It's 2014, and you've stepped on a scale for the first time since October 2013, only to realize you've successfully ate your way through every stressful holiday get-together.
You decide it's time to make a change and tell your four closest gal pals about your decision to lead a healthier lifestyle for your New Year's Resolution. However, bikini season approaches and you realize you've gained more weight! "But, why?" you ask.
The answer is simple: one of your friends has been sabotaging you. Though it may not be on purpose, research shows restricting food intake is a turn-off for 25 percent of people, according to the Daily Mail:
A fifth (19 percent) will try and ruin their friends' diets by tempting them out for a drink or dinner.
One in six (16 percent) purposely tease them with unhealthy treats, and seven per cent attempt to persuade them to give up the weight-loss.
One in ten (10 percent) don't find their weight-conscious friends fun, and, more sinisterly, 14 percent get jealous when they see friends shedding pounds.
Watching a friend diet makes a fifth of us (20 percent) feel bad about ourselves, while 11 percent say they their friends won't socialise while on a diet.
Saboteurs can be found amongst both sexes. In fact, men are more likely to sabotage your desire to eat a cleaner diet than woman. Marina Love, Marketing Director at Nakd Wholefoods told the Daily Mail people shouldn't "feel pressured" into dieting in January.
"Healthy options for snacking alone have become so widely available, and taste great too, so you don't have to compromise," Love said.
Crash diets are also an ineffective way to keep off weight. According to Web MD, you will see results from "fad diets," but they will not last.
"If you burn 500 more calories than you eat every day for a week, you should lose about 1-2 pounds," Web MD suggests.
Side note: Keep working at your fitness goals! And when haters hate, just quote Beyoncé.
