Does Being In Love Make You Fat?

By Mary Jo Rapini. Posted on Jan 5th 2011.

Studies find women likely to gain weight upon entering the comfort zone of marriage and couplehood.

Being married or living with the one you love is like having a built in “fan club.” Motivating each other to live a healthy lifestyle is not only good for your waist, it is good for your intimacy and sex drive as well. We all can change; it just takes one person in the relationship to be a catalyst for the other.

–Mary Jo Rapini

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