What is an Isagenix 9-day cleanse?

First, the Isagenix 9-day cleanse is actually 11 days. And like I mentioned before, you can actually eat during this cleanse! What I also like is that this is a nutritional cleanse. The fact that most people lose weight is just a nice side effect! The cleanse is 11 days because it starts with 2 pre-cleanse days. These days you concentrate on eating clean and getting used to following a schedule of eating more often and kick-starting your metabolism. You also start drinking the Isagenix IsaLean Shake twice a day. The first 2 days were harder than I thought. I guess I was more toxic than I thought! I drank the shakes, had 2 small meals -- all organic and stayed away from processed foods, artificial sweeteners, preservatives, additives and sugar including things that turn into sugar like bread, crackers and white pasta. So what could I eat? Organic eggs, raw almonds, organic vegetables, lean protein like chicken and turkey, organic apples and pears, organic yogurt and more. The big challenge, days 3 and 4 called "deep cleanse" days. These are the days I think of when I think of a cleanse. Not eating -- fasting -- 2 days! How could I do it? Well, the cleanse includes a juice called Cleanse For Life. During your deep cleanse days you drink this 4 times a day. Along with the juice you eat Isagenix Snacks. These are small wafer-like snacks. Sold separate are IsaDelight Plus chocolates that you can actually eat on these days as well. You bet I bought them! While I definitely had moments of great hunger, I didn't get dizzy or light-headed at all. I am hypo-glycemic and often have issues with my blood sugar. I was surprised that while you don't bring many calories in those 2 days, your sugars are maintained. The purpose of the back to back deep cleanse days? To allow your body to suspend digestion. After you suspend digestion for only 4 hours your body begins to produce the hormones that make lean muscle mass and increase your metabolism. During the first 24 hours your body cleans the toxins from the liver. The second 24 hours is when the body begins to burn fat. I made it through those 2 days, excited to move on to 5 days called "shake days". Because -- back to eating! These days are similar to the pre-cleanse days except now you use the same Isagenix Snacks in place of all snacks (you can buy additional snacks as well). But you still get to have 1-2 small meals and your 2 shakes which by day 5,  I was totally looking forward to! The shake days breezed by and then I was up against my last 2 deep cleanse days. But I did it! I lost 5 lbs. and 14 inches in those 11 days. Even better, the inches I lost were from areas I struggled with. Plus, I felt great! I had so much energy and my horrible sugar cravings were almost non-existent. Skeptical me, no longer. And little did I know -- just the first step in my journey.