Do you want to be in my gang?

So I've been thinking about friendship and the different types of 'diet' mates that I've come across over my years of trying to lose weight.

1. The competitor - will go to the class with you, share recipes and spur you on. They'll also try to beat you in your weight loss goals.

2. The saboteur - will bring you cake and chocolate and make you feel guilty for not eating them... Until you finally succumb.

3. The selfish - they will be thin themselves but will keep telling you that you are fine as you are, that you don't need to lose weight and that of course you should eat the cream cake if you want to because life is short. But they really want to keep you fat because it makes them feel that they are better than you because they are slim.

4. The try hard - really wants to lose weight with you and will for a bit. Then they'll get bored and cheat... And they encourage you to cheat too.

5. The supporter - will want you to succeed. They'll check your progress and praise your effects. They'll say all the right things and try to keep you going.

6. The denier - they are fat and they want you to stay fat because if you are successful they know that there are no excuses and they too should address their weight issues but they don't want to. So they will keep inviting you to lunch, to dinner, to the pub and huff when you don't.

I think all my friends are now trying to work out what type they are lol.

So what is a friend? The Cambridge dictionary describes it -

'a person who you know well, that you like a lot, that is not your enemy and who you trust.'

But I prefer the urban dictionary definition -

'a person who is aware of how retarded you are and still manages to be seen in public with you. Someone who makes you laugh until you pee your pants. When you don't have enough money for an ice cream, they chip in. They know all of your passwords. They would never make you cry just to be mean'.

Some people come into your life for a small period. You think you're inseparable but you drift apart for whatever reason - just life I guess. And others come into your life, put their PJs on, open a bottle of wine and stay forever!

If you are my friend I just want to thank you. I love you and I try my best. I hope you are wearing your PJs!

A good friend will help you move. A best friend will help you move the body!

PS if I get dementia and forget you, please forgive me. In the mean time please remember to donate to my fundraising endeavours with Alzheimer's Society! https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/gilly-wilson3