My friend Emily recently lost 18 pounds .   Oh , really ?   The point is that she has been persuading me to lose weight too .   Well , it's a good thing for you .   Good ? Yes , it's good for her but not for me . You see , she tells me that I'll feel better about myself if I slim down . She keeps giving me newspaper clippings about the latest miracle diet and insists that I join a health club , as she has .   So you don't think you are fat and need to lose weight ? 