I am disappointed that Hallie made such an accomplishment and the whole show seemed to revolve around what she did wrong. Your guest psychologist didn't even bring up the issue that people hate change and, knowingly or not, will try to drag a person, like Hallie, down so that her friends and family won't feel like failures themselves if they can get her to fail. Her mother, herself, said she felt like a failure when her daughter started loosing weight.

Maybe Hallie was over excited about her accomplishments and may have said some things that drove them away, but if they were real friends, they would have told her what she was doing or tolerated it like her boyfriend did.

I say Hooray Hallie!

As they say, you can't pick your family but you can pick your friends. I say if your friends and family cannot handle you succeeding, then make a new life with new friends and leave the rest behind. It will take time to get a new social circle but it can be done! I know, I've done it a couple of times.

Again, Hooray to Hallie!

Dave

I agree...what kind of "friends" did she have? I say dump them and while she is at it get away from that harpy of a mother.
Friends and family who cannot be happy about your success are not worth the trouble of keeping. They were probably the cause of more of Hallie's difficulties than she realizes, and shame on the shrink for not recognizing that

I have recently lost 196 pounds (almost 200) just with diet and exericse. My friends have been super supportive and they are excited for me and have been every step of the way. I can't imagine that my own mom would not be happy for me. She is happy that I have saved my life! I agree with everyone who has already said that this poor lady must have had sucky friends to begin with. I just can't believe the mom. It seems like I have more friends now than I did before and it is probably because I like myself better. I really am sad that on the show it seemed like she was the one who was wrong. She probably was bragging about her success. She should have been!! She lost 200 pounds!! Most people have a hard time losing 10 pounds. I just hope that she is reading all this feedback and realizes that she is the victim here, not her friends or her mother. They owe her a huge apology.