Do relationships cause people to gain weight?

well, it obviously depends, but some of the trends associated with dating don't encourage healthy lifestyles.

1. too many steak dinners

2. "She loves me for ME, not my body. I don't need to work out to keep her, so why bother?"

So yeah. Some relationship-associated habits may cause you to gain weight, but the actual relationship can't.

you got too comfortable...she can leave, just like if your chick gained weight you might leave her because you're not attracted anymore.

Overeating and being lazy causes people to gain weight. If that happens to be how someone is in a relationship then maybe, but the relationship itself will not make you fat.

i lost weight at the beginning to please my guy...then gained it back after we got comfortable with each other

It does applies to girls as well. Especially if you are living with a bloke, while I was living with my ex fiance (he was a big fella, played up front in the scrum) I found myself making bigger portions of food when I was cooking for him, but also having cosy nights on the sofa drinking wine and scoffing crisps did it for me. I don't think it helped being on the pill either. My weight skyrocketed from a very trim size 8 (I'm talking British dress sizes here) to a whopping size 16.

Certain brands of the pill cause weight gain as well as they increase your appetite. I always tend to go back on the pill when I'm in a steady relationship and usually I find my weight creeps up a bit from my usual 10st.

You have to find ways to spend time with your S/O. Relationships do not cause weight gain. Eating more than you should and not exercising does! Invite your S/O to go to the gym or jogging with you instead of just out to dinner, the movies, etc together. This happens because people just like the company of other ppl. Also they may feel that there are better things to do with that person than trek to the gym. Exercise together and get fit together INSTEAD of all the theater popcorn and meals at Carrabba's!

I have put on 10lbs since March (!). I blame being in a relationship, specifically going out to restaurants and eating and drinking more rich food! I also make a real effort to cook for my guy, which I wouldn't make for myself alone, which means I'm eating more calorie dense foods than previously.

I needed to gain some weight as I was a skeletal sub-100 lbs before, so I'm not too bothered. But after six months of blissful blowout, I'm starting to want to get it back under control now. I will probably start watching what I eat quite carefully after Christmas.

well I know that when I'm in a relationship I also tend to gain a bit of weight I think its because I don't feel like I have to try at all because I know they love me as I am. also I always seem to have bfs who buy a lot of etra food all the time.

Idk---> but for me it's completely opposite. If I really like a guy I lose weight. That whole can't sleep can't eat sorta thing (:

I would say the biggest reason anyone would gain weight in a relationship because of one another would have to be because of stress. Stress and depression are big for gaining weight in general.

Some people make the mistake of quitting what they did to get the girl, once they have the girl.

This is a possibility, but like another poster said below, sometimes the level of busy-ness in a relationship is as good for keeping the pounds off as it is for putting them on.

I'm actually the opposite. When I'm not in a relationship I tend to be more sedentary. I sit around more, watch more tv and snack more. When I'm in a relationship it seems like I'm always going somewhere. I never have time to watch tv or sit around so I tend to lose weight. I also just eat less in general when I'm happier so that contributes. I also feel more motivated to go to the gym.

So I would say not everyone is like that.

This is true if you're stress levels are high.

High stress levels cause decrease in metabolic rates, and therefore eating the same amounts of food and excercising the same will cause you to gain weight.

So as long as your relationship is healthy (no pun intended), and the stress is eustress (also known as good stress rather than distress (prolonged stress), you shouldn't gain any weight.

In fact, you'd lose weight, as a eustress can cause short periods of increased metabolism, and therefore, more calories burned doing nothing. :)

I think when people no longer worry as much about impressing people they tend to let themselves go a little bit. After a while this becomes much more noticeable. Even if its cutting your workouts from 5 days a week to 2 or 3, you're going to change appearance wise.

I actually think girls TRY to make us put on weight in order to make us less attractive to other women...and there is the old cliche of "the way to a mans heart is through his stomach" ;)

Personally I think there are many factors; actually having a partner means you excercise less, tend to have quiet nights, don't actually think about your weight and appearance quite as much...and just wait till you get to my age after a long term relationship, oh boy!

Well it's easy to explain really or so I think it is. It really depends really your more on the personal level of your relationship here. Your comfortable with her enough that your not really that person that needs to impress her with your body you both gotten past that. But if you want to relive those days go ahead in the end it turns into fat anyway. Oh and yes girls gain weight basically for the same reason. I guess but maybe a pound or two but it really depends on the girl. Caries burned or water weight. Water weight is evil to girls.

People say that this is a common trend when men (even women) no longer feel that they have any reason to look good because they already have a partner. They let themselves go thinking that they already hooked one in.

You just can't beat an unsatisfied sex drive as a powerful impetus for regular, intense workouts. In contrast, great sex will keep you in bed when you should be doing jumping jacks instead of jumping your woman. Additionally happy loving couples often place great emphasis on food as a sensuous, shared social experience, where bachelor males will frequently starve themselves before they get off their butts to head for the grocery store and buy nutritious grub. The only solution is to place value on balance in your life. If you wanna stay happy, you have to stay healthy and trim. Men say derisive, truly brutal things all the time about chubby women. I used to do the same thing just to fit in with the other weenie adolescents. And I seriously doubt that womenfolk are above similar behavior. The moment women stop looking at you like a cheap piece of chewable man flesh, it's probably time to score a membership at your local gym. Diabetes, heart disease, and other obesity-related illnesses make your life miserable, but I suspect the realization that you'll never land another truly tasty member of the female species would be cause for a whole dump truck of self-loathing. On the brighter side, you'd be a walking TV Guide and would be proud to show off your bundled package of cable stations. Choose health. Choose life, and you'll get laid a helluva lot more often during you brief span on this rock.

A former friend of mine was a body builder. He was really fit and strong. He got a girlfriend and the two of them couldn't stop f***ing like rabbits all the time. Between work and always f***ing her he didn't have enough time to exercise. Yet he kept eating at the same level required for him while he was training. He put on at least 20lbs.

I don't find this true at all. My last girlfriend I dated for 2 years and I never had an issue about weight at all. But we both play sports and we conditioned together so idk. Maybe that's a good suggestion for you, do some activities together, go outside or something. hope this helps

I don't think a relationship will CAUSE one to lose weight. However, it is probable that when in a trusting, long term relationship, the partners will feel more comfortable around each other, and therefore be more likely to let themselves go.