Can Being in Love Make You Fat? Plus, 10 Suggestions for Losing Marriage-Induced Love Handles

My married friends love to ask, "When are you and [insert boyfriend's name here] going to tie the knot already?" Single people, back me up here. I'm sure you get this all the time too, right? I'd like to think it's because my friends just love me and want me to be happy and not because they want another person to commiserate with about the old "ball and chain." What I really want to tell them is, "What's the rush?" Not having a ring on it definitely has its perks, for instance, when it comes to staying fit. Being in love of course is a many splendored thing. But once you get hitched, you can become susceptible to a phenomenon I'll call "marital fat creepage," which is highly contagious amongst blissfully-married couples. Numerous studies have been published in recent years that show significant weight gain is common amongst married people. According to a 2013 study of newlyweds, the happily-married couples gained more weight over a four-year period compared to the less-happily-married couples. Clearly if you suspect you're going to be back in the dating pool sometime soon, you know you had better keep yourself together. And it's not just here in the U.S. with our penchant for binge watching TV while binge eating take out. A recent Australian study showed that brides-to-be, feeling pressure to lose weight before their big day, gained more weight shortly after the wedding. In their defense, that can happen to anyone who is stressing out about weight loss so Bridezillas...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news