I'm feeling a little jealous of a friend who lost a lot of weight, can anyone else relate?
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Leo27 is a Woman.
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Yes I can understand but it doesnt mean they are necessarily more happy. I guess you can use that feeling contructively though. Direct the energy into trying to suceed in your own challenges. Do not target it against yourself though in a way that you are too self punishing. Soups are good to lose weight because they take longer to filter through the stomach than lumps of solid food that can wash through more easily. Eat lots of fruit and vege. Take lots of exercise and plenty of lean protein sources like peas, beans, boiled eggs, fish and turkey will help you feel more full too. Don't just give yourself a smaller portion for your meal or you will just snack more. And wieght loss does not happen overnight.
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I know its hard but dont be like that. Your friends good fortune is in no way bad fortune for you. Be supportive and ask her how she did it. Maybe sometime soon, She will be jealous of you.
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I try to use other people as inspiration. I haven't really felt jealous of their weight loss, more happy for them, and encouraged by their hard work. I guess if anything I'm more jealous that they have the strength and what it takes to make a difference in their life. I want to be that strong.
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I've been there, but the way I look at it is if you're really friends you shouldn't look at it as any kind of competition or loss of the lime light.. Just look hot together :)
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My wife has been feeling that way for a while. She lost about 50 pounds, hit a plateau for about six months, lost another 20, hit another major plateau, and hasn’t been able to get past that. She eats right, works out at least five days a week, and would probably be quite thin by now, if not for her lousy metabolism: she’s still got another 45-50 pounds to her goal weight (which is still the high end of her “ideal” weight range), but can’t lose a single pound, no matter how hard she tries. So yeah, she’s jealous of a *lot* of people’s weight loss.
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