I did a 3-day detox, which involved juice fasting. I lost 11 pounds but gained back about 6 of it when I started eating again. There are different detox methods - some involve fasting and some don't.
Here is a good link that describes a 7-day juice-fast & detox.
Juice Fasting
My personal experience with the 3-day fast & detox was pretty positive - You get a lot of crap out of your system - Figuratively and Literally - LOL. But you really do feel great afterwards. You just need to make sure that you're able to do it (ie no medical issues,...etc). For me I only got REALLY hungry about 3 times in 3 days - so it wasn't too bad

Please do explain what a cleanse is. Are you eating? Thank you! Julie

hi there i posted quite a long article on spring detoxification in my journal blog this may give you more information that you are seeking detoxification and cleanse are different words for the same thing. i have a variable in lenght protocol that i will be starting in mid april. i hope to do it with a group of people and have conference calls daily to support each other and share insights. the ending of the cleanse i s just as important as the beginning, you must slowly add foods back into your diet i have 10 pages in PDF format about allergenicity of foods, mercury content of various fishes and other things related to detoxification and cleansing. please read my post and let me know if you want the pdf's sent to you be well deepa

A cleanse is a way to release harmful toxins in your body which in turn help you to more quickly lose weight. The reason is that when toxins enter your body, fat cells surround the toxins to protect the body and in turn you gain extra weight. As for eating, in the 9 day cleanse you have the first 2 cleanse days which you drink a cleanse supplement and snacks provided in the program. The next 5 days you have a shake for breakfast and dinner and eat a well balanced , low calorie meal for lunch along with snacks during the day. Plenty of H2O is recommended. The last 2 days are cleanse days and that completes the 9 day program. My sister has lost 50 lbs now on the cleanse. She started in December of 2005. Hope that answers some of your questions. Fell free to post more if needed. Daniel

Where can you get information for this cleanse. Is it through a dr or a plan or is it something you can do on your own. I am currently detoxing my self from unnecessary sugar, so I am interested in getting myu health back. Thanks Stephanie

I too an detoxing from sugar - i feel great and my cravings for sweets are gone! So far I have lost 20 lbs, but is has been slow (over 4 months). I am trying to raise my exercise level and lose weight faster that way.

I am on a 9 day cleanse program. I am on day 4 and have lost 7 lbs and 9 inches on my total body measurements. I feel great and can't wait to see what the total will be by day 9!