Marriage Does a Body Good

I’ve always loved the milk commercials and print ads with the celebrities and kids with milk moustaches, “Milk. It does a body good,” they all proclaim. For the lactose intolerant people in this world, like me, milk does a lot of things to my body and I assure you they aren’t all good. But I tell you what has done wonders to my body: a happy marriage.

One of the things I learned in my travels around the world in search of the secret to a happy marriage, was every happily married couple I interviewed had some sort of daily ritual. Coffee in the morning before the day begins, port and appetizers at the end of the day, watching their favorite television show together, there were many different rituals but the key to all of them was consistency.

While conducting these interviews, I began to notice this pattern and immediately began thinking about a ritual Keith and I could begin once I returned home from my travels. He loves coffee, quite possibly more than food, but caffeine is not a friend to my skin. If I drink too much, my skin begins to resemble that of a teenager going through puberty. So I came up with another idea. We could workout together.

As soon as I returned, I signed us up at a local fitness studio that offers yoga and spinning. We began taking the class every morning at 5:30am. Before we could wipe the sleep out of our eyes or convince one another we were too tired to go, we were already in the car and on our way. This is when I realized how much more difficult it is to talk yourself out of a daily workout when your partner is expecting you to do it together.

If I want to workout daily so I can look more fit naked (not just in clothes), cut back on sugar, give up processed foods or eat healthier, it’s a lot easier to do that when you know someone is holding you accountable. Marriage provides a built-in accountability partner. Of all the beautiful benefits of marriage, this is one of my favorites. In my life, marriage –quite literally- does the body good.

Question: Have you and your husband ever dieted or worked out together? Do you find it easier to stick with a program when you have your husband as an accountability partner?

Until tomorrow…make it a great day!

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Fawn Weaver

Founder at Happy Wives Club

Fawn Weaver is the USA Today and New York Times bestselling author of Happy Wives Club: One Woman's Worldwide Search for the Secrets of a Great Marriage, adopting the same name as the Club she founded in 2010. The Happy Wives Club community has grown to include more than 1 million women in over 110 countries around the world. She’s an investor in real estate, tech sector and lifestyle brands. When she’s not writing or working, she's happily doting over her husband of twelve years, Keith (and sometimes manages to do all three simultaneously).