Thanks that ' s helpful ! Increased energy sounds good ! So does an accountability buddy . My cousin is doing it right now and broke the scale rule . She saw she lost 5 lbs in 5 days , although that of course is likely water weight . I am already having good results with CICO so I don ' t think I need to do it to lose weight . For me it would be more about getting better control over sugar cravings . And I think my body does better when I cut out dairy , as I found out when I did a short stint with veganism also about a 30 day experiment for me . But I will admit staying off the scale will be really hard for me . Did you make it through the whole 30 days without going off plan ? That sounds like iron will power . That ' s why I ' m picking January because literally nothing happens that month we don ' t usually do anything for New Years .