7 Stages

I was at the doctors office the other day, waiting for my two boys appt. While flipping through a parents magazine I found this article that talks about the changes that happen to your body after a baby... I have to say that I can totally relate and now want to share so here it is.
April 2010 Parents magazine. Writen by Kari Anne Roy
Stage 1: DENIAL This isn't a new butt. Its the same awesome butt you had the day you got married.
Stage 2: SHOCK Well, its technically the same butt, but for some reason it doesn't fit into the pants you wore last year-before you got pregnant. But there's no way your butt could be so drastically altered by having a baby. Could it?
Stage 3: ANGER Fine. It's not the same butt. It has curves and divots and new places that sweat. It follows you wherever you go. Stupid, annoying butt and its stupid, annoying cellulite! Is it possible to get a restraining order to prevent it from stalking you?
Stage 4: DEPRESSION No dice. It turns out you can not get a restraining order against your own body. And if you are inquiring about it people laugh at you. And that makes you cry. As do the elastic-waist pants you just bought, even though you are nine months postpartum. Those lying liars who said "nine months on, nine months off" must have gotten to keep their original cute butt.
Stage 5: GUILT You are a grown woman. You have a degree. You know that women should be-and are-more then just hot bodies. You know objectification is cruel. You've read the magazine articles that tell you how awesome you are. You created life. And yet...this butt. IT WON'T GO AWAY.
Stage 6: FEAR You probably have Flesh Expanding Butt Disease. It's very rare, but if you get FEBD your butt will eventually consume your entire body, preventing you from leading a normal life. There is no cure for this horrible ailment. Best to just go buy a bunch of sweatpants.
Stage 7: ACCEPTANCE Right. So it isn't that bad, really. You new butt does come with some nice features. It's easier to close the car door now. Your kids have something to hang on when you're at the grocery store. And your husband likes it. A lot. In fact your new butt is kind of growing on you...

So I have to say that it is not just my butt that has change... after four children, and many attempts to regain my Pre-pregnancy weight, and look... I have not achieved. It has been way more then nine months... I sweat in more places now then I ever thought possible... and things hang where they are not suppose to. Maybe this is to much information for you, but I have to say I wish someone would have told me that my body would have changed so much. Would I have had less children, probably not... but I think I would have started a fund or savings account to "fix" these things now. Wouldn't that be wonderful.
Maybe I am looking at this all the wrong way, maybe these are signs of honor that I now wear... a Badge or right of passage. If that is true then why or why do I get up at 6am and go running, work out and eat less so that I can lose that weight and tone up that body.
I am trapped... any suggestions?!