Who said love makes you light? According to a study by Maïa Baudelaire, nutrition expert and founder of the I Love My Diet Coach® / CCM Benchmark Method, being in love changes our eating habits and makes us fat… Figures that make us both laugh… and pinball.
For a first date, half of couples (47%) pay particular attention to the choice of dish during a first date at the restaurant. And that's understandable:we're not asking for 5 stars either, but we still hope to deserve more than the local fast food restaurant! Are we awesome or not, Juju, huh?
There, we would rather order a small fish in foil with vegetables than a garnished sauerkraut or bolo spaghetti that give us the smile of a clown (gné), since among these couples, 9 out of 10 try (we say "try" ) to remain attractive by avoiding dishes that are difficult to eat or digest. It would be a little tricky to "let go" of our emotions a little too much once at his place...
For 3 out of 4 couples (74%), cooking is considered an important activity within the couple, and experienced as a moment of sharing and pleasure. Mouai... We will only believe these figures if "cooking" means "putting your feet under the table" for a lot of gentlemen and a few ladies. Because in real life, "kitchen" also rhymes with "lazy." Come on, we order jap’ / we go to McDonalds? »
For more than 8 out of 10 couples, food is rarely a subject of conflict (that's for those who don't live with an ogre even though they pay minimal attention to their figure). According to the study, this culinary understanding is explained by the fact that 55% of couples vary the menus according to each other's tastes, that 19% of couples share the same tastes and that only 19% impose their own tastes in the choice of the menu, even if it means disappointing their partner.
More than a moment of pleasure for the taste buds, the meal is also a moment when couples can take time together, for 9 out of 10 couples (we agree). Thus, they are 64% lucky to eat together almost every day.
This is what the study assures! Living together changes the food balance of half of the couples (54%)! Better:41% of people believe they eat more balanced since they have been in a relationship. The three main reasons for this new dietary balance? Small homemade dishes cooked for two (47%), keeping the line to please the other (22%), the positive influence of his/her partner (21%).
Conversely, 13% of Internet users eat less balanced, by mimicry with a spouse who has bad eating habits (59%) (those who live with an ogre, raise your hand!), because meals eaten out more often (17%) or greater purchasing power which encourages them to fill their fridge more (17%).
In the end, 32% of Internet users consider that they have eaten more since they have been in a relationship and more than one in three couples gain weight after moving in together...including 1/3 (32%) between 5 and 10 kilos, continues the study. In 4 cases out of 10, the weight gain takes place during the first three years of the couple. For more than half (56%) this is due to being sedentary in front of the TV. A good reason to do even more activities for two!
Just being in love influences the eating habits of half of couples (55%)! No luck:being in love influences the diet for 60% of women... and 1 in 4 women (40%) eats more since she is in a relationship than when she was alone (vile ogres!).
Numbers to bring out to our man the next time we fight:"And you're making me fat!" OGR! »
* Study carried out by Maïa Baudelaire in November 2014 on a CCM Benchmark Panel – Institute sample of 1,000 people living as a couple, representative of the French population on gender, age, socio-professional category and region.
