Padma Lakshmi Has "15 Pounds" of Baby Weight Left to Lose
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Did Padma Lakshmi feel pressured to drop the baby weight quickly to get back to filming Top Chef?
"I did, and then I didn't," the host, 39, who welcomed daughter Krishna three months ago but returned to work after just six weeks, told UsMagazine.com at the second Annual Blossom Ball at the New York Public Library Thursday.
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"I did for a minute and then I just had to give it up because it was an unhealthy and futile exercise," adds Lakshmi, who struggled to get pregnant because of her endometriosis. "Because of my condition, I had a complicated pregnancy, and so I was bedridden for six weeks."
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"The minute I wasn't bedridden... I got to work.... I was 25 pounds heavier than people are used to seeing me. There was nothing I could do about it, so I just accepted it," she adds. "I just thought, I had a baby, that's way more important. Women are beautiful in all shapes and sizes and I wanted to show women that you can dress well, that you can still feel sexy, that you can still feel confident, and it was OK if my boobs were big because I was feeding another human being."
Still, the new mom -- who boxes and runs on the treadmill -- has a few more pounds to go.
"I felt good then, I feel good now, I'll feel even better when I lose the last 15 pounds," she told Us.
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Lakshmi says she loves spending "quiet moments" with her daughter. "I love giving her a bath in the bathtub. I love just holding her and nursing her and falling asleep with her on my chest."
And like mother, like daughter.
"Luckily, she's a good eater," she says. "She doesn't have any choice -- It's basically me or nothing!"
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11Kudos to Padma for being a breastfeeding mom and not being afraid to talk about it :)
RE: COURTNEY ... have you ever read a dictionary? venereal 2. formal relating to sexual desire or sexual intercourse. "I'm not Recep's girlfriend" was right to raise the issue of her promiscuity and danger of venereal disease.... ever heard of HIV/Aids? What a stupid article. Doesn't every mother like to do this?....Lakshmi says she loves spending "quiet moments" with her daughter. "I love giving her a bath in the bathtub. I love just holding her and nursing her and falling asleep with her on my chest." What a load of drivel.
I also love her post baby attitude.. it's much more important to have enough breastmilk for baby than to get way too skinny! Go Padma!!!
Idiot Vinearal disease doesn't pass the placenta so it isn't transmitted to the baby and as I said previously if a woman is breastfeeding doctors usually recomend to keep the last 5/10 pounds of baby weight because BFing burns so many calories that it inevitably makes you loose weight which deminishes milk quantity and quality
I just love her attitude about her body post baby!! Yay for this mama who has her priorities in a great place :) My body has change3d since having my kiddos but I am thrilled with it too bc I know I am a mommy and I loved being pregnant and I think that is sexy in itself. I do try to eat mostly whole foods, drink plenty of water and I take my Vidazorb probiotics each day! Cheers to moms :)
I have to laugh at this. Who really cares about Padma's extra 15 pounds? She really is just a wannabe celebrity and it is laughable. Just had to say this.
About time someone gets the picture. I was lucky to lose my baby weight after my second child. I only gained 10lbs. but then I suffered heart problems and gain 150lbs. So i got fat and now I dont care. Hollywood sucks they want everyone a size00 . Motherhood is very important in life so why worry about 25 extra pounds. I lost 100lbs and I feel good . But Im not going to starve myself.
If you don't like your weight then why wear skin tight outfits.
Good for her!
She looks great!
what's Padma a knit wit if your breastfeeding your usually told to lose all but the last 5 pounds of baby weight because you burn calories faster