South African Mom of 2 Shares Frustrations About Comments on Her "Skinny" Weight in Viral TikTok Video

• A young woman took to social media to share a video of her tracking the meals she eats in a day
• The woman also detailed how people comment about her skinny frame and how that leaves her feeling self-conscious
• The mother of two's frustrations resonated with several other Mzansi women who reacted to the video

A South African woman was left frustrated after sharing how people tend to comment negatively about her appearance and petite weight as a mother of two kids.

Mom of 2 shares frustrations about comments concerning her weight in TikTok video

Ntombi took to social media to share a TikTok video of the different meals she ate in a day. In the clip, she is heard explaining that she has two children and she is skinny.

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The mother shares that the older her children get, the more comments she gets about the fact that she looks like a teenager and people wanting to know how old she is.

"These comments make me so annoyed, and most importantly, they make me so conscious about the way that I look, especially my weight, so I'm tracking what I eat."

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South African netizens react with supportive words to the woman's viral TikTok post

Several Mzansi women could relate and sympathise with Ntombi's frustrations and responded with kind words.

@Mrs M said:

"But it’s genetics. Like why don’t they get that? I say we all look like this at home."

@The_molefes2ndaddition replied:

"Same, my 14-year-old daughter's body is bigger than mine; people always get surprised when they hear her call me mom because of my tiny body."

@thulisaanelisa commented:

"Add to that the name-calling. Growing up, some even suggested weight gain products for me to my mom. It makes you look at yourself differently."

@chadkhan42 replied:

"Well, you’re eating soo good and clean."

@Sesame wrote:

"I’m sorry you have to go through that. You are perfectly alright no matter what you look like."

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In another story, Briefly News reported that a little girl told her mom one of her biggest fears about growing up and humbled her mother during their discussion.

She said when she is older, she wants to be a skinny adult and doesn't want to be overweight in the clip posted by @logantheempress.

"When I turn into a grown-up, I don't want to be a fat grown-up, I want to be a skinny grown-up."

Source: Briefly News