obesity & weight loss

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I have a question about a close relative. She is obese (about 150 lbs

overweight, 35 years old, smoker) and is trying to lose weight. But -

nothing is happening. SHe was vegetarian (junk food vegetarian in my

humble opinion - lots of processed carbs) for about 18 years and

resumed eating meat about 6 months ago. She has always had explosive

diarrhea about 30 minutes after eating. Not every time she eats, but

consistently throughout her vegetarian years. Now, she still has it

but not quite as often. She is doing a low carb diet - meats, dairy,

fruit and veg. She's been doing it for about 4 weeks and not a single

pound has come off. Not one. Her hair is quite thin and has been since

around the time she quite eating meat - whether or not there is a

correlation in that I do not know. I've given her some homemade yogurt

and am encouraging her slowly to take kefir hoping that would help

with her gut. Anybody have any ideas what's going on or what I could

make for her to help her out?

She has terrible back pain, abdominal cramps, and amenorrhea (maybe

1-2 really heavy periods a year) which she believes could be from an

ovarian cyst, but lab work has not produced any results to this nature.

Any suggestions are appreciated. Thank you.