30lbs regain...nothing is working

Thank you!

I've always had a problem with Atkins, or any diet for that matter, that states you can eat "however much you like, as long as it's this food and not that food". To put it into perspective.. would you rather have a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers fall on your head? It's all the same in the end, and it's a really slippery slope. Your best bet would be go back to basics. Protein first, no carbs... similar to Atkins I guess but count your calories too. If you're eating 2000 calories a day in bunless burgers and bacon, you're not going to lose weight. Use myfitnesspal, log your food, join in or at least read the "what are you eating today" threads, and be accountable for every bite you take.

You are correct.  You cannot eat 2000 calories a day and lose weight.  The reason Atkins works is that you quickly get bored with eating just protein and automatically cut your calories. 

What the two week induction period of Atkins does is get you off of carbs without being hungry.  It also gives a quick weight loss.

For example, I ate one ounce of ham for breakfast.  90 calories and 9 grams of protein and it was all that I wanted or needed to keep from being hungry.

I got fat because I love food, and I failed at Atkins because it said I could eat as much of food X or food Y without having to count calories - ever. It MAY work for some, but it didn't for me, and I assume most of us ended up under the knife because it failed for them too.

Our pouches will feel very full, naturally, on a protein forward diet but that's how we were designed.  The problem is that it also says you can (should) have a high fat diet, which is bad for most post ops due to (possible) dumping and bad for pre-ops as it could lead to unnecessary calories. A modified Atkins diet would work, I guess, but imho it would just be better to learn good habits - measure your food, go protein first, weigh everything, count calories, etc, no phases and no fad diet needed. Again, just my .02

Atkins no longer say to eat high fat diet, they say high protein and they suggest things like chicken breasts and fish. 

You have to decrease your calories. There is no "magic". Be honest with yourself about how much you are really eating. Measure and track every bite.