Friends- I already see it happening

I have lost about 15 lbs and my surgery is Tues.  I can already see the rift forming in some of my friendships.  One friend is trying to lose weight and getting frustrated with the 1/2 lb a week and is now turning on me.  I tried to explain that I am not starving myself but tracking calories, protein, carbs, and working out.  

Then there is the skinny friend who likes me being the fat girl.  I know I've seen many of you post on this, but did the "true frienships" eventually get mended or did you find that some friendships were gone for good? 

I'm one of the ones who has posted on this before.  I'm about 5 1/2 years post-op now and I've seen some (I wouldn't say many, but some) friendships come and go in the years since my RNY.  Some of those friendships were even fellow-WLS'ers, sadly.  I've been the fat friend and the skinny ones didn't like me becoming "one of them" or "competition", I've been the fellow fat friend and when I started losing, the other "fat friend" felt inclined to "get jealous and compete with me".  If it's really a true friendship, it will all mend itself and things will end up being ok.  If you are just the "fat friend" and not a true, solid friend no matter what size you are, then the friendship will end up falling by the wayside.  It might not feel like it at first, but you really are better off without friendships like that.

I'm on FB (Renae Nickens), if you want to talk sometime!  I look forward to following your journey and getting to know you better!

~ Renae

I don't have a problem with friends, but I did want to wish you well on your surgery Tuesday. I'll say a prayer that it's uneventful and relatively pain-free  

I know what you mean but you know there is a flip side of this as well. You have made so many new friends onhere and will in person that do understand and lov eyou no matter what and the true friends in your life while even if they get jealous get over it and celebrate with you anyway.  As for the true friendships mending themselves YES it can happen I thought I had lost one I concidered a sister who I meet and bonded with when we ran a BBW group. But you know we are back together and still love each other. 

the only reason i see any friendships of mine going away is because i have found an extreme confidence in myself that ive been fighting forever and have finally given in to.

some people cant handle that ive found the light in me and am not a negative nancy at times like the old AM  used to be..

i agree with everybody else, if they turn on you they were never a true friend at all to begin with.

good luck! <3
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