[Mz]

My point was only that it is not a solved problem. That's it.

(In my first draft) I originally included the detail that I was quite heavy for some time and didn't manage to slim down any until I got the right diagnosis. I deleted that (before hitting "post") in part because I get a lot of flak for talking about myself for reasons I cannot really fathom. It seems I am damned if I do and damned if I don't.

For context: My medical condition predisposes me to retain fluids. I have lost multiple dress sizes and I still don't have the flat stomach I wish I had, though I walk more than 2 hours a day every day and I eat very carefully in accordance with what I have found works to not aggravate my underlying medical condition. Counting calories is contraindicated for my condition. My specialist never once suggested I should try to lose weight when I was 245 pounds and about a size 24-26, because the vast majority of people with my condition are horrifyingly underweight and the condition is quite deadly.

If just working your ass off was going to make you thin, I should be thin. I am not.

So, sorry to have hit some nerve for you, but my one and only point was that this is simply not a solved problem. There are people who simply cannot lose the weight, no matter how much they try, research it, etc ad nauseum.