Types of friends

This past week has been a very disappointing week for me. I followed my diet fairly well, and went back to exercising this weekend. When I say that I followed my diet fairly well, I didn't go over my points allotted to me. My weigh in last night was just plain horrible for me. I jumped on the scales and I had to be weighed using the special clamp again. I was devastated, I had thought I was finally past all of that. The weird thing is that there is a problem with the scales because with the clamp it was weighing me as if I didn't need the clamp but I got weighed two different times and the weight was the same each time. With that in mind, I had only gained 1 3/4 pounds. But before I weighed in I was ready to quit, I was not going to follow program and I was going to totally give up.
This is when it is hard to follow, I had done what I was supposed to do and gained. This is by far the hardest thing I have ever done. I want so much to be able to master this and get the weight off. For crying out loud as heavy as I am I should be losing lots of weight, but after 10 weeks, I have only lost 23 pounds.
I am back to exercising again. Which brings me to my topic title, the types of friends(or acquaintances) that I have. I have three types of friends, the well wishers (they also fall under the category of the saboteur's); the over achievers; and the support group.
Haven't we all met people that fall under the well wisher category, they say the right things but I feel they really are just standing back waiting to see me fail again. They are also the people who tell me what works for them and this is what I should try. I know they don't believe that I am going to succeed, because I never have before so why should I be able to now?
The next group are the over achievers. These people (and there are only two of them) truly care for me and want to see me succeed but they go one step farther than being compassionate and listening; to going after me to exercise or they tell me things I don't want to hear but I need to hear. I love the fact that they want to see me succeed and try and help me along the path but when they are there pushing me, I am not happy about it and have even told one person so, but that doesn't stop her. She knows that in the end I will be better off for it, and in the end these are the two the I will remember the most as helping me.
The other group are my friends and supporters, they are the ones who read my blog and send me the encouragement I need to go on. I could not get through this with out this group. My family and best friends are in this group and I love them dearly. They are helping me in many ways and they are here for me in a different way than the over achievers.
I have to say that I am truly blessed to have such a wonderful support network, not many people can say that.
So beginning this 11th week, I will lean on my support group to help me through this.
Until next time, I hope to gain nothing but knowledge and lose nothing but weight.