Socializing

I'm not banded yet but I do wonder how this is going to play out with my existing friends as I lose weight. My best friend is like 4'8" and a size zero...I'm 5'8"ish and a size 22. We already look like the odd couple and we do okay. She doesn't understand the concept that just because they make it in my size doesn't mean I should wear it in public. She always says things like "you are beautiful" when I don't like how something looks on me. She just doesn't get it, her little 89 pound self... I often feel like "the fat friend" litterally because when we hang out etc...the guys always approach me ...to ask about her. And she LOVES the attention. I wonder if I slim down enough and the roles reverse, how will she react. I have heard stories of jealous friends who say their old friends in new bodies say things like "she has changed since she lost all that way" and not in a good way.

In public settings I often don't eat as much as I would in private because I don't want people to think "she really shouuldn't eat that as big as she is" I rarely go back for seconds because I too fee like people are judging what's on my plate...like they even care. LOL!