mkj579

Exactly. Good perspective! That's another valid reason that friends aren't always very supportive: they can't necessarily relate. Your experience will make you an even better friend (because you're able to empathize and offer support!) to friends down the road.

As great as it would be to have support from friends, I've found (mostly through listening to others' experiences) that, unless the friends are also trying to lose weight/diet/change exercise habits, they generally are not very supportive. It may have to do with their own insecurities. Perhaps they feel they might benefit…