Hi - I am 55 (56 next month) and am on HRT (100% natural tho, which she approves of) to balance my hormones. I too try and keep my carb level about 15 per meal and 7 - 10 per snack. I find I feel so good eating this way. The biggest difference I noticed was that I no longer have horrible cravings - before on low-fat I would experience the worst cravings but eating the Dr. S. way I feel saited, and am never hungry.

I began TSP II, then quit because of an event in my life that I needed to deal with, but I didn't get back to it. After posting and chatting I am going to begin reading it again. I commute by public transit so I have a span in the morning and evening where I can read uninterrupted for a bit. I find I highlighted some of TSP I and put in sticky notes so I could go back and refer and reread certain sections. I plan on doing this with her second book too.