My moms weightloss problems?

Nathan M asked:


Well my mom is 53 years old, has had 4 kids(2 being me and my twin brother),has had a total hysterectomy,and has had to have a surgery to put her organs back in the right place because me and my twin moved them around quite a bit.

She has been on a low Calorie(under 1300),low carb,high fiber,low fat,low sugar diet for 2 years now. Her diet is lean meats,vegetables and fruit. Our household also does not consume fast food and hasn’t since before I was born(18 almost 19 years).

She is very active,does virtually no lounging around except at night when it is time for bed.

I am asking you guys for help because she is really getting discouraged she has only lost 4lbs in 2 years and is wanting to give up. She is 5′2″ 190lbs and I think she really needs to lose more because she is now having a lot of problems with her arthritis and body image issues.

Does anyone have any tips?Know someone with similar problems? Any ideas as to what she might be doing wrong?

I feel like her problems are partially my fault because the pictures I have seen of her before she got pregnant show her in perfect shape but the during and after photos show her significantly larger.