This is Hi-Fi

1. A lot of this is genetics. Meaning sometimes it isn't just putting your mind to it. One's body does go through significant change in the child birthing process.
2. A lot of this is prioritization. Having kids seems to consume a huge part of your life. I would think it would be hard to fit in a lot of exercise time in the first few months after giving birth, from what I have seen. While I think it's generally a good idea to make it work in some way, it doesn't entirely mean that those that don't are making the wrong choice for their child's future.

I totally agree about prioritization, but that can be applied to every other excuse too, such as not finding time to exercise because you have to work too much. To paraphrase the old adage, when you don't have time for the important things, you make time.

Note that making time may include whacking the hubby upside the head to make him share in the child raising responsibilities.

Fair enough. I know someone that just had a baby, second one. Now, she's blessed with genes that leave her looking pretty fit. And she's blessed with a husband that does half the work with the kids. But their lives go like this: Get up by 7am, get kids and self ready, go to day care and work, work 8-9 hours, go to day care, come home. Fix dinner. Eat dinner. Play with kids. Sometimes have bath time for kids. Read to kids. Put 1st kid to bed. Relax for an hour or so with 2nd kid (baby), spending time together talking about adult things. Go to bed. Repeat.

Not to mention breast feeding multiple times throughout the day, reading personal email about twice a week, calling family periodically to say hi, and so on.

The point is that there is little time to do it because none of those things can really drop. They do manage to do walks as a family sometimes, so I guess that's good! I just feel for them, I am not sure what I'd give up if I were in her shoes, in order to fit in any workouts.