- Jun 30, 2015
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When I was married, my buddies would comment on a woman that was married suddenly getting into shape and losing weight was getting ready to divorce. We called it "Divorce Dieting" and it was tragically pretty accurate.
My ex-wife started really getting into hiking while my job had me stress eating and gaining 80lbs or so in the last year of our marriage. I expressed a desire to participate with her on her hiking trips, but she said I was too out of shape to keep up.
I never saw it coming.
Then, after I got divorced, my buddies all told me how I was going to lose weight and get into shape and start dating younger women. They had seen it a dozen times and gave me examples of guys who had came out of a miserable marriage that were now doing marathons and dating hot college women. Obviously my old buddies were not Christians...
The theory was that the usual psychological response to the pain and rejection of divorce was intense self-improvement and self-medication through physical pleasure. That's why so many men who get divorced start getting into awesome physical shape and losing weight.
That never happened to me. It's now four years after my divorce and I'm just now losing weight and getting back into shape.
Was curious as to other's observations about changing behaviors and bodies before/after divorce.
My ex-wife started really getting into hiking while my job had me stress eating and gaining 80lbs or so in the last year of our marriage. I expressed a desire to participate with her on her hiking trips, but she said I was too out of shape to keep up.
I never saw it coming.
Then, after I got divorced, my buddies all told me how I was going to lose weight and get into shape and start dating younger women. They had seen it a dozen times and gave me examples of guys who had came out of a miserable marriage that were now doing marathons and dating hot college women. Obviously my old buddies were not Christians...
The theory was that the usual psychological response to the pain and rejection of divorce was intense self-improvement and self-medication through physical pleasure. That's why so many men who get divorced start getting into awesome physical shape and losing weight.
That never happened to me. It's now four years after my divorce and I'm just now losing weight and getting back into shape.
Was curious as to other's observations about changing behaviors and bodies before/after divorce.