Sun, Jun-20-04, 16:58
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New Member
Posts: 12
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Plan: Schwarzbein
Stats: 150/150/140
BF:
Progress:
Location: northeast
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Regarding gaining weight - I know SPII discourages counting calories, but I do monitor my caloric intake while following the IS-BA guidelines of 3 meals and 2 snacks/day. I started in February and I have not gained weight following the SP, though I did find that as I began the program I got a bit softer, as I needed to rest/stop exercising in order to start healing. After a few months I started to notice I was feeling a lot better and I was becoming leaner - more muscle tone and maybe a few pounds gone. But I was not cheating at all - or minimum once every three or four weeks.
I recently went on a vacation where it was impossible to follow the SP way of eating, in addition to all the other parts of my recovery program - like getting adequate sleep. I did gain some weight as a result of the way I ate on vacation (I ate everything I was totally off of - bread, sugar, alcohol, lots of butter, I was in Ireland, what can I say?), and many of my previous symptoms returned after about 10 days of this - the fatigue, body aches, lack of menses. I feel better than I did when I first started back in February, though. What's more, I am totally accustomed to this way of eating, so it hasn't been difficult to return to it. But, in terms of losing the couple of pounds I gained on vacation, I am planning on being careful about calories and following the meal and snack guidelines to a T. What I have found is that those guidelines should put you at about the right caloric intake, if you are scrupulous in following the program. Counting calories has helped me make food choices from meal-to-meal, day-to-day. Regular exercise also helps.
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