Maria Kang is a fitness trainer who garnered even more attention with her viral post on Facebook in 2013, when she shared a picture of her toned body with 3 kids titled “What’s Your Excuse.” Before becoming a fitness instructor, she was a model and had won Miss Petite Teen International , Miss San Francisco Chinatown , Miss Philippines USA , and Miss Bikini California.

Born name

Maria M. Kang

nickname

No excuse mom, fit mom

Sun sign

Protect

Place of birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Residence

Elk Grove, California, USA

nationality

training

Maria attended Laguna Creek High School and was involved in cheerleading. In 2002 she graduated from the University of California, Davis with a double major in history and international relations.

occupation

Physical Fitness Advocate, Educator, Blogger, Entrepreneur

family

• Father – Francis Kang (Police Officer)
• Mother – Caroline Kang (Manages a Government Parking Garage)
• Siblings – Angel Kang (Younger Sister), Christine Kang (Younger Sister), Dominic Kang (Older Brother)
• Other – George G. Aducayen Jr. (maternal grandfather) (Filipino diplomat)

Manager

unknown

Build

Athletic

Height

5 feet 4 inches or 162.5 cm

weight

57 kg or 125.5 lbs

friend/spouse

Maria Kang dated –

1. David Casler (2010-Present) – Maria and David Casler, who is an ex-seafarer, met on MySpace and married on November 27, 2010. Her mother was not present at the wedding as she was hospitalized due to health issues . They have 3 children together, all boys, Christian Casler (b. 2009), Nicholas Casler (b. 2010) and Gabriel Casler (b. 2011). In 2016, their marriage hit a rocky patch when Maria filed for separation. But they managed to pull through and have been stronger than ever since.

race/ethnicity

Asian

She has Chinese and Malaysian ancestry on her father’s side and is of Filipino descent on her mother’s side.

hair colour

dark brown

eye color

dark brown

sexual orientation

Just

distinguishing features

• Pointed chin
• Big smile

brand promotion

She has promoted a lot on social media. She has promoted Lulus.com among many other brands.

Religion

Christianity

She was raised in a Christian family and is still a practicing Catholic.

Known for

• Her viral post on Facebook in 2013 showed her 8 months after giving birth with her three sons flaunting her toned physique. The post, titled “What’s your excuse?” Sparked national debate and she drew criticism for allegedly fat shaming mothers with less-than-ideal bodies.
• Her extensive work as a fitness advocate and as a motivator for mothers looking to get in shape after having children.

first movie

Maria has not yet made her cinema debut.

First TV show

On October 16, 2013, she made her first appearance as herself on the news talk show Fox & Friends .

Personal trainer

Maria has been following the same workout routine for more than 10 years. She trains 5 to 6 days a week for 30 to 60 minutes, of which 3 to 4 days are strength training. She trains each of her body parts with at least 3 exercises, 3 sets per exercise and 10-15 repetitions per set with a rest period of 30 seconds in between.

To save time, she usually does supersets that don’t involve resting between exercises. She also includes cardio on all days of her workout. She does high-intensity interval training (HIIT) by running, climbing stairs, or taking a spin class.

She follows a contemporary diet plan, which is described below –

• Breakfast – She has her first meal of the day at 8am which is 4 egg whites or oatmeal. At 10:30 a.m., she has a protein shake along with apple and peanut butter.
• Lunch – Her favorite thing to eat is ground chicken with quinoa for lunch, which is usually prepackaged.
• Lunchtime snack – To satisfy her hunger pangs throughout the day, she relies on a peanut butter smoothie and almonds or some chocolate.
• Dinner – She eats a low-carb meal in the evening and goes for fish with vegetables and salad.

Maria Kang favorite things

• Food – Brownies, Burritos, Cereal, Chocolate, Wine, Bread, Tuna Salad
• Outdoor activity with children – hiking
• Clean Eating – Turkey Meatballs with Quinoa or Brown Rice
• Exercise – Squats, lunges, deadlifts, hip extensions, glute kickbacks
• Lower Body Exercise – Side lunge
• Energieriegel – Organic CLIF, die Trail Mix Bar von Nature Valley
• Things to Bake – Banana Muffin, Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
• fruit – apples

Maria Kang Fakten

1. Since Kang’s mother was overweight and suffered from many health-related illnesses, Maria’s outlook on health and fitness affected her, and she began engaging in activities such as running and aerobics.
2. Kang briefly worked as a fitness writer for the popular website Bodybuilding.com.
3. During her school days, she was bullied and made to harm, scratch and cut herself.
4. She began competing in local beauty pageants at the age of 16 at the behest of her mother. She won several beauty pageants such as Miss Petite Teen International, Miss San Francisco Chinatown, Miss Philippines USA and Miss Bikini California.
5. In 2003, she won the Miss Bikini California contest and took part in a photo shoot with other bikini models. Feeling exploited by the environment, she left the shoot and vowed never to attend a beauty or fitness event again.
6. In 2004, Maria suffered from bulimia, which involved binge eating and then flushing through self-induced vomiting. She overcame this eating disorder by forcing herself to eat without vomiting. As a result, she gained weight until she weighed 145 pounds, which she believed to be overweight.
7. She published her first book, titled The No MoreExcuse Diet: 3 Days to Beat Any Excuse, 3 Weeks to Learn New Eating Habits, 3 Months to Complete Transformation in March 2015 under the publication of Harmony, a division of Random House .
8. Her nonprofit fitness lobby, Fit Mom, was renamed No Excuse Mom in January 2014.
9. Most notably, under the new advocate, are mothers with young children receiving free weekly workouts from volunteers. By mid-2015, around 300 training groups with 70,000 participants had been set up worldwide.
10. She promotes her business through her website by selling fitness workout DVDs and calendars featuring images of “Fit Moms” from her program.
11. On August 25, 2012, she uploaded a post to her Facebook page that quickly went viral. In the Post, she appeared alongside her three sons and was captioned “What’s Your Excuse?”
12. While it received mostly positive feedback, it also drew criticism, with some calling her a bully, narcissist, and bad mother for promoting unrealistic standards of motherhood.
13. In November 2013, Maria became embroiled in controversy when she responded to a bold endorsement campaign by the owner of San Jose plus-size lingerie shop Chrystal Bougon. In her post on Facebook, she expressed anger that the US tends to accept obese bodies instead of developing a fit body through hard work, dedication and discipline.
14. Her post was reported to Facebook’s administration and was touted as hate speech aimed at body-shaming mothers. As a result, her page was banned from the social media site for 2 days. Facebook later acknowledged that their page was automatically blocked because other users flagged its content as offensive.
15. In December 2017, four years after her controversial post went viral, she recreated the same pose with her then older children and captioned it “What’s Your Reason.”
16. She also manages two residential care facilities for the elderly in Elk Grove and Sacramento.
17. She has a dog named Ranger who is of the Goldendoodle breed (a hybrid of a Golden Retriever and a Poodle).
18. Visit her official website @ mariakang.com.
19. Follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Google+.