Can I still use the babe as an excuse for my flab?

So, I am wondering, for how long  - when subliminally making excuses for my still-flabby post-preggo body – can I work into conversations that I *just* had a baby?

Here is what got me thinking. I was subbing a Spinning class for a co-worker, and I didn’t know anyone in the class. In my normal class, everyone knows me and knows I recently had a baby, thus, preventing me from making excuse for my flabby ass and jello belly.

But here I was, a Spinning sub who obviously doesn’t look like a fitness instructor. My introduction went like this:

Hi everybody! My name is Erica, and I am subbing for Tom, who will be back next week… great, so, I just had a baby and that’s why I look like this…. Let’s ride!

I mean, really didn’t introduce myself like this, but it’s what I wanted to say. Still, while talking with some people after class I did manage to work in that I just had a baby.

Oh, how old is she? Yeah, she is almost 9 months. I know you were expecting me to say something like “She’s 6 weeks!” and then you would tell me how great I look for just having a baby, but instead, it is kinda awkward now because she is 9 months old and this baby weight should be gone by now… Hmm. I realize that.

So, did I really just have a baby?  How long can I use that excuse? How long did you use that excuse? Please take my poll below!

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Tagged as: flab, post-partum