M.. asks from Detroit, MI on December 02, 2011
JFF- Did You Gain the Marriage 10 or So?
A lot of my friends who recently got married are complaining of their weight gain right after their wedding. I know I sure did! My wedding was a destination wedding in September, and we had the reception back home exactly a month later in October and I had gained 10 lbs in a month!
I dress I picked out for the reception barely fit!
I think this is pretty normal and happens often after the stress of a wedding.
Did it happen to you too?
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M.J. answers from Sacramento on December 02, 2011
No, I stayed very slim until we had kids a few years later. I'm 25 lbs. more than I was when we got married, but thankfully because I was so slim to begin with, I'm not overweight. Just lumpier than my old self. :)
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B.B. answers from Washington DC on December 02, 2011
The marriage ten... the baby ten... (okay maybe more than ten)... the divorce ten... the dating again happy weight loss... the hit my 40s ten... the re-marriage ten... the hit my 50s ten... the ohmygawd I have a teenager ten... the menopause ten (with hot flashes)... I'm guessing there are at least ten more coming!
And I am (mostly) joking here. I haven't really gain THAT much over the years!
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M.J. answers from Sacramento on December 02, 2011
No, I stayed very slim until we had kids a few years later. I'm 25 lbs. more than I was when we got married, but thankfully because I was so slim to begin with, I'm not overweight. Just lumpier than my old self. :)
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R.A. answers from Providence on December 02, 2011
I gained that and then some!
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B.K. answers from Boston on December 02, 2011
I did from all the eating out while on honeymoon.
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N.N. answers from Detroit on December 02, 2011
YES!!! mad about it...........
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S.W. answers from Minneapolis on December 02, 2011
Sorry, but no. I haven't gained even 10 since the wedding in 1989. I still fit in my size 8 wedding dress. I just tried it on for my daughter last week.
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M.D. answers from Washington DC on December 02, 2011
I wish it was only 10...but from all of the stresses and having 3 kids in 6 years (I know it's one every 2, but still)...it has just been a mess. I'm working to get it off. Need to get my tail back to WW meetings, they make such a difference.
But I think it's normal...and to be honest, my husband doesn't want me skinny, skinny. He likes his girls "thick" - lol
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J.L. answers from Chicago on December 02, 2011
Yes it happened to me too :( Now that I am done having kids been workin' on losing it all :)
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S.L. answers from Philadelphia on December 02, 2011
The opposite actually happened to me, but I think it was because we got married right out of college. When I started cooking instead of eating dining hall food I dropped a few pounds. My husband and I also went to yoga classes together all the time for the first 4-5 years of our marriage (before baby #1). I'm pregnant right now, so I obviously weigh more now, but before I got pregnant I think I was 5-10 pounds lighter than I was when we got married 7 years ago.
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