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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?

What can I do next?

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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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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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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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I gained that and then some!

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I did from all the eating out while on honeymoon.

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YES!!! mad about it...........

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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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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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Yes it happened to me too :( Now that I am done having kids been workin' on losing it all :)

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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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