A reader is no longer hopeful about improving their health because their family is making it so difficult.

I have dedicated myself to explicitly following my doctor’s directions to eat organic and low-fat foods and to exercise daily to improve my liver. I face surgery in the next few months. I live with family members who claim to be supportive yet get angry when I turn down invitations to all-you-can-eat buffets,

Family members claim to support my weight-loss efforts — but they get mad when I turn down junk food and all-you-can-eat buffets.