Weight loss and the company you keep are very closely related.
Some people gain weight when their partners gain weight.
Others lose weight when their partners gain.
The type of people you have around you can motivate you or de-motivate you.
The choice is really up to you.
You can't get rid of your family but you can get a highly productive workout partner or dieting buddy.
Coupling yourself with the person who wants to eat out everyday isn't the best choice.
My wife sabotages my diet by asking to eat pizza 3 times a week.
That's right, three times a week.
Pizza is one of the worst foods you can consume, but that's not the worst of it.
My wife also loves Mexican food.
You may not know it but Mexican food and many Italian foods are pretty fattening.
Some bean pastes have about 350 calories per serving and delivery pizzas easily run 500 - 600 calories per slice.
Needless to say that my evening meal was 1,000 calories for more than 2 years.
I gained more than 25 pounds after getting married.
She gained 20 pounds too, but claimed she never ate like that before getting married.
Somehow I doubt that.
You need to separate yourself from bad influences during dinner time and create a wall of peace around you.
Stressful eating is overeating.
Stress makes us use food as comfort.
Food should not be comfort but survival.
Your mate may not be a helpmate in this category but you can sign onto Craigslist and find a workout buddy.
There are tons of people in the community section suffering through the same negative influences that you are dealing with.
I understand that my wife is not my enemy but sometimes I need positive influences.
A single positive influence can go a long way toward eating right and working out productively.