But at age 41 and two kids later, even if Gwen is of the kind with a naturally lean build, that physique required work. As a woman, once you hit about 33, things don’t stay quite the same without it. Your metabolism changes, your hormones change, and unless you spent most of your life as a professional athlete, you cannot maintain cut abs and toned arms without a regular exercise regime. And from what I’ve read, Gwen has admitted to pushing herself in the gym and watching what she eats. So while it is true that she may be predisposed to a muscular, toned look, without regular exercise from age 34 on, there is no way she’d look like that.

The problem is some women assume that means they have carte blanche to be lazy and revel in their “voluptuousness.” Let’s not bury our heads in the sand; men don’t mind curves, but they do mind flab. As women, we need to stay fit and toned within a range that is realistic for our individual bodies. That means eating right, exercising very regularly, and taking care of ourselves.

I’m soooo ready for fit n’ healthy to make a come back in the fashion world with the way models used to look like in the 80′s supermodel style; these gaunt and pale current crop just have gotten tiresome to me. And to go to extremes with featuring pudgy women on some of the fashion magazine covers and runways isn’t the answer though it’s been an intriguing mini-trend of late. Ahh, just present women who are beautiful because they are keeping fit and look more normalized within their body porportioning… that’s all I’m asking, lol.