Research shows that it's easier to stick with a weight loss plan when you have support[1] . Whether that encouragement and reinforcement comes from close friends and family[2] or strangers online[3] doesn't matter so much as having some sort of social system in place[4] to keep you from giving up.


Still, all too often, friends and family members aren't exactly the bastions of willpower we'd hope they'd be. We asked our Facebook community[5] and Twitter followers[6] to share what they wish other people would stop saying to them about their weight loss efforts. Here are some of our favorites:


"You should stop eating carbs." --Gozde Ulkuer


"You don't really want to eat that, do you?" --Rosemary Schmidt


"'Don't get TOO skinny!' I'm maintaining/gaining muscle weight, but the general population just doesn't get this." --Mona Martinez


"My biggest complaint about people saying things is: I don't look that big. Hello, I'm 100 pounds over weight. Stop your lying to me." --Randy Bitters


"I hate when you have told your friends you're trying to lose weight, yet they still offer you more food or unhealthy foods." --Liv Del Carmen CastilloVaro



"'Do you exercise?' BTW, yes I do!" --Arti Rajvanshi


Are you trying to lose weight? Tell us what you wish people would stop saying in the comments below! And read on for more:



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