Hi All

I was hoping to get some feedback from those who have been doing SP for a while. I just finished my first week of SPP and I'm loving it.

My situation is that I reached goal about a week and a half ago and have chosen to do SPP (starting with the healing plan) for maintenance. I prepared myself for a weight gain in the beginning because of several factors - Dr. S. warns about this in her book; I was coming off of a low carb (20 gr/day0 and low calorie (1200/day) diet along with heavy exercising (1 hour strenuous, 7 days/week); I took 3 days in between goal and SPP to eat "regular" (ie., high carbs and bad carbs) due to a grad school orientation I attended all day those three days; Major stress because I started grad school and not only had to worry about my classes and my master's thesis which I'll be doing this year, but also starting to teach freshman composition classes (I'm shy and have never been in front of a classroom in my life - didn't even consider it until I went for this degree and figured out it would pay for school )

Anyway, I weighed myself this morning and I'm up 4 pounds. As I said, I expected it and I'm fine with it for now.

So I guess I'd like to know for those who did switch to SPP from a low carb or low calorie diet (or both) - how long did it take for your weight/body to ajust?

I've been adding carbs slowly and I'm not even up to what Dr. S. recommends for the healing plan in her book. I checked my food stats today in fitday and I'm at 1450 calories, 80 gr carbs, 67 protein, and 58% fat. I know the fat might be a little high but Dr. S. recommends in her book to be at around 50-60% a day. I'm also using mainly coconut oil, for health reasons (I need the energy right now).

As I said, I'm feeling fabulous - no carb hangovers, good energy, uplifted mood, no bloating or heaviness. I did some ab exercises this morning and I felt I could do them a lot better than a few weeks ago. I've also been doing 40 minutes of calming yoga every evening and adding migraine-preventing suppliments (since I have a tendancy to them a lot when I'm stressed). I've also moved to mostly organic food and most of what she has on her chemical toxins list I've cut out (except for the occasional Excedrine Migraine, which I had to take a few days because of stress - but now I think the suppliments are beginning to kick in). I've decreased my exercise a little - moved to more moderate exercise 4x a week for 50-60 minutes (still higher than what she recommends for the healing plan).

Sorry for such a long post! But I really love this plan and right now, I'm trying to focus on health rather than weight. However, I don't want to regain back most or all of my weight. I'm at 127 right now - I'm willing to stick with it until I reach 130. But I don't want to gain beyond that.

Any insights as to what I can expect in the next few weeks?

Tam