I'm sitting here this cool Sunday evening, and instead of reading the local news which I am paid to be aware of at all times, instead I'm reading your blog entries. And as I was reading a few of your entries, I started thinking about support.

Support plays such a huge role in weight loss. I think those who are not engaged in weight loss at the time don't realize how much support matters for our success.

Through being members of WLB, we are all LUCKY enough to have various support tools, such as advice from experts who know what they're talking about when it comes to losing weight, a calendar that lets you track your milestones and goals, a portable diary (for premium members) and a weight tracker. All of these tools were designed by the creators of WLB to support you in your weight loss goals.

These tools are designed to let you know you are not alone in your journey to lose weight. But for some of us, it's the support at home that makes all the difference.

As I've said before, one of my major weight loss downfalls was getting a boyfriend. Now, I don't think he can necessarily be blamed for my gaining over 10 pounds, but I know when I started dating him, it's not like we started eating healthier together. Since being with him, I've probably eaten more garbage than I had for most of my life. But I didn't have to eat everything he was eating.

My friend B tells me sometimes that if he really cared about what I was trying to do, i.e., lose weight, then he wouldn't eat these things in front of me. She talks about her boyfriend, and how he acts supportive of her going to the gym by telling her to go to the gym, but then eats "naughty" foods in front of her, implying that it is NOT supportive to eat those things in front of her. But who ever said support means that they have to join the journey with you?

I tell B she's crazy when she says Jon must not support me when he eats Taco Bell in front of me, because losing weight is not about not surrounding yourself with foods that are bad for you, it's about having enough control to be around those foods and not eat them!

My point is this: If your man is eating cheeseburgers in front of your face and you think that's not support-you're wrong. In fact, eating a cheeseburger in front of you is more support than you think, because he's making you stronger by testing your resistance to take a bite out of the cheeseburger.

But if this is not the kind of support you're looking for while you're trying to lose weight, just know there are thousands of buddies on here ready to support you every step of the way!