weight loss and relationships

Good morning.....yes, I am over the Giants horrendous performance yesterday.

First: answer to the comment yesterday: our third phase maintenance polan is bout 1300 caloies per day.

Last week I had several patients lament that one of the major issues adversely affecting their personal relationships with their spouse/boyfriend was the obesity. Intimacy was much less frequent than originally and the quality of that intimacy was not up to expectation. From a physical aspect, weight control problems may limit the male's capacity for sustaining excitement, libido may be adversely affected and "performance" may be limited. Weight issues involving either or both partners can also affect positions possible.

Reality: Losing weight makes many things better. In many cases, the intimacy aspects of a realtionhsip are helped as well.