All of these replies to your original post are great advice! You have made a drastic positive change to your life! You are a good person worthy of respect. You need to keep telling yourself this until you believe it. It takes time and lots more work needs to be done to put your old self in the past. You will have many more major life changes in the future as well. This is just the beginning. Imagine what you can do with the power you have to change your thinking. Most people never get to where you are at. They just accept themselves as they are and never change. You may lose some friends and gain new ones that see the new you. You may feel uncomfortable and want to revert back to your old self, but you are better than that! Keep going. Everyone here is proud of you!