You reminded me of a niece who had a sleeve surgery. She had a system to follow before surgery, and several phases after. She went whole hog and made a blog of the whole thing. She consulted with a dietitian who specialized in people with sleeve surgery, did dry brushing, and exercises that the hospital suggested after recovery. After she was able to eat again, she only stuck to the foods in the sizes that the dietitian had suggested. Sounds like she built a system from it. She said that she never wanted to eat "on her own" again because even with the sleeve, she would be able to gain the weight back. Several years later, she is still very small and says that food no longer calls to her.

Her uncle had the surgery about a year before her, lost well over 200 pounds, then started gaining again. He had nothing in place and just depended on the sleeve to control his eating, but like dieting, he found ways to cheat the system. He has gained most of the weight back.

I hope that you have a system in place that you can tweak to fit you and never gain your weight back.

Sounds like I need a food system badly.