Wedding Weight-Loss Roadblock: The Dieting Ripple Effect

Changing your eating lifestyle can be difficult on the people around you, especially your family and fiance. Learn how to stick to your wedding diet without compromising your relationship.

To help you tackle some of the tough situations you may face on your weight-loss journey, Bombshell Bride consulted Felicia Stoler, nutritionist and exercise physiologist and host of TLC’s Honey We’re Killing the Kids.

Wedding Weight-Loss Roadblock: Your family and fiancé are having a hard time with your new eating lifestyle.

The situation: You feel excited about your new wedding dress diet and exercise plan, and theoretically your family does too. But when you want to cut down on the number of times you eat out (something you did together three to five nights a week) so you can cook healthier, your family gets upset and you end up fighting.

Felicia’s Fix: First, let’s start with the facts which are important for your defense. People tend to consume more calories when they are not eating home-cooked meals because you’re not in control of the cooking method and ingredients. You can also save money by dining at home, and in this economy it’s hard for anyone to argue about that! Tell your family and fiancé that you want to learn how to cook (if you don’t already) because it will be good for your future family to develop these habits now. And be sure that when you do take up cooking, don’t complain about doing it or else your fiancé will drag you back out to eat. As someone once said to me, the secret to a good marriage is picking your battles: Food shouldn’t be one of them!

More Wedding Weight-Loss Roadblocks:

Losing Motivation
Emotional Eating
Your Fiancé

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Felicia Stoler is host of TLC’s show “Honey We’re Killing the Kids,” a PR Chair and Past President of the New Jersey Dietetic Association, a Vice President of the Greater NY Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, and a nutrition coordinator for the ING NYC Marathon.