10 Reasons Your Boyfriend Is Making You Fat
February 24th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
It’s not just that seven-course meal he gave you as a gift… or the 10-pound box of caramel-choked chocolates you and he feasted on afterwards.
No, it’s more the pattern of behavior that comes with the territory when you’re entrenched in a relationship with a man.
Jenna Bergen, author of the hot-selling new book, Your Big Fat Boyfriend: How to Stay Thin When Dating a Diet Disaster (Quirk Books), says, "Gaining weight is every woman抯 worst nightmare. Unfortunately, your boyfriend may be to blame!
"Studies show that when a woman is in a relationship, she almost always gains weight."
Jenna, a Spinning instructor and yoga guru who’s also the health and wellness expert for PhillyMag.com, isn’t trying to break up anyone’s relationship. She merely wants you to break the cyle and regain control of your weight and health.
"Your Big Fat Boyfriend doesn抰 have to be fat to make you gain extra pounds," she notes. "And it’s not like he’ll force you to join him in bad eating behavior.
"It’s a simple matter of genetics and behaviors that are not as deadly for a man’s weight as they are for a woman’s."
Your Big Fat Boyfriend will make you laugh while it makes you go "A HA!" Follow Jenna’s tips and advice and you can be happy in a relationship and happy with your body and diet.
Jenna promises readers will discover:
?The differences in male and female metabolisms
?How to eat healthful meals when dining at not-so-healthy places
?Creative date ideas that will keep couples active
?Good-for-him (and her!) recipes that taste great and won抰 leave the guy hungry
Get ready now to check out Jenna’s top 10 reasons why you’ve been gaining pounds since you’ve gained a boyfriend or husband.
10 Reasons Your Boyfriend Is Adding Baggage to Your Backside 
1. He抯 a guy.
His mind stores sports stats and music trivia like a sponge sucks up water ?not health and nutrition facts. No matter how often you tell him, prod him or outright throw up your hands and scream, his mind will not hold onto the following words: fat, calories, daily allowances, nutrients, vitamins, antioxidants, or food groups.
2. He can always eat.
He just consumed a humungous lunch. An hour later, he抯 hungry. Again. And while his metabolism burns faster than a head full of hairspray, allowing him to shovel in huge quantities of food without it showing up anywhere on his bod, you have to spend 30 minutes on the treadmill to burn off a single piece of chocolate.
3. Big is better.
His palms are almost three times the size of your little hands, and his idea of a serving is equally as large.
4. You’re his new BFF.
You love him, he loves you, and you’ve secured a spot in his top five. You’re now the first person he thinks to call about everything. But this new title of BFF is heavy ?pun intended ?with responsibility. You’re also now his first call for midnight Taco Bell runs or grabbing wings and beer for Sunday night football.
5. He thinks dieting is dumb.
A girl who pounds beers with the boys or is as excited as he is over the three-pizzas-for-$10 deal is much cooler and fun than a dieting diva who refuses to eat anything other than rice cakes.
6. He loves you in sweatpants.
Nothing is better than finding a boy that loves you just as much in heels and a skimpy top as he does when you抮e lounging in front of the TV for a four-hour Entourage marathon. Of course, lounging usually comes with snacking.
7. He抯 too cozy with the couch.
Don抰 be surprised if the last time he swung a racket was playing Wii. If you抳e got your own personal lazy boy, it抯 safe to assume the most weekend movement he抣l muster is the short path between the couch and the fridge ?and the chances of burning any calories with him are probably pretty slim.
8. Cooking = Takeout.
Unless you抮e one of the lucky few that dates a chef, the extent of your boyfriend抯 culinary skills is grilled cheese, Ramen noodles and a drawer stuffed full of takeout menus.
9. He shops like a 5-year-old.
Now that Mom抯 not around to keep the fridge filled, it抯 a good chance he抯 living out his childhood fantasy and buying every snack food he pleases. One-hundred calorie packs? Please. One foot inside his place and you抮e held captive by a multitude of bottomless bags of mania-inducing munchies.
10. The only veggie he eats is fried.
If broccoli is his kryptonite, chances are that his plate will be filled with foods you抎 normally avoid.
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