I know only too well about the dreaded 'friends' reaction to dieting. My true friends have been lovely, but there's been one girl who I see from time to time who hasn't been as supportive. An old friend from school who I haven't seen in about 2 years stopped us in the shops and complimented me on my weight loss. She said I'd changed so much from school. Then as soon as the girl had gone, the other so-called friend come out with the line "Sooo... isn't it funny that the people who have lost weight since school have all taken it too far?". There's been NOBODY in my year at school who has lost mega weight like I have since school so I can only think that she was talking about me. She also came back from her holidays with a 500g bar of chocolate for me - a lovely thought but I can't help thinking that it was a bit of a sabotage like "If I give her this, she'll have it in her house, she'll crave, eat it all and her diet will go to pot." (can I just say if that is the case that she is very WRONG. I haven't even opened it yet, and if I do, I don't have a doubt in my mind that I'll only eat a sensible amount). She's also made comments in cafes when I've not opted for a piece of cake to say (in a joking, though sly way) "Oh yeah! I forgot you're anorexic now!". Then she waves a bit of cake in your face. It's like bugger off! I'm not going to eat some 1300 calorie piece of junk, make myself feel guilty for eating said cake just to make you happy. This is MY life, MY responsibly and MY decisions. People might think you're a weirdo, but I'm ok with that. It took me a long time to be ok with that but I am now. It's a overused phrase but it's so true when people say that a true friend won't mind. Thankfully this girl isn't one of my very close friends, so it doesn't bother me too much, but it's horrid to think that people you call friends are targeting you just because you've lost weight when you've been nothing but kind to them.
I think weight is the one thing that all women joke about, it's like they have a common bond because we're all wanting to lose weight and joke and laugh about our failed diets with our group of friends, but when some of us ACTUALLY get off our asses and succeed at doing something about it the green eyed monster can come out for sure!
