When we try to lose weight through crash diets and fitness regimes, we deprive ourselves of food and create a very restrictive and controlling relationship with food, making the situation even worse. For people who gain 15+kg (4-5 stones) over the prescribed weight, Bariatric Surgery, Gastric Sleeve, Gastric Banding or even inserting a Gastric Balloon in the stomach may seem an easy way to reduce food consumption and lose weight but cravings do not go away. Any surgical interventions comes with huge health risks, magnitude of which can be multiplied with underlying health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart conditions, cholesterol etc.