'Even my fingers were fat': Why Mariel refused to share post-baby body photos

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/05/10/mariel-1.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Mariel Rodriguez admits she kept some photos from Isabella&#x27;s first birthday party hidden because she looked &#x27;super fat.&#x27; <em> Mariel Rodriguez&#x27;s Instagram account</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- There&#x27;s no denying that Mariel Rodriguez loves to take photos, if her pretty active Instagram page is anything to go by. </p><p>But the actress and TV host admitted that there was a time when didn&#x27;t want to have her picture taken, back during the months after she had just given birth to her daughter, Isabella. </p><p>On Wednesday, she opened up about her fear of being shamed for her post-baby body and recalled how she became &quot;super fat&quot; to the point that her wedding ring would not fit her finger. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/05/10/mariel-2.jpg"/><figcaption>One of the photos Mariel didn&#x27;t share for fear of being fat-shamed by her followers. <em>Mariel Rodriguez&#x27;s Instagram account</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Sharing the selfies she took but did not post on Instagram because of her insecurities about her weight, she revealed: &quot;I really didn&#x27;t want people to see me and think that I lost myself.&quot; </p><p>She explained that she &quot;dreaded going out,&quot; and recalled the times she declined party invitations and endorsement shoots just because she did not want to be &quot;cyber-bullied.&quot;</p><p>Among the photos she refused to share were from her trip with husband Robin Padilla to Europe, a host of shots of her playing with her baby, and random snaps showing how &quot;wide&quot; she was. </p><div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/05/10/mariel-3.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/05/10/mariel-4.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/05/10/mariel-5.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/05/10/mariel-6.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/05/10/mariel-7.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/05/10/mariel-8.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/05/10/mariel-9.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Mariel Rodriguez&#x27;s Instagram account</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Mariel Rodriguez&#x27;s Instagram account</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Mariel Rodriguez&#x27;s Instagram account</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Mariel Rodriguez&#x27;s Instagram account</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Mariel Rodriguez&#x27;s Instagram account</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Mariel Rodriguez&#x27;s Instagram account</cite></div></div><div class="item-desc"><div><cite>Mariel Rodriguez&#x27;s Instagram account</cite></div></div></div></div><p>The heaviest she got was 178 pounds, right around when Isabella turned one. That was back in November of last year.</p><p>&quot;Even my fingers were fat -- my rings could not fit me,&quot; she wrote, before revealing how she lost 40 pounds with the help of a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BiitBybhqw_/?taken-by=marieltpadilla">beauty company</a>. &quot;But I knew FAT IS NOT FOREVER! I was not going to let that be the new me.&quot; </p><p>Rodriguez gave birth back in November 2016 in the US. Isabella is her first child with Padilla, whom she has been married with since 2010. </p>

<p>There's no denying that Mariel Rodriguez loves to take photos, if her pretty active Instagram page is anything to go by. </p>

There's no denying that Mariel Rodriguez loves to take photos, if her pretty active Instagram page is anything to go by.

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'Even my fingers were fat': Why Mariel refused to share post-baby body photos

'Even my fingers were fat': Why Mariel refused to share post-baby body photos

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Published May 10, 2018 06:39 PM PHT

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Updated May 10, 2018 06:59 PM PHT

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