i know how you feel. i was and still am in that situation. but i don't care anymore what they think of me. it's i how i think and feel about myself. so i'm not on a diet for them. i'm on this diet for me and no one else. if no one likes me fine. what matters is that i like myself. i'm not just losing weight to just be smaller but it's also healtier. i have to lose weight fast becasue i can't go out and and run around with little kids at my mom's daycare because i get out of breath to quickly. also if i go up two flight of stairs i get out of breath sometimes only one flight. everytime i felt bad about something i ate and ate and keep force feeding myself. when you eat more you stomach must expand to accomendate (sp?) all that extra food. but if you only eat till you're not hungry...it's better. usually your stomach skrinks. i've notice that. now it doesn't take me that much to get full. but first feel good about yourself. i feel good about myself but just not about my weight. if you want to lose weight do it for you. if you don't want to lose weight that's fine to. but if you do chose to lose weight do it for only one person and that's one person should be yourself.