It’s tempting to keep your 10-pound goal a secret (and wow everybody later with your results), but coming clean about your diet to pals increases your odds of success, according to an analysis of 46 studies by researchers at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. People with social support lost 6 percent more weight than those who dropped pounds on their own. Fix it: Tell roommates, family and coworkers that you’re eating healthfully. “They can provide encouragement, serve as role models or at least avoid acting as a bad influence,” says lead author Michael Dansinger, M.D. “It also adds accountability.” Pretty soon, the news will be everywhere: You’ve lost the weight for good. I grabbed this from the 10 diet flubs — and how to fix them I would like to add something. If your going towards some crazy diet trend, or a eating disorder. If your friends know your dieting, they will prevent you from going the disasterous routes. They may tell you the things that you dont want to hear, but because they care and understand what your real goals are
ye if u have support its always gonna be easier as they will help u to stop eating when ur not supposed to. though u can always do it alone as well but it just relies on ur determination to stick to ur diet as u won't have as much help as u would if u had friends and family reminding and preventing u from eating when ur not supposed to.
yea it gets really difficult if your hidding it from your friends, cause when you are eating less and then they say "what's going on are you on a diet" then you hide it and say no, they will start to worry, becuase they will believe your on one of those crash diets that are really risky to your health also if your chinese and you have dinner with your aunts and they keep saying "eat more eat more" and put more stuff on your plate it's a good idea just to tell them hey you never know, maybe they will give you some tips and tricks or try to cook you some chinese medicine soup that will keep you healthy while you are avoiding calories
dont just tell people who are dieting with you also tell people who are not deiting because even in a group you guys can fall into a pithole (sure it's not as easy, but it's not that difficult either)
