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Is love making you fat?
MSN Women/Lifetime TV.com ^ | 8/23/05 | Lisa Bertagnoli

Posted on 08/23/2005 10:35:03 AM PDT by misterrob

Two and a half years ago, Virginia Ng had eating habits a dietitian would be proud of. The 25-year-old public relations professional from Seattle cooked up healthful veggie stir-fries every night and rarely ate dessert. She also exercised regularly, mixing up her routine with aerobics, jogging and weight training. She was the picture of good health.

That was then. These days, Ng isn't nearly as careful with her diet and physical fitness; not surprisingly, she is 25 pounds heavier. What's her explanation for the healthy-living downturn? Finding a boyfriend. "I seem to get into a mental and physical rut when I'm in relationships," says Ng.

We've all heard women lament the fact that a relationship can mean a bigger dress size. Now science adds credibility to their complaints. A Cornell University study of 1,980 married people found that women are more prone to gaining weight during the first year of marriage than men.

(Excerpt) Read more at women.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chubbychicks; fat; likeemlarge; lovehandles; marriedlife; obesity; obestity; twotonsoffun
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To: cyborg

But you're perfect the way you are!!!


41 posted on 08/23/2005 11:05:18 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Thanks :-) I know I'm fine the way I am now. It's not good to go through life hating yourself, hating other women for being better looking and then hating men for looking. Apparently someone in advertising knows exactly how to push women's buttons though. How can Dr.Phil sell a diet book??


42 posted on 08/23/2005 11:08:19 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: misterrob

"Is love making you fat?"


No, eating frozen burritoes, too much red meat, fast food and ice cream and not exercising is making me fat. Along with being disabled.


43 posted on 08/23/2005 11:09:34 AM PDT by trubluolyguy (How does He know what you're gonna do? He had a great view from YOUR cross.)
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To: cyborg

I guess there's one born every minute!


44 posted on 08/23/2005 11:09:51 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Yup!


45 posted on 08/23/2005 11:11:18 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: misterrob

Sex and Calories

How much weight do we lose during sex?

Diet literature explains calories burned while jogging, playing tennis or golfing, but similar information concerning sexual activity has, until now, been unavailable.

Yet, a survey of 206,000,000 people indicated that 96% devote more time and effort to sex than jogging, tennis, or golf, and we felt that the time was right for a new type of sex manual.

EXAMPLES:

1 hr. intensive foreplay burns off: 1 slice (large) chocolate cake.

25 min. nonstop lovemaking burns off: 2 slices of pizza with cheese & mushrooms.

53 min. of kissing partner burns off: 1 cheeseburger with 14 french fries.

53 minutes kissing yourself burns off: Christmas turkey with all the trimmings.

PREPARING THE BEDROOM Includes setting the snooze alarm and dimming the lights: 42 (calories burned)

ADDITIONAL LAST MINUTE PREPARATIONS Hiding the sex manual: 3; Decanting the wine: 4; Without a corkscrew: 268

MAKING THE FIRST MOVE If you are shy: 15; If you are anxious: 43; If you beg: 100

SEDUCING THE PARTNER If you are rich (cash): 5; If you are rich (credit card): 15; If you are poor: 200

INITIAL BODY CONTACT Fumbling: 4; Casually rummaging around: 7; Seriously rummaging around: 42

REMOVING CLOTHES With partner's consent: 12; Without partner's consent: 187; Removing socks by violently shaking feet: 418

AROUSAL AND STIMULATION Blowing in partner's ear: 15; Blowing in your own ear: 2,512

DISAPPOINTMENT (after seeing partner undressed) Partner looks better with clothes on: 10; Partner wears corrective underwear: 15; Partner turns out to be of wrong sex: 100; You don't mind: 0.25; Partner wearing elevated socks: 50

DOING IT FOR THE FIRST TIME Fumbling around: 4; Desperately trying to put something somewhere: 18; Completely missing: 126

POSITIONS Italian (man on top; woman on bottom): 26; German (facing each other, but in different beds): 48; English (woman on top; man hiding): 15; American (both on top): 1,243

AFFLICTIONS Leg cramp: 36; Making believe you don't have a leg cramp: 612; Sneezing (during intercourse): 7; Sneezing (during orgasm): 588

ASSORTED ACCIDENTS Toupee slips off (if your partner knew you wore one): 5; Toupee slips off (if partner didn't know): 72; Extinguishing cigarette (in ashtray): 1; Extinguishing cigarette (in mattress): 17; Extinguishing cigarette (in partner's leg): 133; Calling your partner the wrong name: 50

ORGASMIC INTENSITY SCALE Shoes flew off: 15; Expression didn't change: 0.5; Room turned purple: 4; Face turned purple: 78; Earth moved: 30; If Earth actually moved: 1,234,588; Moaning in Turkish: 506

THINGS OFTEN SAID AFTER SEX "I am so grateful": 15; "It must have been something we ate": 15; "Was it good for you?": 15; "Are you finished?": 15

TRYING AGAIN If woman is ready: 5; If man is not: 563

ROLLING OVER AND GOING TO SLEEP After sex: 18; During sex: 546; While parking car: 212

SLEEP Real: 5; Faked (a good way to avoid sex-craved partner): 74

TAKING A BATH TOGETHER In a bath: 5; In a sink: 150; In a jacuzzi: 15,269

MAKING THE BED With partner still in it: 44 (indicates either a neatness obsession, a severe optic disorder, or a partner who is very tired). With you still in it: 97 (suggests extreme withdrawal and profound dissatisfaction)

KEEPING A JOURNAL Maintaining your own record of sexual activity will be helpful for keeping track of weight loss. You needn't go into detail, just list the activity and the number of calories burned. A typical entry in a woman's journal (for example) for a pleasant low-key sexual experience might read as follows:

December 1st: Sex with Harold:-

Explaining how: 12; Suggesting something different: 3; Calming terrified Harold: 40; Encouraging him to at least take off his socks: 8; Foreplay (a little of this; a little of that): 56; Intercourse (standing position): 22; Intercourse (holding Harold up): 10; Intercourse (urging him on): 5; Orgasm: not sure; Thanking Harold: 3; Waving bye-bye: 1; Total time: six minutes (taxi waiting); Total calories burned: 160


46 posted on 08/23/2005 11:12:16 AM PDT by Quilla
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To: Quilla

LOL


47 posted on 08/23/2005 11:13:22 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: martin_fierro; cyborg

I would lose 20-30 pounds if I had a girlfriend. Most of it from being chased around the property by Mrs. Slim. Of course carrying that chainsaw would probably melt the pounds off her as well.


48 posted on 08/23/2005 11:13:40 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

LOL!!


49 posted on 08/23/2005 11:14:09 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: cyborg

Yes, but there is simply no excuse for gaining 25lbs after you enter a relationship, male of female. I don't buy all of the hubbub about women being insecure about their bodies either. Quit eating bread, go for a walk, lift some weights and the rest will follow. Not everyone is going to be a super model but most men are not going to look like a 22 year old hard body either.


50 posted on 08/23/2005 11:17:35 AM PDT by misterrob
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To: misterrob
Q: Why are single men skinny and married men fat?
 
A: The single man goes to the fridge, doesn't see anything good, so he goes to bed.
For the married man, it's the other way around.

51 posted on 08/23/2005 11:17:59 AM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: misterrob

If satelite and cable went 100% ala cart I wonder what would be the real top 25 channels.

I predict lifetime, CNN, and MTV would plumet in ratings overnight.


52 posted on 08/23/2005 11:20:12 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE!)
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To: misterrob

I agree.


53 posted on 08/23/2005 11:20:44 AM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: Monty Python; misterrob
Is Lifetime a lesbian channel?

I'm not really sure. I am sure that it is the "all men are scum" channel however

54 posted on 08/23/2005 11:40:08 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: misterrob

Some comedienne (Elayne Boosler?): "Okay, you love me, you're here, you're gonna stay. 'Scuse me, I'm gonna EAT."


55 posted on 08/23/2005 11:40:21 AM PDT by MoralSense
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To: misterrob
"Wife"time....

In the 3+ years I've been with my fiancee, she's lost weight, and I've put on 30lbs. She now works 3-11 shift and I'm responsible for picking up her kids from school (4 daughters) helping with their homework, making dinner, paying the mortgage and all the other bills except the phone(but not on a daily basis), getting the brood showered and in bed, and keeping the peace... all before 10:30 so I can get to bed to get up for work at 3:30 AM.

1 child has night seizures, 1 child suffers from depression and is on meds for it, 1 is a typical teenage girl, and the youngest is 5. Add in grocery shopping, a cat, a 2 yr old Rottweiler, and a guinea pig.

Weight gain due to STRESS?

56 posted on 08/23/2005 11:40:44 AM PDT by infidel29 ("It is only the warlike power of a civilized people that can give peace to the world."- T. Roosevelt)
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To: atomicpossum
It's called 'coasting,' honey. When he dumps you, you'll have to move your butt again.

I've seen this time and time again. You run into someone who used to be fat that now looks really hot. The difference? she got divorced.

If only the ladies realized that men are visual creatures and if they keep themselves in shape we will treat them better, show them more attention and be better husbands all around.

After all, we treat our new cars much better than the old ones until the new ones start looking old.

57 posted on 08/23/2005 11:42:24 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: trubluolyguy
No, eating frozen burritoes, too much red meat, fast food and ice cream and not exercising is making me fat. Along with being disabled.

TrubluOLYguy. No beer involved in that weight gain?

There's a fitness club here that has a sign showing a fit abdomen labelled "Six packs available" My thought is always "I've got a keg why would I need a six pack?"

58 posted on 08/23/2005 11:44:29 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Prime Choice
Q: Why are single men skinny and married men fat?

A: Single men have to walk to the fridge to get their beer. (ducking massively!)

59 posted on 08/23/2005 11:45:12 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
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To: infidel29

Holy crap!

Hope she realizes how lucky she is to have ya!




60 posted on 08/23/2005 11:45:57 AM PDT by KimmyJaye (Susan Estrich: A face for radio and a voice for pantomime.)
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