Thank you for your reply and comment. If I might I would like to share a few more thoughts and facts. I am convinced that sugar restriction is good ( as you notice I also restrict fats) but I am convinced even more so that calorie restriction is the most helpful. It is hard to get in that habit. I weighed 206 a number of years ago and brought my weight down through exercise and this diet. I will admit that I am basically skin and bones and muscle but it hasn't affected my activity levels. I walk two or more miles a day usually accompanied by one of my dogs on a leash. As I lost weight I found my need for food diminished to the point where I never felt hungry but still retain an appetite. I surmise that we have an ideal base weight that is an individual thing which we can reach. I stopped losing weight some months ago and that has stabilized. Because of our food availability, we may think we need more than we do. My testing numbers when I started this journey were terrible but now they are very good, much better than I ever expected. I am now 76 years old and surprised I have gotten there. ( by the way, not carrying extra weight is great for one's knees). I wish your husband all the best on this as at times it can be very discouraging. And as I have mentioned each of us is an individual case but this has worked for me and I thought I would share this "case."