Share your stories about being overweight?

I am currently overweight. And I think it all depends on how you perceive yourself. I want that ideal body, I mean who doesn't? But for me, like everything I think the journey highly surmounts the destination. Once you get that ideal weight you'll be happy for a while, but then that won't be enough. We humans are in a never ending pursuit of perfection. Or happiness and what we attribute to as perfection. Just a thought. I'd like to lose like 10 pounds and often times I feel self-conscious around other skinny people but I have a friend who is 115 pounds claiming she is too fat and flabby. How can I compete with that? I don't even think guys care THAT much whether you're 120 or 130 pounds. So I don't understand why we all strive so hard to be in the "in" crowd. Unless you're morbidly obese, that's a different story.