There are times when the temptation is overwhelming for me... more so because I work in a book store.

I think when an overweight person comes into the store looking for diet books, they ask me for help because they look at my weight and decide I won't be judgmental. (I know that if I had to ask someone to help me find a diet book, I wouldn't want someone who weighed 85 pounds looking down their nose at me....)

The number of times I've had to bite my tongue when a customer asks me to help them find the "Ice Cream Diet" or the "Chocolate Pudding Diet" or even the more conventional high carb/low fat diets... But I do, because like a few other people have said, I HATE having others opinions shoved upon me.

But there are the good times, too. I always make a special effort to help the people interested in low carb books by explaining different plans and trying to help them find one they can stick to. And I always, ALWAYS, direct them to this website.

I think we just have to wait until someone gives us the chance to help them.