Is it possible to jumpstart weightloss without a revision?

I had open gastric bypass in Aug. 98. At the time, I was 22 and was 450 lbs. I took some time off from college to recuperate from surgery. Went back to college in Jan 99 and was down 100lbs. Instead of my friends being happy for my weight loss, they told me that they could tell I had lost a little bit of weight!! Hearing this, I retreated back to my old eating habits. I ended up being one of the few people who can tolerate sugar. I have now gained back 25lbs. and I've been at 375lbs. ever since. At this point, its been almost 5yrs since my surgery, I'm now 26, and the health insurance which paid for my surgery, has now ran out. I honestly feel that the pouch is still intact, because I still can't overeat at one sitting, but I know it is overstretched. Finally my question is: is it possible to reshrink the pouch (without a revision) in order to jumpstart the weight loss again? I've read a couple of stories of people who had totally regained all of their weight back and they went back to the post-op liquid diet to help reshrink the pouch and jumpstart the process again. So, is it possible to do this by going back on the full liquid diet? And if so, what items or meal plan would you all recommend that is low-fat and low-sugar? Am at a desperate point right now! Can't qualify for any health insurance or get a decent job! Now that I'm older, am ready to follow the preciples that are required to make the surgery successful. Any advice or info from post-ops four yrs. or more or doctors would be greatly appreciated.

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