We’ve discussed before the phenomenon of adding “-orexia” to everything under the sun to create jazzy-sounding new “disorders” — manorexia, drunkorexia, humorexia.  (Okay, that last one is my own invention.)
Now, there’s pregorexia.  According to Marijke at Womb Within, pregorexics exercise fiercely during pregnancy so they can shed the “baby weight” as quickly as possible.
Personally, I worked out hard during my pregnancy, but only to keep my body in shape.  I gained an acceptable amount of weight and always kept my “tenant” in mind when eating and working out.  I also lost weight rapidly after my son was born, mainly because …read more