New mums aren’t ‘fat and lazy’ we’re just too busy looking after others to find any ‘me time’

I HAVE a challenge for personal trainer Allan Trinh — have a baby, put on 20 kilos and tell us how easy it is to lose, with little sleep and even less energy.

I HAVE a challenge for personal trainer Allan Trinh — have a baby, put on 20 kilos and tell us how easy it is to lose, with little sleep and even less energy.

Mr Trinh is the smug 24-year-old MALE telling us hardworking mums we are fat, lazy and don’t take care of ourselves, with ridiculously dangerous comments like:

“A lot of new mothers don’t prioritise themselves, they let themselves go, they put weight on, they just don’t care and they give up.

“It seems having a child is a reason to stop looking after yourself.

“I think some mums are giving up a little bit too easily.”

‘FAT AND LAZY’ MUMS LET THEMSELVES GONews_Image_File: Personal Trainer Allan Trinh has slammed new Mums as lazy and looking for excuses not to exercise. Picture: Craig Wilson

News_Image_File: Celebrity agent Max Markson represents Allan Trinh.

Quite frankly Mr Trinh, I don’t think you could handle 24 hours in our worn-out shoes, and I don’t know who you think you are to make such thoughtless, insensitive comments.

Oh hang on, I know exactly who you are — someone trying to score free publicity with some stupid comments in a lazy attempt at building your business.

Well I hate to break it to you — but I have a feeling this is not going to make your business flourish.

In fact, I would say that every Aussie mum hates you right now Mr Trinh, and we have every right to.

Because we’re not lazy. We’re not even close to being lazy, and I take great offence at the sweeping generalisation made by a man who has no idea who he is taking on.

We work hard, every minute of every day — and you know we do.

We work hard to teach our children about healthy living and encourage exercise. We run around at the park and tell them carrots, broccoli and corn will help them jump higher and swim faster.

You are right about us not putting ourselves first, because we don’t. We put our children, our families and our work first, because we wouldn’t be mothers if we didn’t.

We don’t eat crap. We eat wholesome, homemade food using fresh produce, and we snack on apples and strawberries, not chips and chocolate.

We spend our days racing around after our demanding offspring — taking them to ballet and soccer, cleaning up forgotten toys and scrubbing freshly pureed pumpkin mash off the kitchen tiles — and that’s all after we’ve done a full day at the office, dealing with people like you.

So please Mr Trinh, next time you want to grow your business and influence a generation that you think needs you to save it, don’t do it by calling people names.

Don’t teach our kids that men have the right to call women fat and lazy. And don’t patronise us by telling us it’s for our own good — because you’re clearly doing it for yours.

But I will give you one thing. You are right about us not putting ourselves first, because we don’t.

We put our children, our families and our work first, because we wouldn’t be mothers if we didn’t.

So maybe you’re right — maybe we should take the time to ‘look after ourselves’. Go for a walk, get a pedi or even read the paper — you know, that elusive ‘me time’ us lazy mothers go on about?

But when I do, I certainly don’t want to be reading about people like you.