If what you're doing isn't working, change it.
When you allow a person's words to upset you, you're giving away your power.
There are some sick people in this world.
If you want more, you have to require more from yourself.
I do not believe, even remotely, that you have to have a partner in your life in order to be whole, in order to be complete, in order to be fulfilled. You just don't have to.
Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they'll feel confused and lost.