I have followed the ss plan for over a year and lost 80 pounds I hit a plateau for aobut 6 months and started trying other plans and am now up 5 pounds from that plateau!!! I have destroyed my frame of mind when it comes to eating I really need to get back to the ss plan and get motivated it really does work and the best thing is that there is no counting of cals, points, or carbs. I'm not sure about all of you dieters out there but when someone tells me i have to count what goes into my mouth I tend to get a little nutty about the whole thing and it always backfires on me so back to ss I am going!!!