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If we divide the farce of life as a couple into acts, in the first it is common to appreciate the

and the eyelash ready (them).

The gentlemen, they walk perfumed, combined and with a resulton profile, that is to say, without guts.

Needless to say, this 'photograph' applies to diverse and even polyamorous couples, if you will.

But there are more acts in this work: when the most passionate infatuation

down, that of stability arrives, which in this way sounds very uninteresting and captivating, but which, after all, is the 'natural' evolution of sentimental relationships.

And at this point, maybe we no longer have the perfect wicks, maybe we have changed the hole in the belt or worse, what we

, directly.

In many cases, the comparison of before and after is present in a persistent way with the snapshot of the wedding in the 'boiserie' of the room, which reminds us how complicated it would be now to fasten those buttons.

In three words:

The 'XLS Medical Survey, Falling in love and its relationship with obesity or overweight', carried out in 2015 by the Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity (SEEDO), ensures that falling in love means a weight gain of about

.

This increase was 'measured' from the beginning of a relationship until it was considered consolidated.

Why do you get fat (and lose weight) as a couple

The emotional aspect decisively influences nutritional habits and, in fact, the majority of respondents considered that discussions and/or love stability influence weight, as well as the motivation of the beginning and subsequent

and, lastly, pregnancies (in the case of women).

The SEEDO study points out several specific causes of weight gain as a couple: we tend to eat more compulsively ( we

), we do less sports and we sleep less, all of them habits that favor extra kilos.

The president of the SEEDO Foundation and head of the section of the Endocrinology and Nutrition Service at Hospital del Mar, Dr.

, explains: "Living together as a couple does not make you fat in itself, but it influences your weight. A

and so, it is likely that if a skinny person is with a fat person, they will end up getting fat".

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But be careful, being in a relationship can also help you lose weight.

Goday is the principal investigator of a study published last year in the International Journal of Obesity on the

of the Mediterranean diet on weight loss.

Research shows that the positive effects of a diet can be extended to the family environment and that this benefit acts as a reinforcement for those who start it.

In other words, not only can bad habits stick to us, such as pizzas on the sofa, but also good ones (you know, the salad and the happy running...).

"In the field of obesity treatment, the environment is very important, and even more so in a culture like ours , where

," concludes the doctor.

Obese women and triathlete couples?

César Bustos is a member of SEEDO and CEO of No hay excuses, a company that offers an interdisciplinary method based on

to help with weight loss and, above all, with weight

.

Bustos explains that men come to them looking for muscles and six packs, while women demand to lose accumulated fat in areas such as the buttocks, hips and abdomen ("something that is

possible", he advances), and tone the body without muscle. .

Any

purpose is doomed to failure, he maintains, and beware: "You have to expect that we will have small relapses and overcome it. For a failure of one day, we do not have to ruin the work of a whole month."

Bustos explains that they inform their clients of the need to maintain a common line at home, because the support of the environment is basic.

"There are couples who lose weight together because they take their partner to their side, but it also happens the other way around. It depends on who is 'stronger' within the couple," he says.

And he points out something striking: "We had to take out a line of service as a couple due to the demand we had."

"We find quite a few cases of obese girls, almost morbidly, with very athletic couples, even triathletes."

The explanation is that in these cases, they need

and they eat the same at home, with much less wear and tear.

"In those situations, we make a plan for them to eat the same thing, but in smaller amounts, or we introduce small variations," she says.

Small changes, big benefits

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The person in charge of No hay excuses carries his 'recipe' in the name of his company: if we want, we can.

"It is scientifically proven that small changes in habits generate benefits in weight loss and in the improvement of our health", he affirms forcefully.

And he points out some factors that are easily 'modifiable' if we really prioritize ourselves because "our health cannot always be last":

• Increasing our movement on a daily basis improves fat metabolism.

  It is not only effective to do an hour of training.

  Short

  sessions

  can be effective.

• Drinking more water

  is necessary to lose weight.

  It is not necessary to follow a 'perfect diet'.

• If we do not

  sleep

  well, our body is altered at a physiological level and your cells will not respond optimally.

  An improvement starts with 10 more minutes...

• Willpower

  ,

  so necessary to improve habits, is also trained: every two days, for example, you can spend a few minutes reading something you like.

  "Thus, it improves your self-esteem and you will see that you can also take a little time for other things, such as exercising," she concludes.

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