Does anyone else pretty much have NO support at all?

People who make snide comments that I 'must be on steroids!'

I finally had someone say that about me.... I was pretty happy about it myself. It takes alot of work to get someone to think you're jucin when you're not. lol.

It's so sad so many of us suffer from lack of support in our weight loss journey from family members, friends and significant others. Believe in yourself, be honest, strong , don't let anyone stand in your way of happiness and your goals. Surround yourself with those who support you in all areas of your life, your hard work will payoff, people will notice, those that doubted your successful will see your serious about a healthy life style and may in time learn to support you. In my case members of my family are living with high blood pressure, are diabetic , & dealing with weight issues. I made it clear that I expect from them in my struggles with weight the same respect I give them dealing with their health issues. Don't get me wrong change didn't happen over night slowly I feel I'm getting family support. From cookbooks for healthy meals, to my dad purchasing me a bike with a exercise triangle that converts my bike to a stationary bike., to my daughter & I walking our dogs & she supports me as one of my biggest cheer leaders on MFP . Reach out to members of MVP in your community for support or around the world. Their are great people on this site who understand and are willing to help. Check out meetup.com for walking,running ,fitness , hiking groups, Community centers for exercise classes., VolksWalking or Volksmarching groups for organized walks. Support comes from a number of resources.I refer to these resources as my extended family. Good luck in your journey your not alone!

I am a single mom, so I don't have a husband to support me and my mother is super supportive but she lives out of state. So I am kinda on my own to make it happen. It would be so nice to have a friend in town to walk with me and keep each other positive. So yes I understand.
But on the positive side congrats on your loss! Keep up the good work.

Definitely with you on this one. My husband could care less, to be honest. I would tell him I wanted to eat a cake, “sure honey what kind do you want?” I would tell him I lost 2 lbs, “that’s good, hmm”. I think we all want someone to be excited with us when we accomplish something that means so much, and we all want encouragement because these kind of changes are not easy! Especially when those around us are not inclined to change their own habits.

My friends are not health/weight loss conscious either. The neighbor next door will see me eat a subway sandwich and say “I couldn’t eat just that, I’m a fat girl, I need my food”. My best girlfriend says she’d rather eat what she wants and be happy than to ‘diet’ and be miserable. Another friend is all about doing the “fad” diets and she is always going from one extreme to another – low carb, no carb, no sugar, whatever is out there. She says she doesn’t have time to exercise.

So, I am on my own with this, with only my MFP friends to support me! I want it for myself, so I think that is why it is working. I feel so good about getting out there and exercising, and eating better, knowing that even when I don’t want to, I did it anyway! It’s going to take me to where I want to be.

I also find that random compliments make me feel great too. I may not get them from my friends or my husband, but when other people notice, it still makes a difference! My husband’s best friend said “don’t take this the wrong way, but you look like you have been losing weight”. That was a great moment (he said it in front of my husband, so that makes it even better! I had to refrain from sticking my tongue out at him:happy: ). My co-workers notice, and people I don’t see often make mention of it.

I feel the same way my family really don't support me they often think that I am losing weight for the wrong reasons. They think I am doing it just to be thin. yes I would like to be smaller but I find that myfitnesspal also helped me to realized that there are more things to losing weight than being thin. I also have cut down of my sugar intake and my sodium intake. I would Like to find people ust like me who can give me advice or pointer so that this journey will be more efficient,enjoyable and alot easier.