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Recently I blogged about how easy it is to fall off your diet plan when your diet partner has as little willpower as you do. Since my diet partner is also my husband, I wasnt surprised to read that people in stable relationships are more likely to be obese than non-couples. In fact, being married triples your risk of being overweight.

When we were planning our wedding, the last thing on my mind was the post-nuptial pounds we were going to put on. I was more concerned with whatfood we were going to serve at our reception, not a lifetime of healthful or not so healthful meals.

Weight loss and obesity expert Dr. David Edelson offers these tips for avoiding post-nuptial pounds:

• Have an Anti-Love Chub plan: While planning your future together, dont leave your health and diet out of the discussions. Look at weight-impacting factors such as different eating habits, setting aside time for fitness, medications and managing sleep disturbances. Itll be a lot easier to address these issues before you start gaining weight.

• It’s nice to share: Marriage often brings with it social obligations, which means dining out more frequently. If you’re at a restaurant that serves monster sized portions, ask if you can have one entree split between two plates.

• Take a walk together: Walking is still one of the most under-rated exercises for preventing weight gain. It’s also a great way to enjoy some alone time with the one you love. Make it part of your daily routine and don’t allow anything to interfere! You’ll not only stay fitter, you’ll keep those marital lines of communication flowing.

Dr. David Edelson is Board certified in both internal and bariatric medicine. He is the founder and medical director of the weight loss facility HealthBridge and the online health center, Thin-site.com.

The Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels is facing criticism for remarks she made to a women’s fitness magazine.

In the latest issue of Women’s Health, television’s most well-known personal trainer says she doesn’t want pregnancy to ruin the ripped figure she’s worked so hard for.

“I’m going to adopt. I can’t handle doing that to my body,” she told the magazine. “Also, when you rescue something, it’s like rescuing a part of yourself.”

Michaels also said she was overweight as a child and weighed as much as 175 pounds when she was just 12 years old. Today, her muscular, 5-foot-2 frame is a fit 120 pounds.

Michaels, 36, told the magazine she doesn’t plan to train weight-loss clients for the rest of her life. Im not going to be wearing spandex in a [workout] DVD at 40! If I am, shoot me.

Michaels is currently working on a new show for NBC called Losing It With Jillian, in which she dishes her “own characteristic brand of tough love” to a different family each week.