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Jealousy or Envy

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I am starting to see the jealousy and envy in people's eyes.  Hearing words like, "I don't have the will power" or "I wish that would work for me". I know that in order for me to give up the Dr. Pepper, I had to get to a place where my health was more important to me than the Dr. Pepper.  I remember sitting in the Dr. office and telling him that I only drink one a day.  That was right most days, but it was 44 Oz. (no ice) of Dr. Pepper.  Then if my boss wanted to give us a treat, she would buy another one for me.  If I went somewhere and there was nothing else to drink, I would have another one.  I had to believe that giving up Dr. Pepper, pancakes, and waffles was something that I needed to do to lower my sugar in take.  I was to the point that I knew I would be in a wheelchair if I didn't change something soon.  After taking care of my Aunt and doing things for her that she couldn't do for herself any more, I realized that I didn't want my boys