Challenge for newlywed women: How to avoid weight gain after the big day.(Brief Article)

2002 APR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For newlyweds across the country, life after the wedding holds a number of similarities. The gown has been put away, maybe for a daughter to wear someday. Thank-you notes have been sent. Photo albums are bursting with images of the happy day. The memorable honeymoon is now a box of souvenirs. And the couple comfortably settles into their life together as newlyweds. Sort of "the calm after the storm."

That "calm" also includes trying out all of those new cookbooks as well as favorite recipes shared by family and friends and experimenting with all the new kitchenware, casserole dishes, and gadgets. Often, too, a couple's diligent prewedding exercise program is often interrupted by their efforts to establish a routine life together as they juggle careers, household responsibilities, etc. A common result of these factors? The dreaded, yet inevitable, "postwedding weight gain." The American Heart Association's Choose to Move program can help brides of all ages to control that postwedding weight gain.

"Excess weight can definitely lead to a host of lifetime health problems, including cardiovascular disease. Often women think that heart disease should not be a concern for them until later in life; that is a ...