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The OP's only response to specific questions (long before the thread-jacking) was basically that he wasn't going to answer any questions.

If that were true, wouldn't THE LORD have sent someone she'd respond to instead of someone who made her feel so lousy she rejected him?

The problem is that we have to remove all their children from the homes because they will catch fat otherwise and the cost of caring for them ...

Ah! Well, yes, we do need more studies. I have heard fat cells will sneak into your body when you aren't looking. And also, they probably eat sugar and there are cancer tumors hiding in the bushes seeking to prey on sugar in people's blood. You can't take a chance.

There have been studies and they concluded that being around fat people will cause you to be fat. So, yeah. dangerous!

I have only the best of intentions and I'm offering free help, after all.

Ditto. How dare you! Now let me take you to the gym and show you how to not be fat anymore.

Well, I think it's been going on a while but my PCP is pretty clueless. I don't think he ran the right tests way back when and TSH isn't a completely reliable test. So it can come back normal or low even if you have a problem. I suspect Hashimoto's, but I don't have the official diagnosis yet. Going to see the specialist…

Try having untreated hypothyroid. I gain on 1,000 calories (with exercise).

Work is slow. So, anyway, can you please tell me what information you have about the OP that the rest of us don't?

"I'll let you have the last word" seems to mean something different to me than it does to you. :flowerforyou:

She's lost nearly 20 pounds on her own (without this complete stranger's help) and please point out to me where she said she doesn't exercise (FYI, you can get exercise without ever setting foot in a gym). Do you know something about OP the rest of us don't?

You're young and you weigh more than 200 pounds. Someone older or closer to a healthy weight (or both) would not lose on 3,000 calories a day, no matter what that person ate. You are eating fewer calories than you're burning and that is why you're having success.

I was a ballerina. Barre warmups sounded like a huge bowl of Rice Krispies. This is normal. Keep at it. You have to build strength.

But ... you gave the same advice.

Hey now. Wikipedia says so.

So he has "some gym experience." Doesn't mean his form is correct. Doesn't mean he has any real clue how to help her. He knows what works for him. I'm not acting like she's going to marry him. I'm being realistic about taking such "help" from a complete stranger. You can injure yourself exercising wrong. Or he could advise…

But you don't know anything about the guy. What makes you so sure his help would be at all useful? Even certified trainers often give terrible advice and this is some random dude off the street.

I think maybe low-carb gives people psychic powers. I mean, what other answers can one give based on the information provided? Therefore, they have to be able to read the OP's mind in order to give different or better answers. I think I'm going low-carb. I want to be psychic!

This is the funniest thing I have read all day.

I did really well on it, but it was a much older program than the one they have now. Honestly, you can do as well here (for free). It did help me learn a lot about nutrition, but you have to read everything and really learn the program and not just count points, which a lot of people do and then blame the program when they…

My guess is you're eating too many calories. Eat less.

I'm flabbergasted about how many people think this is OK behavior. And of course if someone asks my opinion, I'll be honest. But really, unless I see imminent danger, I don't even do this to close friends. People know they're overweight. They know what to do about it. It is their choice, not mine. If an overweight friend…

But you're defending the action. Your different angle doesn't make it OK. What you describe for the drugs, drinking, smoking -- not OK.

I don't think it's OK in any of those cases, honestly. But when one is in immediate danger (stumbling around on the street drunk), taking action is different than just seeing someone sitting at the mall and being overweight. STRANGERS HAVE NO BUSINESS DOING THIS. It's one thing to talk to someone you love and know about…

I have never been obese. But the first time I got fat it was because 1.) My metabolism slowed down due to age and 2.) Food tastes good. Period. I didn't have an addiction. I didn't even eat large amounts of food. I just ate high-calorie food because it tasted good and I had never had to watch what I ate before. I educated…

OK. So seeing someone smoking on the street you know that person is a smoker. And I guess if someone is snorting cocaine or shooting up in public (is this happening??) you know that person is a drug addict. But how do you know someone (who you have never seen before) is an alcoholic? And, seriously, not knowing anything…

Complete strangers in food courts approach smokers, alcoholics and junkies who are just sitting there eating lunch and offer to help them? Where is this happening?

You are my hero. I sure hope I can wear a bikini at 59!