My mother-in-law went on the Nutrisystem diet about 2 1/2 months ago. She has dropped close to 2 sizes (around 20-25 pounds). She is an obese woman. Her problem, no one encourages her to continue the diet except me. I need more encouraging words for her since I haven’t actually seen her. I live 1200 miles away and call her everyday to see how she is doing on it and am there for her. I bought her Richard Simmons videos (she LOVES the videos) and she just started to do those a week ago. She is at a plateau right now and is getting discouraged. Talked to my father in law tonight and BEGGED him to say something encouraging to her (he’s not the mushy type and claims she is too large to notice a difference of 20 something pounds). Anyway, he promised he would say something encouragin to her, but I need to know the best way I can help her. I have tried explaining the plateau to her and adding excercise, but I want so bad for her to succeed. Help me help her!