If your jeans are getting tighter, your dress buttons are popping or your shirt shows a hint of a paunch, then be happy for the fact that as a couple you are in a happy relationship. Scientific research now says that the best way to tell if a relationship is a happy one is by looking at their waistlines. The study derived from research at the national center for biotechnology Information says that happy couples put on weight. Now you know why those pouches of fat on your body are called love handles?
It isn’t all hogwash because this was a result of observation on human participants. 168 couples volunteered for the study whose weights were recorded twice a year. The couples were asked about the status of their marital life. The information recorded that those couples living a happy and satisfied married life were also the ones who put on weight. Those who were on the verge of splitsville or in the process of separating were slim.
The researchers provided a practical reason why happy couples put on weight. People in happy relationships are not under pressure to attract a partner and neither do they need to impress anyone. They are confident that their partners will not leave them. It is this state of mind that helps them have a good appetite and eat well. Those who were slim and felt a need to maintain their figures were those in strained relationships feeling a need and desire to attract other mates.
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But! Hold it!! Here’s the bummer this is not a condition to start gorging on pizzas and beer because researchers also stressed the point that happy relationships also impacted physical health. Lead researcher and psychologist Andrea. L. Meltzer stated that couples should pay attention to their weight as it could create a risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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As happy couples put on weight, the best way to reduce the risk of health problems is to focus on the unhealthy implications of weight gain over time in a marriage. Issues of appearances were secondary and health should be the foremost item on the agenda to enhance a happy life both emotionally and physically.
Thus, if you may have gained a few pounds since entering a relationship, it should be considered a happy thing but hit the gym now and then or start an exercise routine at home to maintain your physical health too. Avoid junk food and if both of you drink, then drink together in moderation of course as another study says helps both of you to stay happy and healthy longer.
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