she is selfish if she don't wanna go through that just like its not selfish to you who are overweight but not unhealthy if u don't wanna exercise its our choice what we wanna do to or with our body's and don't bash her if she was an overweight child which I could relate to and working hard to loose that weight cause it matters to u then you ever thing she may have a bit of a sickness wich is easy to get when you come from youthhood overweight so she may not realize it but lay off her she clearly loves helping ppl. And I respect her for it. I. Think she has an cute face and great body. which inspires me to. Wanna get in better shape. So keep up the good work Jillian from all ur fans and to all u hatters take ur fat asses to the gym ha.
Wow, all these comments are pretty judgemental. A woman's body is her own and society's "standards" of how we're supposed to look at pregnancy shouldn't dictate whether or not a woman wants to put her body through that kind of trauma to have a child. Babies are miracles and should be cherished but it is a woman's own body first and foremost.
Again, maybe she should quit worrying about her body, and start working on that monkey looking face. Seems the vanity would want to do something about that as well...Just sayin'.
Maybe she should quit worrying about her body, and focus on that monkey looking face!!!!
It is not our place to judge what Jillian Michaels does with HER OWN BODY! The fact that people are in dismay about says that they have their own issues to work out. I have met Jillian Michaels and have seen the kind of person she is. Her choice is not about being scared to get fat. We really need to learn to respect other peoples' privacy.
and...the fact that she's gay (not that that matters of itself), is the other big reason, as she would not be procreating in the usual way anyway. the "body image" thing, I think is secondary.....i.e. still no artificial insemination because she would still get "fat," but, the main thing is, hey, there won't be a man involved either way....
I bet a lot of these comments are coming from overweight losers who let others direct there lives for them. Forget all of these lazy jerks who act as though life is something to pass you by. Actively participate, do not only what benefits yourself, but your community also.
Jillian is an incredibly UN-attractive woman both inside and out. She's nothing more that a fraud. She faked a degree to slither her way into a job and has no integrity whatsoever. If she thinks she can become the next Oprah then she has another thing coming. I had to tear off the cover of the magazine because I can't stand looking at her.
I am not a huge fan of Jillian but she what she said was completely taken out of context. She said that, because of her severe endimatriosis (sp) she could NOT have children because it would "i could not handle doing that to my body" -meaning she could not get pregnant with the disease she has. This was really low of US news and they should apologize and correct this misinformation.
Some bible verses I just wish that Jillian could see: 1 Samuel 16:7 "But the Lord said to Samuel, 'Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.'" Proverbs 31:30 "Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." 1 Peter 3:3-4 "Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight." 1 Timothy 4:8 "For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come." Psalm 127:3-5 "Sons are a heritage from the Lord, children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their enemies in the gate." Proverbs 17:6 "Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children." Proverbs 8:13 "To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech." Romans 1:25-27 "They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator-who is forever praised. Amen. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion." 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 "Do you not know that the wicked will not inerit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inerit the kingdom of God." To sum it up, God made men and women to be together and has shown us that children, our own children, are a blessing. It is good to want to adopt; there are millions of children just in the US alone without parents to care for them and give them the love they need, but it is wrong to use your own bodily pride as the deciding factor to adopt. We are beautifully made; God loves us all for what is inside. Our bodies will die around us, fade, wrinkle, shrink, whither away. But our spirits are what make up our glory through Him. I only hope that this article has tried to shock people with a twisting of the truth and this woman's motives as well as her words, and that it's not truly as bad as it looks.
Also, when you rescue something, it's like rescuing a part of yourself.".....what a statement. A child is not a "SOMETHING" it is a "SOMEONE". This woman is just selfish. I'd hate to see how she raises her child...they will probably end up with an eating disorder because of her!!!!!
@denise rogalske, at the back of the mag it says you can buy it at elizabeth-charles dot com for $750.
The most ironic thing about this story is that's it under the "Healthy Lifestyle" heading. Give me a break!
Jillian, do some poor kid a favor and don't adopt them. That child would definitely end up with an eating disorder.
I just want to know where i can get the dress Jillian was wearing on page 45. I looked up jen kao website and cannot find
Really don't care and it's not any of my business. I always thought she acted vain and self absorbed before this statement and now she has verified it.
it is selfish of her to say she does not want to do that "having a baby" to her body. I always thought giving birth was something you do because we want to have a child not something you dont do because it messes up you body. the way she said it is just selfish. I would have respected her more if she just said she chooses to adopt instead of having a child because there are a lot of children waiting for a family and love.
Stretch marks would reduce her marketability and threaten the fitness empre she's created for herself. She's thinking strictly about the money here.
Morons! If you just gain 20-30 pounds then you don't get fat. It's baby and placenta and your boobs get huge. I went one pants size up and gained 23 pounds. So get over yourselves, if you gain more then you are a FATTY.
Rescue??? Seriously???