Hi Folks,

Well, I have tried SPII for about 6 weeks now, and it's not going well. My goal was to have 15g carbs for 3 meals & 2 snacks - I thought I could live with that just fine, but not the case. I have gained more weight than I can live with, the cravings are back full force as well as all the accompanying brain damage. Also, I don't feel great. I feel mediocre. The clincher is that when I went to the Dr last week she said my blood pressure is way high and I need to come back and discuss bp meds. I am so disappointed because I had so much hope that this was the right one for me.

So for the time being, I am back to basic low carb 20-30g per day or less, but I will keep some good habits that I gained with SP (no caffeine, no AS <<-- huge accomplishments) and more emphasis on whole natural foods. Although I didn't lose on basic low carb, I didn't gain.

Hopefully I'll be able to come back to SP at some level some time in the future, but this is just not working for me now.

I'll be watching over & lurking here!

Lila