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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: The Phantom FReeper
Being active and healthy with one's spouse/significant other is romantic.

LOL I go for walks, etc. with hubby, but I do not allow him to see me working out! All that sweating, huffing and puffing, with my hair all sticking up and/or falling in my eyes - not sexy.

61 posted on 08/23/2005 11:46:12 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: Rummyfan

Yes, they say even Michael Moore(ugh) has checked into a fat farm out west. Man, he must have a BIG room!


62 posted on 08/23/2005 11:49:27 AM PDT by RexBeach (Pardon me, but is that a malaise sandwich in your pocket or are you just glad to be in a funk?)
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To: John O

"trubluOLYguy..no beer in that diet?"


Nope...I don't drink. The handle was given to me years ago by a former girlfriend...trublu=truly blunt olyguy=Olympia (the city)and my gender.


63 posted on 08/23/2005 11:49:32 AM PDT by trubluolyguy (Ew. This tastes like a monkey. A monkey that's past his prime. "Chris Griffin")
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To: Quilla
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.

LOL I guess this is why women gain weight after marriage.

64 posted on 08/23/2005 11:51:14 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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To: misterrob

"Is love making you fat?"

Here I thought it was all the Skittles and Snickers. Well, live & learn.


65 posted on 08/23/2005 11:51:27 AM PDT by exile (Exile - Helen Thomas tried to lure me into her Gingerbread House.)
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To: Rummyfan

Correction: Mr. Moore has checked in at a fat farm in FL.

I wonder when he last saw his toes?

Boy, when he sits around the house, he sits around the house!

When he goes to the beach, people try to push him back into the water!

OK, OK. I'll keep my day job.


66 posted on 08/23/2005 11:53:12 AM PDT by RexBeach (Pardon me, but is that a malaise sandwich in your pocket or are you just glad to be in a funk?)
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To: Quilla

I'm gonna have to call BullPoop on this one. I know that if I run for 20 minutes I've burned about half of a ritz cracker

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

1 hour! 1 hour! Don't these people have jobs? Who can spare an hour for that?


67 posted on 08/23/2005 11:57:06 AM PDT by exile (Exile - Helen Thomas tried to lure me into her Gingerbread House.)
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To: exile

It is BP - straight from strangecosmos.com.

Oh, and please forgive me. ;-)


68 posted on 08/23/2005 12:06:03 PM PDT by Quilla (Please tell me you ravaged the gingerbread house.)
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To: trubluolyguy
trublu=truly blunt olyguy=Olympia (the city)and my gender

Ahhh, I assumed Oly = Olympia the beer as opposed to the city.

(< Pet peeve > You do not have a gender. You have a sex. Only words or inanimate objects have genders. Living things have sexes. < /pet peeve>)

69 posted on 08/23/2005 12:10:26 PM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Tijeras_Slim
Single men have to walk to the fridge to get their beer.

LOL! Most excellent retort.   :o)

70 posted on 08/23/2005 1:11:45 PM PDT by Prime Choice (E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
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To: KimmyJaye
Hope she realizes how lucky she is...

Some days I'm not sure she realizes all I do. She's terrific and I'm immensely happy to be part of her family, a little appreciation and acknowledgement would be nice from time to time.

71 posted on 08/23/2005 2:53:45 PM 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: infidel29

Can sure understand that.

Sounds like you both are pretty blessed. Good for you. ;-)

You sound like a great person.


72 posted on 08/23/2005 9:32:21 PM PDT by KimmyJaye (Susan Estrich: A face for radio and a voice for pantomime.)
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To: KimmyJaye

Thank You. I try my best:-)


73 posted on 08/24/2005 12:03:15 PM 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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