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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Huh. I've always been small, am a little bigger thanks to menopause, and I just do not feel this way about any of my friends taking weight loss meds. I'm happy for them because at our age health is everything and in every case the weight loss has been a huge help wih improving their health, whether the issue was just weight or unhealthy eating or the weight was making exercise harder. I don't find their weight loss threatening.
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I just think if you are taking care of your own health and body then you won't have this resentment. I think you resent your friends because you know you could be taking better care of yourself but don't want too but they are no longer validating this approach by also giving up on their health. I would look to them for inspiration instead of being competitive.[/quote]

I think this is really insightful. Middle age comes at you hard, especially for those of us with small kids and busy jobs and it is SO EASY to get fat. I don't think those drugs are easy to take, they have side effects and are very expensive. Seeing the people around me shrink to a healthy weight made me see that an extra 20 pounds is really too much and it's on me to get to a healthier weight the "free" way aka by eating the way I know I should and being more active. [/quote]

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