How to help a friend lose weight

Dieting and exercising is tough. Sometimes, we, the horizontally challenged need a gentle push, a trace of added motivation to run that extra mile (literally). So friends of those who have been struggling to fit into weight standards molded by society, and crammed coaching center chairs, this is a suggestion for you lot. 

(Word of advice: let your friend seek your help, or identify someone who's miserably failing at the attempt to lose weight. Your efforts may easily be deciphered as bullying.)

Every so often, circumstances may entail you to be the traitorous, food-stealing best friend. Do it in the name of good health. Eat that chicken shawarma your friend has been gibbering about all through math class. Of course, leave out the capsicums for them to chew on, you're not a complete monster. From time to time, steal half their tiffin money so they can't afford the good canteen burger and instead have to settle for the miniscule, onion-packed disgrace of a shingara. 

Refrain from being the smug jerk and wave your double cheese burger on their faces while the weight loss aspirant munches on their soggy boiled broccolis. Be a good support system and wash down those tasteless broccolis with the disgusting detox water with them. Keep your affair with kacchi every night a secret.

Sometimes a little tough love is what you need to truly motivate someone into losing fat.

Carrying around extra bulk is painful as it is, and then you want us go touching our toes? Good luck with that. Instead, take your chubby buddies for a swim. Mock them into racing you. Sign them up for football and basketball teams. Even if they don't make the team, weeks of warmups and tryouts should tone the tub. Tell them it's just a "five minute" walk to your destination and take them on foot from Rajlokkhi to airport. Dare them into jumping ropes a 100 times, do it while their crush is watching and you'll probably get 50 more out of them. Even dancing around on a Friday night in your pajamas help burn tummy-rolls. "Exercise" is the danger word, avoid that and you'll probably achieve a 2 pound per month weight loss rate.  

For birthdays gifts and rewards, buy them that really pretty dress they'd absolutely adore, only 2 sizes smaller. Make them work for it. 

It's not easy for your friend to go into combat against kacchi and burgers with an army of low metabolism andweak self-control. Gather all the help you can get.

Samin Sabah Islam is on a quest to find the perfect diet while simultaneously drooling over pizza. Throw her some tips at [email protected]