Is your Boyfriend making you fat?

[Empress_Edea]

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Falling in love can make you feel all soft and gooey inside. Unfortunately, it can have the same effect on your outside. Skip a workout here, order some greasy takeout there, and before you know it, you have more than just butterflies in your stomach—you've got a full-on jelly roll hanging over your waistband.

When we get comfortable in a relationship, we establish new habits together that aren't always the best for our weight.

Here are some easy fixes from Women's Health Mag:

1) If you Eat Out...All the Time
Couples bond over food, and enjoying it becomes a special ritual in their relationship.

The fix: Eat in. "Cooking together can be intimate," says Elizabeth Ward, R.D., a nutritionist in Boston. "Food is very sensual, especially when you take turns tasting it." Plus, of course, you can control the fat and calories by using healthy recipes and ingredients that are low in fat. When you do dine out, eat a healthy snack that contains protein and fiber a few hours before your meal. "Women often skimp all day when they're going out at night," Ward says. "But that leaves them so hungry that they end up overdoing it." Nonfat yogurt and a piece of fruit or a small bowl of cereal with lowfat milk are smart choices.

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2)If you're Always in Bed..
Or on the couch. Or anywhere but the gym. A study last year in the journal Obesity found that couples who live together for two or more years are less likely to be physically active, and the women are more likely to become obese. "As positive as relationships can be, they also change your routine," says Martin Binks, Ph.D., director of Binks Behavioral Health. "You schedule more couple's events and have less time to yourself." Drinks with your new guy...or a date with the old treadmill? It's not exactly a tough choice.

The fix: Get him involved. "When people do something together, they're more likely to stick with it," explains Karen Miller-Kovach, R.D. So sign up together for a 5-K, go for a bike ride instead of watching a movie, or join the same gym. When you don't feel like going, he'll drag you there, and you'll do the same for him.

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3)If You Match Him Bite for Bite..
"Women develop 'portion distortion,' " Ward says. "You don't recognize a normal-size serving anymore because you're always eating with a guy who consumes huge platefuls of food." He might be able to get away with it (guys have more muscle mass, so they require more calories), but shoveling in all those extra forkfuls will eventually catch up with you.

The fix: Serve yourself less. Eat about three-quarters of what he's eating. Sorry, but women burn 26 percent fewer calories than men do, so at that rate you'll just about break even.

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4)If His Snacks Are Your Snacks..
You might not buy chips for yourself, but when he leaves the bag out on the coffee table, you need supreme willpower to ignore it. Women were more likely to adopt their partner's eating habits than vice versa.

The fix: Know your options. You have two diet-friendly choices: Serve yourself a small amount of his snack and put it on a plate (dipping your hand into the bag over and over again leads to diet disaster), or lower-calorie alternative on hand to munch while he takes down that bag of chips or pint of ice cream. Who knows, you might convert him!

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5)You're Happy
Research shows that what's good for your heart may be bad for your hips. A study published last year found that happy people were less likely to succeed at losing weight than those with a "slightly negative and cautious outlook."

The fix: Weigh in often. It's great to accept your body and not obsess over every last calorie, but it's hard to feel good about yourself when none of your pants fit. To prevent your eating habits from spiraling out of control, regular weigh-ins. "Studies have shown that once you pass the five-pound mark, weight gain can take off like a runaway train." Seeing the scale creep toward that mark can be a call to action. Still need convincing? Women in a Duke University study who lost as little as 10 percent of their body weight reported dramatic improvements in the bedroom. "Research shows that people who are more active and happier with their bodies have more satisfying *** lives." If that's not motivation, we don't know what is.


Have a Healthy Relationship!

[RMK711]

If you eat out together you can also work out together eh? Pag-jogging lang mo sa IT park.

[organizedchaos]

gituyo ra na para naay love handles...hahaha.. ok ra man.. basta both are enjoying..

[walker]

there is another thread here that says at least twice a week of orgasm is healthy for the cardiovascular system baya....at least two....hehe.. boyfriends can be healthy motivators...

[thaDUKE]

eat all you want.. mas maau mag workout mong duha hehe

[aldrin89]

mao di ay ing tambok akong gf hehehe, maayo kuno pag alima