21-Day Sugar Detox Daily Guide: Step-by-Step Handbook & Journal to Naturally Eliminate Sugar & Carb Cravings - Perfect for Weight Loss, Healthy Eating & Meal Planning

Here's what you want to know: 21 days - 8.5#, 4.5 inches. NEVER hungry, enjoyed 97% of recipes!There are many reasons to make the effort to improve your diet. I was motivated by the inflammation sugar causes in the body and it's link to alzheimer's disease. I first perused the accompanying cookbook book at the library and then purchased both the daily guide and the cookbook.Following the week before guide, to prepare spices etc is a good idea, particularly for people who still work. I'm retired so I just made things as I needed them. I followed the meal plan almost 100%. My husband joined me on this eating plan and ate what I ate for the most part. I feel the daily guide is geared more towards one person. You make a meal and have the remaining portion for lunch or dinner a few days later. This would definately be easier to do. Since both of us did it, in some recipes there was just too much food to make! haha So although I did use all the recommended recipes I did it out of sequence some days. We enjoyed every recipe except the "fudgesicles" and the breakfast salad. We enjoyed all the spice mixes. I think this diet would be difficult to do if you don't like eggs, garlic or onion! Perhaps there are substitutions you can make. We felt great, I lost my 3 PM munchie habit and I was NEVER hungry. In fact during the second week there was so much food sometimes we did have leftovers! I don't have any cravings for 'white foods' and believe me I enjoyed them completely prior to starting this. I do feel great, although a part of this may be attributed to simply completing the 21 days and losing weight and inches . I missed fruits like berries and look forward to reintroducing them. I'm glad I purchased the cookbook as there are some new recipes I would like to try out as we both would like to continue the eating plan. I recommend anyone to try this, except vegetarians etc as there is quite a bit of meat used.I liked the substitutions guides, the eating out guide. There are also so many recipes available online. I also felt in some ways this eating plan very similair to the Mediteranean Diet.The daily guide has questions and helpful information for every day. I felt this helped keep focus on how your body was feeling as the diet progressed, any changes you noted, etc. I enjoyed the eating plan, it didn't inhibit my social life or going out for dinner at all, it makes you m ore aware to make better choices. Give it a try!