REAL support.

the best way for you to find real support on here is to interact with people in the Chit Chat forum. have fun. show your sense of humor. you'll quickly find people with compatible personalities. friend them. then pay attention to the more serious threads in the other forums. find people who know what they are talking about. beware of the people peddling nonsense. send friend requests to the people who know what they are talking about. build your relationships with these people on your walls. those will become the ones who you can turn to for help. as a general rule, the longer they've been here and the more weight they've lost, the better their advice will be and the more likely they'll be around for a while. the newer folks with few friends and even fewer forum posts are probably the most likely not to be around long. many of the ones who joined in Jan 2013 are "resolutioners" and a lot of them have already given up and won't come back until Jan 2014.

Fantastic advice. I spent the first six months desperately friending people then the next six months culling my list.

Once you find four or five people you click with and have the same goals as it's worth also interacting with people on their friends list (easy to do by commenting on your friends' newsfeeds). I often find that their friends are also like-minded. And as Winner says, the forums are often an easier place to find people with a similar sense of humour.

Also, have you had a look at the MFP groups? (under the Community tab) You can join and find like-minded people, whether you are using similar eating plans, interested in the same exercise/sport or just live in the same country etc. About half the people on my friends list are runners and/or hikers/climbers. When I have difficulties with my running and climbing (or successes) they are quick to respond on my thread as they have been there, done that and totally understand.