For anyone that has gained weight since their wedding (including those who have lost what they gained)

I quit smoking and gained 8 pounds. and I really try not to substitute one bad habit with another. such as eating junk. but I am not always to successful. and I love to eat popcorn >>>>>> <<<<<< ME with extra butter.

I always gain when I am happy and lose when I am sad! It is horrible.

I also didn't grow up in a household where alcohol was acceptable except for special occasions so I went a little nuts and started drinking wine or beer with every meal. Also, getting used to being on our own - I would start these little food rituals like oh every night before bed lets be cute and have oreos and hot cocoa. Or, lets make smores. Or, lets make a big bowl of popcorn and watch movies - just stuff I thought was cute bc it was US and in our new apartment.

But now, I threw out all the junk food and our new rituals include oatmeal in the morning instead of bacon/eggs/pancakes and chamomile at night instead of cookies and cocoa.

I lost 5 lbs and 15lbs to go! yay!

I would say 'all of the above'

Oh jeez - I know EXACTLY what caused me to put on some weight after the wedding. I'm still working out, but I just keep going up anyhow. It's because I'm not being as careful with what I eat. When I was still 'single' it was much easier to just have a yogurt for lunch and grilled chicken for dinner. I lost weight so quick without DH. lol. But as soon as I got married, we began eating together. It's not even as though we're always eating OUT, but I'm making dinners that I know he'll enjoy (chicken alfredo, cheese stuffed shells, etc, etc). Not the healthiest choices. Plus, he doesn't watch what he eats, so he'll be eating an oreo and he always has to grab an extra for me. And who's gonna say NO when offered a double stuffed oreo?? Seriously.

I definitely put on almost 10 pounds and that is SICK!! It hasn't even been 2 months since the wedding!!!! So today I'm getting really firm on it I'm grilling a bunch of chicken and sticking with THAT and ONLY THAT for dinner. I'll still make DH something yummy - but I'm putting a stop to this weight gaining crap. I feel soo uncomfortable.

I'm glad I'm not the only one

Boy am I glad iam not the only one. I have been so upset about my weight gain. And I can only blame myself. I cant fit in my jeans or else i will have muffin top, and thats just a big no no. I started today on the special K challenge and am meeting my brother and FSIL and also my Dh is coming to the Gym. SO now i will have no excuse to not go. I need to stop with all the crap i eat. I love cookies so i cant have them anymore! You want to know whats more depressing is that iam 5'0 tall, small frame so 10lbs weight gain is alot for me I gained 12!! I actually had someone ask if i was preggo!! It made me so mad and sad, and hurt. SO now iam on a mission to lose this fat belly i gained!!!

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Posted by jonsgirl04

Boy am I glad iam not the only one. I have been so upset about my weight gain. And I can only blame myself. I cant fit in my jeans or else i will have muffin top, and thats just a big no no. I started today on the special K challenge and am meeting my brother and FSIL and also my Dh is coming to the Gym. SO now i will have no excuse to not go. I need to stop with all the crap i eat. I love cookies so i cant have them anymore! You want to know whats more depressing is that iam 5'0 tall, small frame so 10lbs weight gain is alot for me I gained 12!! I actually had someone ask if i was preggo!! It made me so mad and sad, and hurt. SO now iam on a mission to lose this fat belly i gained!!!

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I hear ya!!! I hope you do well with the Special K challenge. I never tried that, so i'm curious how it works out.
It really DOES feel so much better to be working out and eating right. I'm going to try not to splurge. Maybe just a yummy snack on the weekends, but i definitely need more control than i've been having these last few weeks.

it's weird I actually never really watched what I ate before the wedding specifically because I wanted to fit into a dress blah blah. I gained weight in college only about 10 lbs and after graduating moving home and starting my masters and working full time I lost that weight. I still ate junk but I had the gym and was more careful with eating junk but still ate it at times.

Then the wedding was 2 weeks away and I shedded about 8 lbs only because I was stressed with finals and the wedding as well as DH coming home from Iraq. I was down to 104 lbs on my wedding day. Only started gaining some weight back recently bec school started again and havent found time to go to the gym with night classes and DH up my @$$ after work I flucuate though, the scale said 110 once 2 weeks ago and then a couple days ago it said 106 so I maybe only gained 3-5 lbs back. Which I am fine at but liked how I looked at the wedding as well. I just knew I couldnt be crazy with dieting before the wedding and controlling everything bec after I would gain so much bec I deprived myself of so much before. ANd I am happy I did that!!!

I gained almost 20 since the wedding For me it was a combination of everything. The weird thing is I seem to have put weight back in places I never carried it before DH is up a little too, but nowhere near what I have gained. I have dropped about 6 lbs so far but the majority of my pants aren't fitting me and I WILL NOT buy new ones.

This morning was the worst: I pulled on a pair of pants I thought would fit and they were so tight when I pulled them off they took my undies along for the ride. There I am bent over w/ my A$$ out and DH walks in the room and is like OMG why are you mooning me????

15 pounds

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Posted by mRm2008

I gained almost 20 since the wedding For me it was a combination of everything. The weird thing is I seem to have put weight back in places I never carried it before DH is up a little too, but nowhere near what I have gained. I have dropped about 6 lbs so far but the majority of my pants aren't fitting me and I WILL NOT buy new ones.

This morning was the worst: I pulled on a pair of pants I thought would fit and they were so tight when I pulled them off they took my undies along for the ride. There I am bent over w/ my A$$ out and DH walks in the room and is like OMG why are you mooning me????

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oh goodness. Sorry, that made me giggle (the whole DH walking in at the WORST moment)

I'm with you - even tho some of my jeans won't fit comfortably anymore, I will NOT buy new ones!!!! I'm being stubborn also. So I'm thinking that I better start losing some weight fast, otherwise I will be bare bottomed from now on

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Posted by RockysGirl

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Posted by mRm2008

I gained almost 20 since the wedding For me it was a combination of everything. The weird thing is I seem to have put weight back in places I never carried it before DH is up a little too, but nowhere near what I have gained. I have dropped about 6 lbs so far but the majority of my pants aren't fitting me and I WILL NOT buy new ones.

This morning was the worst: I pulled on a pair of pants I thought would fit and they were so tight when I pulled them off they took my undies along for the ride. There I am bent over w/ my A$$ out and DH walks in the room and is like OMG why are you mooning me????

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oh goodness. Sorry, that made me giggle (the whole DH walking in at the WORST moment)

I'm with you - even tho some of my jeans won't fit comfortably anymore, I will NOT buy new ones!!!! I'm being stubborn also. So I'm thinking that I better start losing some weight fast, otherwise I will be bare bottomed from now on

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I am the same way. I refuse to buy new clothes bc I have so many and I don't plan on staying like this!