The 7-Day Flat-Belly Tea Cleanse: The Revolutionary New Plan to melt up to 10 Pounds of Fat in Just One Week! Paperback – June 14, 2016

I was not a big tea drinker, but gave the plan a try because I wanted to lose some weight and kick my addiction to diet soda, which I had read makes you crave sweets even more and is full of nasty chemicals. In the past I found that drinking coffee all the time affected my sleep patterns, so I thought maybe tea would be better. It really was. I have never before been able to give up diet soda without massive headaches, but on this plan it was no big deal at all. I actually felt better and clearer mentally, rather than worse.I lost 8 pounds on the plan in 7 days, as part of the original test panel. I was never hungry or really craving specific junk foods, and I never got a headache. Most of the time I was occupied with preparing and drinking tea and the smoothies, so I didn't feel like I was waiting to eat something. The only problem I did experience was that I became a little bit dehydrated by about the third day. It takes me about half an hour to brew and drink a 10 oz cup of tea vs. about 5 minutes to open and guzzle a 20 oz diet coke, so my fluid consumption went down until I realized this and made an effort to drink more water.I don't have a blender at work, but I found that making the smoothies at home in the morning and carrying them in a big travel mug was pretty easy. I also don't really cook, so I was intimidated by the recipes, but I ended up just eating foods that followed the principles of the plan, like a broiled chicken breast and a salad or vegetable, rather than making the exact specific recipes. I was able to stick close enough to the plan to lose the weight without learning the specific recipes or even figuring out where to find the ingredients in the grocery store.This is a plan that anyone can follow, and assuming you have some weight to lose, you will lose it.

Although the book is almost 200 pages, you really only have to read about 40 pages because the rest of the book is diet recipes and tea descriptions. The book overall is excellent, provides some great information. The teas described can be expensive, but not as expensive as medicine cost these days. I just ordered all my teas to do the 10 day cleanse and have packaged them for each day. I'm not over-weight, but I have to medical issues I hope these teas will help. The hard part is being able to drink 8 to 10 teas a day, especially at work where I'm always on the go. Remembering what tea does what is confusing, so I wrote with marker on each box exactly what it does and when I'm supposed to take it. This has and will help out because you don't want to have to stop and read each tea box description to find the right tea. The author doesn't look like she needs to lose and ounce of fat so I'm curious as to how it will do with some of my weight lose plan.

Yes, you will most likely lose weight with this BUT you will be hungry. Basically, it asks you to eat only two meals a day and one of those "meals" is a tea smoothie and there's no breakfast in sight. So if you're good with waiting till 7pm to eat an actual meal for the first time all day, then by all means go for it, but I'm starving and it's only 3pm. Now with that said, I gave it three stars because it does have a lot of good information pertaining to teas and adding 5 cups of tea a day can't really hurt right? It will help me drink more water and cut back on craving soda or juice. As well, there's an added bonus of information about healing herbs and what works well with the woman's body when it's her lovely time of the month. Over all not a bad book, I just wouldn't recommend following the suggested meal plan in it.

I feel this cleanse was meant for me since I really love tea. It was easy to follow. My schedule kept me from doing the cleanse the entire 7 days. I completed 5 days on the cleanse losing 4 pounds and 1 inch from my waist. The only question that wasn't answered in the book was if it was okay to drink more than the required amounts of tea. I assumed it was. I plan on doing another Tea Cleanse in the near future. I like how the author states that this doesn't have to be for seven days, you could do it over a long weekend if that is all the time you have. It was also nice to try some of the recipes for food and smoothies included in the book. The ones I tried were delicious. This cleanse gave me a chance to try different teas...it got me out of my tea comfy zone.There is a lot of good information in this book on different teas and herbs. I still drink a tea cleansing smoothie nearly everyday.

While there is a lot of good information in this book... for a busy person... there is no clear cut plan outlined as to what teas to drink when... etc.It is not organized very well. Even in the tea cleanse food plan! chapter.Frankly, it's a waste of money in my opinion. I already know about teas and commerical things... geared more to someone who actually buys the starbucks garbage and the bottled teas etc.