Originally Posted by
mwchandler21
But they act as if I have some crazy special pill that is super secret or something that I am refusing to share with them.
No, they are extremely disappointed that you didn't discover some "easy" way to lose weight. We all know what it takes to lose weight: Calories expended more than calories consumed. But as we all also know, that is difficult to achieve and maintain. It requires a mental toughness, that many of us have trouble developing. It requires us to change what we have become comfortable with. And it requires denial of those tasty high-caloric foods. And even worse, once you succeed in getting the weight off, you can't relax, can't go back to your old way of living and eating. Or it all comes back. Weight loss is
HARD, and many want it to be easy. Where is that red "easy" button? They don't think you are lying, they just wish you were, and that you had that magic pill.
Congrats on your weight loss to date. Keep up the good work!