Everyone's input and opinions were so interesting. It's comforting in a way to know you are not alone in how you feel, whether you are thin or heavier

As I mentioned, I'm overweight by about 50-60 pounds, last time I checked at least. And it's a real sore spot for me.

I wanted to comment on the being thin and pretty and finding it hard to have female friends. When I was thin, I never felt that way. In fact I feel I had more friends. Not to sound vain or anything, but I think I'm quite pretty 'in the face', so when I'm thin I'm what you could consider, very cute and got a lot of attention. But even so, I've always been able to get along well with females. I loved having women friends, because I think we all go through the same struggles that men cannot relate to. And Let's face it, women are a heck of a lot more interesting, 70% of the time. Not that there are not great men out there, but to me 60% of the guys out there have no depth or at least they lack the ability to show it. Not to insult the men on PT cause you guys are the greatest here Anyways, I ramble. Now that I'm not thin, I feel I've lost all my friends, mainly cause I've pushed them away. I also find it hard to make new female friends, because I hate social situations and because it's hard to be myself anymore as I feel like I'm being judged for being chunky.