if your bmi is 23 then you definatly should not be on ss, your risking lean muscle loss, you should be on 810 now and your cdc should have told you this. please read your cambridge books, the info about this is in thier
and num nums, the steps are designed to intro carbs in a controlled way so your glycogen stores fill up while your still losing weight so its less noticable, the 7lb gain some people experience is when they go from ssing onto a more " normal" diet as the glycogen stores top back up when you have a carby meal, hence the reason some folks seemed to gain when taking a day or 2 off at christmas