Any dieter will tell you can be awfully hard to stay on your food plan with loved ones around, especially if they're not supportive or if they try to play food cop.

“Money and sex aren’t the only things that break up a relationship,” Cynthia Sass, co-author of Your Diet Is Driving Me Crazy, says in an article in the Kansas City Star. “Food can, too. Anything that is critical or embarrassing can start a fight. It’s like a slap in the face.”

Sass says your partner may resort to sabotage to sink your diet because he or she figures you're not happy with them. Check out the article to get her tips on dealing with diet sabotage.

And let me know what works for you? How do you keep your loved one's mitts off your diet?

-- Amanda Barrett, amNY.com