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Weight loss friends vs saboteurs - how to tell them apart

Weight loss friends vs saboteurs - how to tell them apart

Some friends cheer your walk, others push one more gulab jamun. Learn to spot a supporter versus a saboteur, why even good friends push food, and kind ways to hold your line without losing the friend.

14 Jul 2026 · Burnie Academy
social-support sabotage friends boundaries

Some friends are your biggest fans. They join your evening walk. They pass the salad and never push. Other friends mean well but quietly pull you back. They say 'one won't hurt' and load your plate when you look away. This is the supporter-vs-saboteur guide. It is different from our family-support page, which is family how-to. It is different from our why-social-support page, which is the pure science. Here you learn to tell who helps and who hurts, why even good friends push food, and kind ways to keep both the friend and your goal.

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