Chrissy Teigen Got Real About Post-Pregnancy Weight Gain, and It’s Pretty Inspiring
Chrissy Teigen continues to be the best at social media—and getting real about her own life. She'll hilariously take on any troll in her path while also showing off her mad cooking skills and letting us in on little pieces of her private life with husband John Legend and their two children, Luna and Miles.
Heck, she'll even interview herself, as in a recent Twitter thread in which she opened up about her body and her post-pregnancy weight gain. "How do you eat like this?" Teigen asked herself, likely referencing all of her incredible food posts. (Of course, she's also the author of two best-selling Cravings cookbooks.)
"Basically I am 20 pounds heavier than I was before Miles," she answered. "He's 10 months old, I never lost the last bit because I just love food too much. Just coming to terms with my new normal, when I had this certain number for so long!"
Teigen, who has been wonderfully outspoken about the postpartum depression she had after daughter Luna was born, says she's much happier than when she was thinner—weight loss that she seemed to attribute to the depression. (Which, yep, sounds terrible.) "The thinnest I've ever been was right after Luna. Postpartum depression," she wrote. "I'LL TAKE THESE POUNDS AND THIS FEELING!" Hear, hear.
She first opened up about her depression in an essay for Glamour in 2017. "When I wasn’t in the studio, I never left the house. I mean, never. Not even a tiptoe outside. I’d ask people who came inside why they were wet. Was it raining? How would I know—I had every shade closed," she said. "Most days were spent on the exact same spot on the couch and rarely would I muster up the energy to make it upstairs for bed. John would sleep on the couch with me, sometimes four nights in a row. I started keeping robes and comfy clothes in the pantry so I wouldn’t have to go upstairs when John went to work. There was a lot of spontaneous crying."
Social media users offered their thanks for Teigen's honesty. "You are so brave and transparent, I love you so much! Thank you for being you and a PHENOM role model for girls 💓," one wrote.
"Girl, same. After my second child, I was walking 4 miles a day after a long day, crying over laundry and barely eating," another tweeted. "Post partum depression is a beast, and while I was the thinnest ever, I was the unhappiest ever. You're awesome for embracing the healthier you!"
Never change, Chrissy.
