Two new studies, in a different way, emphasize what is the first real thing that matters if we aim to lose weight: motivation . Being constantly motivated to lose weight is the big difference that separates those who can make it from those who fail every time . In the first Californian study, published in the journal Obesity , researchers recorded the effects of a weekly conversation with a motivational coach : people who once a week heard on the phone (or other form of direct communication), their coach, had a lower body mass index than those who simply went on a diet alone. This has resulted in coaching, even online, grow in popularity: a person who is by our side in the weight loss process is often of great use in allowing us to achieve certain results and in making us succeed in losing weight.

Another study, on the other hand, analyzes when the defeatism of relatives, boyfriends or friends can have tragic consequences in our good resolution to lose weight. According to researchers at North Carolina State University, a lot of the blame for our dietary failures comes from: friends, family, work colleagues.
In fact, to introduce good eating habits into one’s life, it is often necessary to surround oneself with people who support us and cheer us on. And maybe, in a certain sense, they imitate us or are already an example for us. On the other hand, on the contrary, those who follow a bad diet and do not fall off the sofa, feeling at a loss, try to persuade others to give up healthier habits. Out of jealousy (in the case of friends or boyfriends) or out of laziness and annoyance.
Absolutely avoid people who: – criticize our
new lifestyle, saying that it is useless, that we will regain weight, etc. a passing whim