5 Things the "No Excuse Mom" Wants You to Know

When fitness guru Maria Kang posted this photo to her Facebook page, the Internet responded — big time. While some took her message as motivation to hit the gym, toss that bag of chips into the trash, and finally take the initiative to get fit, there was also a great deal of backlash. "I knew there were going to be people who were going to ask questions, but at the time, I didn't think I was going to be talking to CNN about it," she told us. A phone chat with Kang (taken on her end from the gym, appropriately) weeks after the release of her first book, The No More Excuses Diet, offered some serious insight into the fit mom's message and the reason she does what she does. Here's the story the picture doesn't tell.