Housewifes are fat or lazy?

[Anonymous]

On shows like Dr Oz, Oprah, Dr.Phil all these overweight people come on for help to loose weight and they say:

"i'm a housewife and I'm too busy to exercise and eat right"

I think it's an excuse and they're just lazy, they have more time than people who work and are not at home!

I mean, what do they do when the kids are at school?

Do you think it's harder to exercise when you're a housewife?

I don't think so, I think they have easy access to food 24/7 and are too lazy to exercise.

Thoughts?

[Anonymous]

To answer your first question: Neither

Housewives are only lazy if they do not contribute/help the family, be it maintaining the house, running errands, making sure expenses are kept to the minimum(since they don't earn money) etc.. Many housewives do a lot nowadays. Although the amount of work varies based on the number of children she has, many people underestimate their work and responsibility at times, especially housewifes who have more than 2 children. A housewife makes breakfast, lunch, and dinner, helps the husband to run the errands, helps to clean the house on a daily basis, helps to settle/fix/do small but important things for the family, do laundries, ironing, washing up, cleaning the toilet, teach the children, send them to lessons (or sometimes be present for their extra classes), help their children with their homework or to get what they need for school (especially for projects and art), plan and buy groceries, planning budget, attend to children's needs(be it physical/emotional stuff) etc.. As for those who have many children, the work is more. And also, housewives who have babies are physically very tired and have to watch out for them all the time.

Although there are people who juggle between work and being housewives, that doesn't make the housewives who don't work lazy. Most of the time, they quit the job because the children needs a lot more attention from one of the parents (whether its bcoz the number of children increases, the child has illness, disabilty,autism etc) and working may compromise what the child non monetary needs in their lives. Its about striking the best balance to what the family needs.

Some housewives stayed at home bcoz they have illnesses. Apart from that, many housewives also work from home given technology and the option of doing so by the employers nowadays.

Yes there are some housewives who are lazy to exercise, but that doesn't mean that they are lazy in executing their responsibility or getting easy money. Also, its unfair/right to judge that all/most housewives are lazy just bcoz there are generally housewives who appeared in TV appearing overweight. A sample of few data is not a good representation of the general public. Not only that, this whole not overweight reason can vastly vary (be it lazy, lack of motivation to exercise, having unhealthy lifestyle as a habit since young, really being busy and not putting focus on taking care of themselves etc), and it applies to anybody not just housewives.

[Opinion Owner]

Lack of motivation can be due to lacking in confidence especially having a changed body shape after giving birth, stretch marks etc.. Not many women can handle it well.

[Opinion Owner]

*Yes there are some housewives who are lazy to exercise and use it as an excuse, but there are some who are genuinely busy and didn't take care of themselves. (sorry for the typo)

[12elizabeth]

IM definitely with you but you know I guess its a different story when you work at being a stay at home mom and being a wife at the same time. I always think its easy and my mom keeps telling me it's not as easy as it looks, and I guess she's right; but you know I believe it's one of those things that you have to experience yourself. These housewives probably do have a lot of things to do like paying the bills, etc, besides watch what they eat and they hardly have time for themselves. But I guess it also depends on each person other housewives can be more energetic and more active than other lazy ones. lol

[Killfest400]

"You're fat. Don't try to sugarcoat it, or you'll eat that too." -Dr. Phil

Most housewives have plenty of time to exercise, just not the motivation to do it. I might give exception to housewives with a lot of kids, though.

If nothing else, they can wake up 30 minutes earlier and at least go for a brisk walk.

[loomis1031]

They are lazy...My son lives with me, and I work days one week, nights the next. I do all the housework, and work out 4 days a week, all while my son is in school. if housewives wanted to be in shape, they could.

[music4life]

It's all good that you work out, stay healthy and keep a balance on what you need to do as a father. But some housewives may not be as motivated as you are, some may not have focused on their need as much as the needs of their children (after all it's about the balance), some may have had this unhealthy lifestyle even before they became a housewives, some may be due to genetic factor etc. Yes they could be in shape if they could, but some finds it difficult to stay in shape especially after

[music4life]

giving birth and hence sometimes figured that they no longer really need to "beautify" themselves as the stretch, damage etc has been done. Some after giving birth felt that their body shape changed, feel discouraged or demotivated and thus have this stumbling block of not keeping in shape.

[loomis1031]

i don't believe all big housewives are lazy. some I understand have complications from giving birth may not allow them to exercise. but I believe the vast majority, could, if they wanted to, be in shape, and involve their kids in doing their exercises.

if the children are too small, a simple stroller and a 30 minute walk is all it takes. and you would only need to do this 3 to 4 days a week. I do understand that there's more to the subject than just fat or lazy. medical conditions aside.

[toulouse]

I guess your dads comments got to you so you are taking it out on strangers.

This question is beyond rediculous. there is something unnatural about it. If you want to know about housewives , why do not you ask people who are housewives. you seem re more interested in setting up a cult against people.. I think this question is extremely undignified.

btw dr phil is just for entertainment purposes. they find people to play outrageously fat or dirty or crazy people, to give you something to do- like ask questions about people on dr phils show.

[Cool-Relax]

Not working doesn't necessarily mean that they have more time. They still have responsibilities to take care of, they're just not getting paid for them. And saying that they have easy access to food 24/7 is just rude. They're housewives, so they have no self-control? Anyone with a wallet can have access to food 24/7.

Anyone who says that they're too busy to exercise and eat right is making excuses, it's not limited to housewives.

[Littletad]

Try being a housewife with kids, and let's see if you can exercise. Point is, it's hard for some. And if the husband can help, I'm sure most wives would love to workout. But it just doesn't happen often enough.

[Asker]

If you really want something you make it happen, even the president schedules time for exercise, they are not busier than the president.

[jimmy217]

i agree. Doing laundry dishes vaccuming picking up some kids toys ect. Would take three hours max. So that leaves them plenty of time to take care of themselves.

[xzinax2]

they probably are just lazy,my mother works and does all the stuff that they do-so she doesn't have time to work out,but all they do is clean,it takes my mother 2-3 hours tops

[Little-Hippie]

Plenty of people want things, but they're not motivated enough to actually put in the necessary effort to attain them.

That's what being lazy is.

[Anonymous]

I am never dedicating my 100% time for my kids, I bet other ladies will agree, you get times were you can do what you want, and if you want, you will join a gym

[Hyped_up_on_coffee]

Tonymetal will tell you housewifes are sexy

[Asker]

It's housewiVes

[NerdInDenial]

Agreed. They can go for a run during the day.