Weight loss and healthy living are not easy changes to make. Most people would claim that losing weight is very difficult. That very well might be true. However, if you desire it enough, you can lose the weight.

If you’re trying to lose weight, as cruel as it sounds, you’ll have a harder time if you spend a lot of time around overweight people. Studies have shown a strong connection between your weight and that of people in your immediate peer group. People who hang around skinny people, tend to have healthier weights than people who hang out with heavier people. So if you are looking to lose weight, you might want to try introducing yourself to some friendly-looking people of healthy weight, whose food choices may influence your own.

Remind yourself to keep your weight goals by writing them out, rather than simply thinking about them. It may seem …