Likewise, and I can relate. Gluten is not the culprit for us either; sugars & starches are, and starches are worse than sugar as far as weight control. Pizza is now a religious experience (Well, pizza is a religious experience anyway, but now it's taken on the onus of forbidden fruit as well... )

We have a family/household joke that chocolate (i.e. sugar) is "trans-fat" (i.e. transitory - not the recognized trans-isomer); if indulged once in a while, it moves on through and doesn't seem to have any lasting effect on our weight. Starches are different; they seemingly turn to fat on contact with tastebuds, and extreme care must be taken - it takes a week or two to work off a couple of slices of pizza....

Philosophically, we try to view it as aging (slowing) metabolism. Smaller portions, eat more slowly to savor, appreciate some things as treats rather than necessities... Self-delusion comes easier with age.

Also, sugar does have an effect on my PN symptoms - enough to give me reason to change my evil ways. If pizza is a religious experience, then I guess chocolate is a sacrament.

"All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening."

Doc