A help to lose weight? Be careful who you hang out with. In fact, this is a general rule of life, to lead a better life, that is, and not just a skinny life. In fact, surrounding ourselves with people we respect, and whom we consider better than us (not in a way that eliminates our self-esteem, in order to allow us a healthy comparison), tends to make ourselves better people, because it stimulates us and pushes us to give the best of ourselves.
Instead , surrounding yourself with frustrated people, who feel incomplete and who tend to settle for that “better than this I can’t do” spirit, unfortunately affects us negatively. And not just because we lose sight of our goals, but because these people often drive us along.

What does it mean? Let’s say we are students, and we have a study group. If we surround ourselves with people who give their all, we will tend to study more. If we surround ourselves with people who expect from us the significant contribution in commitment, dedication, etc., or who push us to do enough, perhaps distracting us often, we will give the minimum.
And so it is in everyday life. And also in the diet. Or in fitness. 

If we surround ourselves with people who let themselves go, who do not care for nutrition, who eat junk, who do not train, the driving effects are manifold. They will ask us why we who are already thin (compared to them) are not even less obsessive (because our attention at the table will be mistaken for a useless obsession), we do not take a break from training (what do you want me to do if for once jump?). And little by little, they can push us not to give our best.

Am I exaggerating? A study confirmed this. Indeed, more than one. In 2007 , a 32-year study found that people with weight problems tended to date other people with weight problems. And that the percentage of becoming obese went up by over 50% if you surrounded yourself with obese friends. According to the researchers, this happened because behaviors tend to “conform”: and often bad habits are more tempting, and more influenced, than good ones. In fact, man tends to laziness.

A new study, which appeared in Obesity, and conducted on nine thousand people , analyzed the behavior of the latter compared to the four friends with whom they spent the most time. Those who had obese and overweight friends tended to forget good eating habits and do fewer activities.

Of course, this does NOT mean that we must generalize or that we must isolate those with weight problems. Only, we learn not to be influenced. If we want to go on a diet, we do not listen to people who invite us to give up with justifications such as “if you have to go on a diet, what should I say?” or “if you are overweight, who am I?”. We reply that everyone must think for himself, and that he must never lose sight of two things.
Health and pleasure to oneself.