Women put on 10 lbs in just six months of marriage!

'In general, post-wedding weight gain is not surprising and is perhaps a result of more relaxed dietary and physical activity habits now that the newlyweds no longer have a special event - and wedding photographs - for which to motivate themselves.

'It is equally possible that this weakened motivation for maintaining body weight is due to participants feeling like they have already "snagged" their man and therefore no longer need to work on their appearance,' according to the study which was published in the journal Body Image.