[originaltext] If you have been dieting and exercising but seem to be stuck

If you have been dieting and exercising but seem to be stuck with unsatisfying results, taking the following factors into consideration may be just what you need.(23)Water is a natural appetite suppressant. If you constantly fill your stomach with water, you are less likely to feel hungry. Experts generally suggest 64 ounces or eight glasses of water a day. New studies have found that drinking two glasses of water before a meal is best for weight-loss. You may think that the connection between sleep and weight-loss is not clear, but there is substantial scientific evidence suggesting a strong association between the two. One study reports that people who sleep five hours or less per night generally weigh more than those who get a seven-hour sleep. Other researches have shown that inadequate sleep weakens efforts to lose weight through dieting.(24)If you want to keep your natural weight-loss mechanism in place, make sure to get around eight hours of sleep every night.(25)As they say, everything that is happening in your life is in one way or another influenced by people around you, such is the case with weight loss. Your friends have a lot to do with the outcome of your weight-loss efforts. If you are surrounded with people who have no desire to lose weight, it is very likely that you will give up your weight-loss goals. If the people you hang out with eat a lot of unhealthy foods all the time, it would be very hard for you to integrate the lifestyle changes that you need to get to your ideal weight. So if you really want to lose weight, find friends who have the same desire for weight-loss or a healthy and active lifestyle.
23. Why does drinking water help to lose weight?
24. What is the relationship between sleep and weight?
25. What role do friends play in one’s process of losing weight?