This part jumped out at me. I'm no expert, but have known people who've done fasts/cleanses what-have-you, and it, in and of itself shakes things up quite a bit. Which is a sort of destabilization, yes? (Staus quo>shake up>"cleansed" state.) I don't know why that program says to do that (and don't actually care) but ... why precede the endeavor with something destabilizing?? That makes no sense to me. Maybe it's not so problematic for people w/o BP, but we tend not to handle sudden big change ups as well.

Long/short, I think the fast itself may have set things on a negative course.

Plus, lifestyle changes tend to be more successful when they're tackled one at a time. (So... to fast OR quit. If you want to do both, put a nice block of time between them.)

(Where I am coming from... partake pretty regularly, nothing excessive, never been a problem -- I'm lucky in that way, I know. I neither overstate benefits nor fear monger. Totally support your doing what you feel is best for you. )