I am glad that you are okay....I also question the reason why the rebound effect is so great even after a few days off the plan..I understand the water weight thing and all but I lost 8.5 lbs the first week and leveled off for the next two weeks then after ONE cheat day where I ate a small piece of cake and fried shrimp and fries for dinner..I gained 4 lbs..so I went back to eating the right way and lost about a lb then the following weekend it took me FOUR days to gain the same amount of weight back and only two to lose it all....but anyway my thing is then the whole initial loss of 8.5 lbs was all water?????