If you're in the habit of eating whenever you feel stressed, sad, lonely, or tired, working with a therapist might be helpful for changing your behavior. A licensed mental health professional can help you to develop new tools for dealing with negative emotions instead of reaching for food as a distraction. For example, if you often eat candy and other junk foods when you're feeling stressed, a therapist could help you learn to use relaxation techniques, such as deep breathing or progressive muscle relaxation instead. Surrounding yourself with like-minded people can help you to stay motivated and avoid letting setbacks derail your progress. Try joining a weight loss support forum online or look for a weight loss support group in your area. Some paid weight loss programs provide access to support groups, but there are also free support groups you can join, such as Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) or Overeaters Anonymous (OA). Several medications have been shown to be effective for improving weight loss results. This might be an option for you if you have a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher or if your BMI is over 27 and you have weight-related health problems, such as diabetes or high blood pressure. Discuss your options with your doctor as well as the potential risks of the medications. Some commonly prescribed weight loss medications include: Orlistat Lorcaserin Phentermine and topiramate Buproprion and naltrexone Liraglutide While bariatric surgery is often a last resort for people who have tried for years to lose weight, it is very effective. This surgery involves reducing the size of your stomach so that you are physically incapable of overeating. If you've tried all of your other options and nothing seems to help, talk with your doctor to see if this might be an option for you. Keep in mind that bariatric surgery carries risks just like any other surgery. Discuss these carefully with your doctor before you decide to go through with it.

Summary: Look into therapy to change your eating habits. Join a support group to get help from other people. Talk to your doctor about weight loss medications. Find out if you're a good candidate for bariatric surgery.

Start with the number 1 in the smaller top left triangle on the fortune teller. Write the numbers in ascending order clockwise around the triangles. End with the number 8 in the last triangle on the left side of the fortune teller. Each of the smaller triangles will be on half of a larger triangle. If you want to separate them, draw a line along the crease between them.

Summary: Put numbers in ascending order on the triangles.

You are about to take a big risk. However close you may be, and however compatible you are as platonic friends, going from friend to boyfriend or girlfriend is a huge change in any relationship so huge that it will be changed forever. You should therefore carefully consider whether the risk is worth it. Can you get over a rejection? Are you willing to risk harming your friendship, even ending it, for the chance at love? You, and your friend, might not want that. Try to find out if the feeling is mutual. Does your friend seem to drop verbal or physical hints that she sees you as a potential partner? Does she flirt with you? Or, does she treat you as a sibling or talk about her attraction to others? If the latter, then she may be signalling that she isn't interested in you. You may be perfectly compatible as friends. You may get along famously, spending hours together one-on-one or in larger groups of friends, laughing together, and sharing all of your thoughts. But this does not guarantee you will be compatible as lovers. Do you share the same values? Beliefs? Passions? Will you have good chemistry? If you cannot determine this, can you honestly imagine that the two of you would work as a couple? Are you sure that your feelings are more than just lust or passing fancy? Sometimes major life events push people together and cloud our judgement. Are you on the rebound? Are you lonely? Are you both dealing with personal loss, like a death in the family? If the catalyst is one of these, you may want to wait and see how you feel in one or two months. Make certain that your interest is motivated by legitimate desire, longing, or love. It may be that she doesn't see you as anything more than a friend. You have to be prepared for that possibility. You also have to understand that your relationship won't be quite the same once you've come clean with your feelings. It may be awkward, or it may end entirely. If you have decided to risk your friendship, you have to be able to accept the consequences.
Summary: Consider the risks. Look for hints. Think compatibility. Be sure of your motives. Prepare for a rejection.