(CelebNMusic247-News) Maria Kang Fit Body Pic Causes Controversy
Sacramento fitness instructor and mother of three, Maria Kang posted a photo of herself looking more fit that ever 8 months after having her third child and the photo has caused a backlash on Facebook, with some calling it inspiring and others insulting.
The photo was first posted last year, and made the rounds again in September. As a former pageant queen and fitness competitor Kang founded the nonprofit organization Fitness Without Borders in 2007.
What people don’t know is Maria Kang is a woman who fought bulimia and over came her disease, learned how to be healthy and stay fit. She posted the photo because she was proud of her accomplishments and basically is saying to all women that they can all be healthy and fit even after child birth.
Maria Kang, 32, posed in a red and black workout bra and matching shorts along with her three sons, whose ages range from one to three. The photo reveals Kang’s fit figure and washboard abs. Aside from the photo, what seems to have many people talking is the question about her head, “What’s your excuse?”
The photo has gone viral. As of Wednesday morning, it had provoked 190,504 likes, 22,370 comments and 15,904 shares on Facebook. Many of the comments are supportive and state how Kang is an inspiration, while other quotes are not so flattering. Facebook user Jodi-Ann A. Reid saw the photo as inspirational.
Kang said the photo was meant to inspire rather than offend. She said that by putting the question “what’s your excuse?” in the photo, it was a say that if she could do it, anyone could.
She wrote:
“I’m sorry you took an image and resonated with it in such a negative way. I won’t go into details that I struggled with my genetics, had an eating disorder, work full time owning two businesses, have no nanny, am not naturally skinny and do not work as a personal trainer.”
“I won’t even mention how I didn’t give into cravings for ice cream, french fries or chocolate while pregnant or use my growing belly as an excuse to be inactive. What I will say is this: What you interpret is not MY fault. It’s yours.”
Thoughts?
Are you for her or offended by Maria Kang’s photo?
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