Friend backing off it can’t be because I am looking and feeling better can it?

My friend got engaged and her parents reaction was cool. No excitement no ‘let’s start planning’… she felt that they obviously objected to her fiancé and pulled back. Two months later family meeting and it turns out they BOTH had cancer and were just digesting this news when she made her announcement. So, you just don’t know.
Or she could be very jealous and doesn’t like the idea of her ‘fat friend’ now being something different! I’d remain friendly but leave the ball in her court.

Wow. I couldn’t be friends with someone so judgemental on someone else’s weightloss journey, she’s hardly snorting speed. The woman is taking prescription medication for the purpose it was prescribed,

imagine being so judgemental about someone else’s body and weight loss journey, I’d have to distance myself from that.

I hope the mil continues her journey, reaps all the benefits, and understands just what kind of person her daughter and law is. And her friend.

I don't agree with jumping to conclusions "she's jealous" as I find most people are not self aware to see the reasons why people might actually back away from them. You've mentioned the weight loss stuff but there could be other reasons that are related to you or her that are not in your OP because you're not aware.

Why is she sticking her beak in?

Again, you have clearly mis-read or mis-understood.

I said that my friend was entitled to have feelings. I didn't mention bodies.

The OP asked why her friend might have changed her the way she acted due to the injections.

My friend is losing weight using walking. Her MIL (that she lives with) is losing weight using injections. Her MIL could lose weight by walking but isn't willing to try. My friend therefore feels that her MIL is lazy by using the injections rather than giving walking a go and has less respect for her.

I have understood perfectly. You said you are entitled to have feelings about other peoples bodies. You are massively overstepping and need to reflect why this would even cross your mind beyond a fleeting acknowledgement. Your response indicates you have unresolved issues of your own.

You have clearly misunderstood...

Yes, there are some boundary issues in evidence there. Some people don't realise how close they're getting to creepy.

Why would you have FEELINGS about someone else’s body? It’s weird and disturbing. It’s absolutely none of your business how they care for their body.
Why do you even care? There are some weirdos around that’s for sure.

They ARE wrong though.

Like I said, everyone is entitled to have feelings.

Just because your feelings are different doesn't make the other person's feelings wrong.

One day you might be in a situation where you understand that.

Unfortunately nobody can answer these sort of posts objectively, because we only hear one side of it.
I'd be inclined to ask your friend if something is upsetting her, because you're a bit worried about her. It could be nothing to do with your situation.

Well, people are entitled to be poorly informed and jealous. That much is true. But the best response to that kind of thing is to mock it. Start pretending you spend all day on the sofa, refuse to move at all and inject ice cream but still lose weight because WLIs are cheating magic. Enjoy the seething.

You were right about the no knowledge part, at least…

No they’re not. “It’s how I feel” is not a universal get-out clause.

It's possible the friendship is now at an end because she's jealous or otherwise does not like your weight loss. That happens. And there's something about WLIs that can bring out the naivety, poor critical thinking skills and half baked, poorly reasoned moral standards in people who are otherwise ok and are acting in good faith when they do it. There are people who genuinely think they're being helpful and sensible when they do it.

However, I'd perhaps hold fire for a few weeks, message her again to say hi and then see what happens. It would be a shame if the friendship couldn't survive your weight loss, but these things happen.

My friend of 15 years ghosted me after I cancelled two get togethers over the Christmas period. I messaged her several times in January to arrange meeting up but got no response. I asked her if I had done something to upset her but got no reply. I contacted a mutual friend to ensure she wasn't ill and he assured me all was well with her.
Every time we met over the previous year I left feeling very down, after what was more like a therapy session for her. She constantly complained about how friends and family treated her and I was always supportive. However, I had been dealing with some serious health issues and she never once asked how I was or what was going on in my life.
Last year she booked tickets for both of us for a theatre show this October. I paid her the £80 for my ticket plus half of the booking fee. The tickets are e-tickets and we both have them on our phones.
I really want to see this show but don't know if I should:

1. Offer to buy her ticket and take another friend with me?
2. Ask her to refund my money so that I can buy another ticket and be seated elsewhere?

1. Go anyway and see if we can resolve our differences?
2. Not go and just accept the loss?

Thanks in advance for the Mumsnet advice/guidance.

I agree. And some people would be a lot happier if they stopped giving a shit what other people are doing.

Yes, this is very tiresome.

Exactly what I thought.

Good luck today your friends MIL.
May she continue to shed the pounds, feel amazing about herself and grow in confidence and health unbounded, ( while you two lurk in the background slagging her off). Your friend lives with her....is it MILs house?

Some friendships are transactional and often we don’t recognise it. Two people can become friends because they are both single/childless/overweight/drink too much/stuck in crap jobs… as soon as one of them marries/has a baby/loses weight/cuts down drinking/gets a better job - the dynamic changes, the transaction isn’t there anymore. It’s a bit of a shock when it happens but it helps if you’re aware of it.
Maybe you have lost weight and now she’s “ the fat one” ?

I'm wondering if she is overweight too? As it may explain her jealousy.

Each to their own. She is entitled to have feelings.

I know her MIL and agree with her.

I’d like to know her side of the story.

I’ve distanced myself from one friend who took WLI because it turned her into a completely different person. I couldn’t cope with the diet culture / nothing tastes as good as skinny feels / photo after photo of how small she now looked. She became all about maintaining a much lower bmi than was natural for her, making comments about food, priding herself on eating very little and it came a big part of her personality. I don’t want to be around that or have my children exposed to it.