Weight Loss, Friendship and Facebook

I've mentioned in previous posts that I'm trying to lose weight.  I've been on Weight Watchers on and off for about a year now, following the online program.  One thing that I've been doing to "keep myself honest" is post my weekly change as my Facebook status.  All of that brings me to my reason for writing this week, I find that my friends who reply to my weight loss posts are in general in the same boat I am and we're finding ways to support each other. 

Now, I'm not writing this so you will feel sorry for me, after all I've lost over 10 lbs this year and physically I feel better then I have in a while, nor am I writing this to boast, on the opposite side I've gained about 4 lbs over the past 3 weeks.  I'm writing this because I think I've stumbled onto something interesting, that rather then get teased about what I'm doing, I'm getting a lot of support.  I have friends who post encouragement every week and I have friends who give me encouragement in person.

I have one old friend of mine that I reconnected with on Facebook that is going through the same thing that I am and when she posts how she did, I'm always trying to give her some additional encouragement.  I have another friend that I've known for over 45 years that is tackling a very, very difficult problem and being very open about it.  These are friends that I lost touch with and I'm happy that I can support them as they support me.  I have other friends that I see every week that celebrate my good weeks with me and offer me encouragement when I need it.

All in all, I'm finding that Facebook and my friends, both online and in person, are helping me deal with my day to day issues.  I'm glad that we've found each other again.  I guess true friendship always rises to the surface whether it's been 2 weeks or 20 years since we've seen each other.