The hardest part of being on a diet is the people around you.  I have lived with the same roommates for the last 3 years.   One of them had the gastric bypass right before we moved in together (and she eats like CRAP) and both of them are just not really concerned with working out and eating better.  When we first moved in together we cooked dinner together almost every night.  And believe me, it wasn’t healthy be any means.  Recently I decided to give up red meat, it wasn’t hard to do because I wasn’t a huge fan of red meat to begin with.  They are literally mad at me because I no longer want to eat dinner with them, they are meat and potato people… and I’m definitely not.  Instead of being supportive, they make me feel bad for no longer contributing to dinner.  It’s kinda crappy, because while I don’t really need their support in order to accomplish my goals, I don’t need people to make me feel bad for eating better.  On top of that, they are constantly testing my will power by inviting me to all the good, but absolutely bad for you restaurants.  I’m not one of those people who expect everyone around me to diet when I am, but they also need to realize that it’s hard enough to to do the healthy thing without having the bad influences constantly staring me down!