Surprising new studies have found a new factor in preventing heart attacks-a happy marriage. Not just any marriage will help your heart-it has to be a healthy and happy one. Although single people have been found to suffer from heart attacks and other diseases more than those who are married, people in unhappy relationships may also have health problems.

We all tend to out on a few love pounds in a new relationship or marriage…lots of late nights, lots of drinks, lots of food…just remember to get back on track!

"There is no shame in the bride and groom letting things go for a few weeks while they travel, set up house and reorganize themselves into the rhythm of living together as a married couple," writes Linda Buch in The Denver Post. "However, it's important to set a date for getting back into the routine of exercise and the habit of eating properly -- or paying the price down the road. After 10 or 15 years of marriage, men put on an average of 19 pounds, and women put on about 24 pounds, says Edward Abramson, a licensed clinical psychologist, professor emeritus of psychology at California State University, Chico, author and expert on obesity, dieting and eating disorders."