I did it, mostly, the first week. It made me realize how rarely I really cook full meals for myself. I liked most of the recipies and particularly found the snack ideas helpful, although I started eating the "dessert" as my late afternoon snack as to avoid extreme hunger by the time I got home from work. However, as a single person, even though I tried to modify the dinners to make fewer servings, by the end of the week I had so many left overs that I spent the second week just eating those. It was good discipline, but I wish they had published a version in addition to the one they did (which was basically 1 serving per breakfast/lunch and 4 per dinner) that was just for people that live alone.

I saw it and liked a lot of the recipes-- many were ones that I've either tried before or planned on making someday. But in that respect it's not much different than my usual diet.

I want to try it but I'm afraid it'll get too expensive for me.... Sounds amazing though!

I did the cleanse from Whole Living, which was much more strict than this one. But you're right, Emma, these recipes sound great just for everyday meals!

I wanted to do it, but I'm a vegetarian, and modifying all those meals seemed tricky as many of the dinners are meat-based. But it sounds like a great idea--not watching calories, just trying to eat well-rounded meals.

I combined Whole Living's cleanse and BA's cleanse for two weeks and felt fantastic. I agree with the comments above, it wasn't that different than what I usually eat, though I was more aware of portion sizes, and I got in the habit of eating a huge salad w/everything I eat.
Recipe standouts were the five spice beet soup and the pot of lentils from week 1-amazing! (and the rice noodles w/broccoli pesto and apple cider vinegar dressing from Whole Living) I would suggest anyone doing the cleanse to cut down the amount of recipes though, if you cooked a new dish + protein every night you may have way, way too much food leftover (and a lot less $ than you do now).

I agree completely with NWU. It was very hard to adjust this for one person. I am halfway through and have often ended up with either too much or too little food (if I halved a recipe and then realized too late that I needed the leftovers for lunch, for example).

I've been curious about it, and the recipes do look good. Based on these comments I might do a pick-and-choose approach. I'm a vegetarian, so maybe I'll go with the breakfasts and lunches only. Also, my husband won't want to and my child doesn't need to reduce calories, so dinners will probably need to stay as-is anyway.

I am on day 8 and this week have to admit that I didn't make an effort to get some of the amounts of things that it required and have made a few modifications but am still following it pretty much as written. The meals have been great (I am a bit addicted to the salt shaker but haven't used it at all during this time as the food really is good) but I will admit that not enjoying the breakfasts so much as I am not a hot cereal eater. I will certainly be taking some of the changes that I have made these last 8 days forward because I actually do feel not so much better but healthier for sure.

yes! I did it for all two weeks. My husband did it with me. It was a bit exhausting (multiple recipes for every dinner), and I spent about twice my normal average food shopping. However, it was totally doable, delicious, worth the extra effort and investment. It brought some very healthy tweaks to our normal routine and was a fantastic re-set. Highly recommended for those who are already comfortable in the kitchen.

I'm late to the party too...Just halfway through the first week. There are some great recipes (the lentil recipe is simple and fantastic), but I don't think I'll be continuing the second week.

This is a pretty basic plan at the core: Whole grains; plenty of leafy greens; protein comes mostly from beans, white chicken meat, or fish; eating vegan, vegetarian, or nearly vegetarian for 2 meals per day; avoiding most dairy, wheat, sugar, and alcohol.

It is also very expensive and time consuming. I'm handy in the kitchen and accustomed to planning 3 meals per day by the week; for the second week of this cleanse, and probably into the future, I'll just adhere to those simple rules but make my own meal plan.