Study Says Women With Mate Get Heavier

[groovedaddy]

It is widely known that women tend to gain weight after giving birth, but now a large study has found evidence that even among childless women, those who live with a mate put on more pounds than those who live without one.

The differences, the scientists found, were stark.

After adjusting for other variables, the 10-year weight gain for an average 140-pound woman was 20 pounds if she had a baby and a partner, 15 if she had a partner but no baby, and only 11 pounds if she was childless with no partner. The number of women with a baby but no partner was too small to draw statistically significant conclusions.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/health/05weight.html?th&emc=th

[PassingFair]

1. Duh.

After the minister said "You may kiss the bride"...

I turned to my husband and whispered...."Thank God, now I can let myself go!"

Wedding shot was PRICELESS!

[Missy Vixen]

8. Oh, yeah. That's what we all had in mind.

>"Thank God, now I can let myself go!"<

I wish I could express how frustrated I am with the entire idea that those of us who are larger than we were when we got married just "let ourselves go".

:eyes:

[AngryAmish]

2. no shit

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. lol. yes,. i think i know this

:)

[rcrush]

4. Well why not? Lifes pretty much over at that point. Might as well enjoy some pizza.

[fizzgig]

5. another study for the 'studies that tell us what we already know' file

i've had problems with that in the past but i've been able to avoid that with my husband so far. i weigh the same as i did when we met two years ago.

i'm going to go knock on wood now, just to be on the safe side

[Roon]

7. Hey Fizz,is it a nice day up there?

Very nice in Denver. Suppose to get a blast of cold in the next few days and I am going to be out in the middle of it running errands on the bus!!

[fizzgig]

13. hey roon

it's chilly and a bit damp up here today and we're bracing for snow and cold x( i'm honestly forgetting what it means to have a nice day up here :P

how're the new glasses and hearing aids treating you? have you stopped chasing the wrong bus yet? ;)

[Roon]

19. heck no!

I got an appointment for my hearing aids this week...but the free eyeglass place only takes appointments 2 hours a day..and your cell battery will die before you get through on hold.

This week after my hearing test,I am going to go in in person to make my eye appointment.

[BOSSHOG]

6. My wife is an exception

We've been married 36 years and she's quite a bit lighter then we got married. She's a gym rat and eats like a health freak.

[Iggo]

9. Dammit, I need to get me some of that study money. (n/t)

[groovedaddy]

10. Word! n.t

[Systematic Chaos]

11. In other news:

Women with date get spendier.
Women with kite get windier.
Women with whips and chains get leather.
Women with soap get lather.

I wouldn't quit my day job if I actually had one. :P

[Maine-ah]

12. I went from 97lbs

up to 130lbs, got preggers (160lbs at 9 months along), after baby was 140....3 years after BB now 115lbs. 15 years wth hubby n all.

[bamacrat]

14. I think both men and women gain weight when with a mate.

The fact that you have found your person means you dont have to be on the prowl, we get comfortable and content. Which leads to weight gain. Looking good for your person is important but if they love you it isnt as important to stay rock hard (Im talking about body) than if youre looking for a prospective mate.

[surrealAmerican]

15. It's no fun to eat alone ...

... and cooking for one person is hardly worth the bother. I'm guessing the statistics are similar for married men.

[elocs]

16. I have a friend who was 140 when she got married 11 years ago

and now she is well over 200 pounds. Her husband has put on weight too, but not that much. Seems like they both let go.

I once had a discussion with a woman about wearing contact lenses and I asked her why she wore glasses now instead of contacts. Her answer: "Well, I'm married now".

[we can do it]

17. Just Women? Have They Checked Men Lately or Are They All Like That?

[liberaltrucker]

18. From the N.S. Sherlock Institute for the Glaringly Obvious

:)

[AsahinaKimi]

20. I don't believe it...

Anyone got any cookies?

[darkstar3]

21. It's called "happy relationship weight",

and it is not limited to women.

[raptor_rider]

22. Thanks

Just 6 years out. I was pregnant for almost 2 years and just got down to within 15lbs of my married weight. Just lost my appetite.

[Xipe Totec]

23. And men don't?

Are we talking about a real gender difference here, or just aging?

[iris27]

24. Neither.

Not just aging - they controlled for that in the study...unmarried women did still gain weight as they aged but not as much.

However, I doubt very seriously that there is any gender difference; if they studied this effect in men, they'd likely find the same result.

[Xipe Totec]

25. So women (and men) who are still on the prowl stay trim?

Is that the basic conclusion?

[iris27]

27. Pretty much...or at least trimmer for their age compared

to their married counterparts. It's all relative.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

28. I would include that based on 60 years of observation.

I am sure I will get flamed for this, but this is what I have observed. Almost without exception, Brides for their first marriage, are at their most hot on their wedding day. They are tanned, buffed and fit. They look great! Hotter than hot!

That lasts for about a year. They got their man and now the makeup can go, the housecleaning can go, the body can go and, if you have kids, it can go a lot faster.

I often tell my grandsons to go to the mall and check out the women who are hanging around the kiddie section of the mal with all the toys. Do they see any hotties there? Anyone they might be interested in? NO, of course not! The entire section is populated by fat chicks who no longer bother to try to make themselves attractive because they are married and have kids and are too busy.

This phase lasts about five years. The guys get tired of coming home to ugly, fat chicks when what they married was the hottest of the hot!

The guys start fooling around.

This lasts about 5 years. The guys start entering their 30's. The stomach starts to lose the washboard and droop. The hair starts to recede and turn gray. The girls start fooling around.

Several divorces later, If you're lucky, you will end up with someone who accepts you, with all your faults just as much as you accept them.

Of course, by then you will be old and not physically attractive, but by then you will have gotten over all of that and just be happy that you have someone to talk to..

[pokerfan]

26. In other news...

The female cane toad can pump herself up to mega-size to throw off smaller males striving to mate with her, Australian biologists reported on Wednesday.

http://www.physorg.com/news181942221.html

[mcctatas]

29. hmmmmmmmm....

well I know that when I left the ex-husband, I lost a substantial amount of weight (like 20 pounds and I wasn't that big to begin with), but I think it was from happiness, no more filling the void with Java Chip at 3 am :P