Please!!! I need some really active friends who respond!

I have just joined along with my co-worker. I have to remember where this message board is to respond. it is a little harder for me to lose weight and I don't need a pity party or anything. I have hypothyroidism, and my I need new knees due to the military. So being on this is actually helping me watch more what I eat and then if I want to eat a little bit more I better exercise more. I recently bought insanity, so we will see how that works out. I love zumba and riding my bike along with hiking.

For me it's quality or quantity. I have a small percentage of my "friends" who are actively involved in commenting on what I am doing. Most of those that do comment I have developed friendships with that allow me to realize that if they don't comment on everything I do it is because they are busy with things and they know if I send them a private email asking for some help or just need to rant they are very happy to reply and help however they can. Likewise if a dear friend hasn't said much in a while I will check in via private message to make sure they are doing fine and offer any extra support they might need. I do have some "friends" that is so lacking in contact that I have forgotten their actual names. But the genuine friendships I have made have been worth all of the internet fly by night "friends" that have crossed my path. It sounds like you maybe in need of some extra TLC - I really enjoyed our skype calls. I am happy to schedule a standing skype breakfast or tea chat with you. You are a wonderful person and times like these in my life has forced me to recognize not everyone I know is a friend some are merely friendly aquantances. To me friendship means that I could go years without talking to someone because of life's circumstances but they would gladly take my call and help anytime I need it and vice versa. To me, friendship also means it is MY responsibility to ASK my friends for extra support when I need it and not expect them to be responsible for reading my smoke signals. Just because my friend misses my smoke signals because they get mixed up in the fog of their own life doesn't necessarily mean they don't care. My close friends value that our friendship runs deeper than that. Likewise I have discovered that there are people who pretend to be a friend to suck your support but are never able to return it. In the end, I know who are my real friends and who are just friendly aquantances along for the ride. It was a sad day when I accepted that just because I loved and cared for someone deeply as a valued friend that they did not value me in the same manner. It was painful but once I realized I had no controll over their side of the equation but it helped me realize how important it was to value those that do care for me and cut them some slack if they are not always perfect. After all they forgive and accept me for my imperfections as well. XOXO

I will add you, I really need the support too. I am about to embark on a very strict meal replacement diet and am going to have some hard times! Support is everything.