I had a sleeve gastrectomy in 2010, and went from 216 lbs. to 146 lbs. I slowly put some weight back on, and reached 177 lbs. The only solution that worked was going on a very low carb, and no-sugar food plan. My partner lost 50 lbs. and I’ve lost 20 lbs., and am currently 157 pounds. Our weight loss has stopped, as we’re eating keto bread (1 gm of carbohydrate in each slice, vs 15 carbs in regular bread) and fruit, but we still do not bring anything into the house that has sugar in it, and no snack foods, except for (measured) nuts. We have dessert every night, of zero calorie jello and sugar-free Redi Whip in the aerosols can, which is our only “treat”. If it isn’t in our house, we don’t eat it!! We have huge salads with many different veggies just about every day; we used to eat a lot of deviled eggs in the beginning, but we grew sick of them. I cook from scratch and make use of no-sugar barbecue sauce for my crockpot, and Splenda in my tea and coffee. We enjoy our meats such as steak, and cooked veggies, and have almost no cravings now. Eating sugar and carbs makes you crave more and more of it! I don’t eat until I’m hungry and usually eat in late afternoon or dinner time. We have been on this for 10 months…it’s actually doable!