Getting Physical...

We have a hard time going to the gym since we have been married.  Maybe it's because we feel like we are getting our work out in another aspect of life, which we won't go into.  Lets face the facts, every married couple does really well right before they are married.  We loose all this weight to fit in our wedding dresses and tuxedos.  But then after the magical honeymoon, we get back to reality, we start school, we go back to work, we realize we need to focus even more on our marriage, and that's where the pounds start creeping on.

We are both 4 pounds heavier than we were when we got married.  Oh, this isn't a lot you say?  Well, we have only been married for about 3 months.  Think of in another 3 months, we could be another 4 pounds heavier than that...and the cycle keeps going on.  The adjustment to marriage is a little tricky, time-management gets a little bit harder and keeping things spicy in the relationship takes work!  (We're sure that the longer couples are married, the more work it takes.)

The point is, we feel like the air bubble on a piece of pizza that has just got out of the oven, and we wish loosing the pounds would be just as easy as getting poked with a fork to release all the air.  But, sadly, it's not.  It takes work...hence the term "work out..." which means more time-management...which means less time to cuddle on the couch with the significant other after a long day of work or school, less time to get our homework finished, less time to cook healthy dinners, less time to do our hair, less time to do the dishes, less time to cherish sleep, less time to go to the store...the list goes on and on and on and on and on.

In the typical newlywed minds, we find that adding something into the marriage, means less time for other things that are important in the marriage.  With the gym, it's that one more thing we could really use but we don't want to sacrifice other aspects of our marriage.  This is why we gain those few pounds.  This last week we slacked, we were sick, but we have found the cure for this thinking.  MAKE WORKING OUT A DATE!  Gym time can only add to your relationship!  Think positively!  When we go to the gym, we will be on treadmills at the same time, we will do the weights at the same time, we will look at each others sweaty faces and think, "My spouse is so dang sexy!"  

Change your thinking!  Make gym dates a regular activity!  Working out will lessen the stress of the new adjustment, it will make the two of you look even more desirable to one another, and it is healthy!  Adding things into a marriage take work, but when looking at them in the right perspective, they only make your marriage better.  We have suffered from this thinking, but we promise we will drop those 4 pounds, and we hope to drop even more!