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Posted on Jul 3rd 2007 6:43PM by Martha EdwardsFiled Under: Diet & Weight Loss, Motivation
As I work from home today, Dr. Phil is bleating away in the background about husbands who sabotage their wives' weight loss efforts because they want them to stay chubby. I can't help but wonder -- are there actually people who intentionally hurt someone's health because of their own agenda? eDiet's says yes -- in a recent survey, they found that the majority of people who are trying to lose weight have friends who try and sabotage their efforts. Are these friends or foes?
I think the line needs to be drawn between those who intentionally undermine your healthy habits and those who do so without meaning to. According to eDiets, 95% of those polled admitted that their friends offered them something that was forbidden on their diet program. I don't call that sabotage -- I call that being generous.Since there's no force-feeding going on, I'm having trouble seeing how it's not the dieter's responsibility to refuse these foods. Let's face it -- bad foods are everywhere and it's up to us to make the choices that are right for ourselves; our friends aren't responsible for our eating habits.
That said, when you're trying to lose weight and you know you have little willpower, it might be a good idea to avoid situations in which you will be tempted to over-indulge. Girls night out at the all-you-can-eat Indian buffet might have to go on without you this month. But I think taking a hit to your social life when you're trying to lose weight is counter-productive -- maybe you can get the girls to join you for a little frisbee afterwards instead?
What do you think -- are your friends ruining your figure?
I think the line needs to be drawn between those who intentionally undermine your healthy habits and those who do so without meaning to. According to eDiets, 95% of those polled admitted that their friends offered them something that was forbidden on their diet program. I don't call that sabotage -- I call that being generous.Since there's no force-feeding going on, I'm having trouble seeing how it's not the dieter's responsibility to refuse these foods. Let's face it -- bad foods are everywhere and it's up to us to make the choices that are right for ourselves; our friends aren't responsible for our eating habits.
That said, when you're trying to lose weight and you know you have little willpower, it might be a good idea to avoid situations in which you will be tempted to over-indulge. Girls night out at the all-you-can-eat Indian buffet might have to go on without you this month. But I think taking a hit to your social life when you're trying to lose weight is counter-productive -- maybe you can get the girls to join you for a little frisbee afterwards instead?
What do you think -- are your friends ruining your figure?
