Cabbage Soup Diet
The very definition of an ill-advised fad diet.
BACKGROUND
Look up the definition of fad diet and you’ll see a picture illustrating the Cabbage Soup Diet. It should not be followed as a long-term eating plan, as it is dangerously low in calories and could do more harm than good. It is possible to lose 10 pounds in a week when you stick to this uber-low calorie plan.
The Cabbage Soup Diet does offer fast weight loss, but it is completely lacking in nutrition, flavor and variety. You'll consume mostly soups of cabbage, onion, celery, carrots, tomatoes and mushrooms. Nutritionists argue that the pounds shed are more likely attributed to the dramatic and dangerous loss in calories and not the proposed fat-burning power found in the cabbage. This diet deprives your body of essential nutrients and has been correlated to difficulty concentrating, feeling light-headed and weak.
PRO
- You will lose weight
CON
- Unhealthy
- Dangerously caloric intake
- Primarily losing water weight
- Will regain lost weight if don't stick to healthy eating and exercise following completion
- Does not promote exercise; would be too weak to do so
DIET and NUTRITION
The one-week Cabbage Soup Diet relies on this simple plan:
Day One All-you-can-eat soup and fruit (no bananas). Consume plenty of water, cranberry juice and unsweetened tea.
Day Two Consume all the soup and vegetables you like (no beans, peas or corn). Have a buttered baked potato with dinner. No fruit today.
Day Three Eat all the soup, fruits and vegetables you like, nothing else.
Day Four Eat your soup, no more than eight bananas and all the skim milk you want.
Day Five Have at least one serving of soup today. You can also have 10-20 ounces of skinless chicken or beef and no more than six tomatoes. Drink plenty of water.
Day Six Eat plenty of vegetables and your servings of beef. Today is the day you can go a bit overboard with the meat (2 steaks if you like) - just make sure to add salad and vegetables. Stay away from the carbs - no fries, potatoes, etc.
Day Seven Have at least one serving of soup. Only eat brown rice, vegetables and unsweetened fruit juice.
EXERCISE
No recommendations are made. Given the severely low calories you'll be consuming, you likely won't have the strength for physical activity.
EXPENSE
Cost of the book, $13.99.
CONCLUSION
For rapid weight loss as a jump-start to a more healthy eating plan, the Cabbage Soup Diet could possibly be a solution. However, fasting or liquid diets like Cabbage Soup promising dramatic weight loss results in only a week are typically only helping you shed water weight. This weight will creep right back on once you stop the diet and continue with previous poor eating habits. Finishing the Cabbage Soup Diet and beginning a healthy eating and exercise regimen is the best advice anyone following this unhealthy approach can receive. Be sure to speak with your physician before beginning.
Common Misspellings
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Related Diets: Juice Diet, Maple Syrup Diet, Grapefruit Solution, 21 Pounds in 21 Days, Martha's Vineyard Diet
Wikipedia
The Cabbage soup diet is a radical weight loss diet designed around heavy consumption of a low-calorie cabbage soup over the time of seven days. It is generally considered a fad diet, in that it is designed for short-term weight-loss and requires no long-term commitment. It has inspired several copy-cats based around similar principles.
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Day 1, I am 5'10 245lbs 29 years old. I am active and love to work out. I have gained however about 20lbs since getting out of the military and am going to give the diet a try and see if that can act as a jump start into losing the weight and getting into a proper eating pattern again. Ill be back in a few days to comment.
I am going to try this and for my protein will eat a can of tuna each day. Normally I eat plenty and am active, but this Christmas gained weight. My mistake was not getting on the scale for a month- usually I can nip any wt. gain in the bud by cutting down for a few days.
The test of this diet will be if I can do it for longer than 2 days!
I did this diet last week, my last day was last Saturday and today is Wednesday, with a little cheating here and there but for the most part followed it and I lost 7 lbs. in 7 days so I was 146 and got down to 139...unfortunatly I went back to eating "normal" not over eating but just normal and I am already back up to 147 in only 4 days :( so unless you plan on eating 1000 calories from here on out per day, you'll probably gain it right back like I did...
Today is day one and im just not hungry....I barely had any fruit and the thought of the soup has me nauseated....I will see how it goes
Today is day one and im just not hungry....I barely had any fruit and the thought of the soup has me nauseated....I will see how it goes
This is my first day Second time! Feel fine. I am making sure the veg's and Fruit has enough carbs, fiber, and protien. and I am doing my best to keep it around 1200 cal a day! Under that your body will go into a starvation mode! In the morning I also have a whey Protien shake. 20g for 110 cal.
I lost 20lbs the first time. Coming back for more. I loved the soup I added hot sause with chilli powder.
Also, around noon 1 hr-30 min before a meal I would have a yummy hoodia lolly pop. Loads of great flavers exc..
Well, I have loads to go. I going to take a break after this with the grapefruit diet then after that the master cleanse.
then back to cabbage soup. Got to mix it up and make educational choices learn for yourself. I loved it because I now know lots about fruit and veggies!
have fun!
I am on day 3, have lost 5 pounds so far. I really love fruits, so Day 2 was kinda hard with no fruits at all. I am planning to add cardio for 2-3 days.
actually,i havent done it yet...but im planning on starting it on the 1st december:)im 153cm tall and weight 46.8kg.i know this may sound like im not fat but my bones are very small and after ive had my son,my stomach has gone very fat and so with my face and thighs!i cannot fit into anything that i use to wear before the pregnancy and im sick of feeling like this.i love cabbage soup and i use to eat this often in winter (im from newzealand so its spring now) so i think ill really enjoy this.i have done tuna+snack(dinner) diet and lost 4.6kilos in just 4weeks.so i have lost 12kilos in just 10months and now i have another 4kilos to lose and i hope this diet will get me back into shape before cend of year:)im so excited!!!!hopefully it will work!
I am loving this diet. I made the soup according to the directions and from there add different spices to jazz it up. My favorite is cilantro and hot sauce!. Also on day 5 and 6, the meat days, I cook up the meat and thinly slice at and add it to the soup. Which makes the soup into a beef stew.
I am on Day 7 and plan to continue this regimine for a few weeks. I really do think a vitamin supplement is important and will be adding that to the program along with exercise. I know there will be days in which I fall off the program but my intent is to get back on.
BUT...still after 7 days I do not feel any thinner. My clothes still feel the same. However, I feel better. I feel healthier. And that may be because I am not loading up on useless carbs. If nothing else, this diet is making me more conscious of what I put in my mouth. And when I get hungry, I reach for the soup and not buttered toast or a trip to McDonalds.
I am glad I like the taste of the soup but worry about the nutrients my body is missing.
OH...one other big thing! If you have ever been to Chilis and tried their Lettuce wraps....well, one adaptation I made was to use the soup minus the broth and wrap it up in a big leafy green. Adds variety so I dont feel like I am only eating soup all the time.
i have done this diet before about 5 years ago and i lost 20bls in 2 weeks working out 2 times a day for
the 2 weeks good luck everybody i will be doing the diet Dec 1st
hi all `today is my first day . but this is my third trial . the first time i did it after my first delivery which was nine years back i did lost all my extra kilos. But the only drawbacks was the taste i hated it but stick to the diet seven days. The second time after second baby i was not so brave unfortunately the soup went down the drain after two days. well all of you wish me luck as i gathered all my courage to give it a try again as i need to to loose 8 lbs .
Hi I did the cabbage diet for a week and lost 8 pounds. It was the first time I ever did a diet in my life and I did feel terrible but stuck to it. I waited for about 4 days and did it again and must say while I hated eating veg all day that all the headaches and weakness did not occur second time round. I believe it is all the toxins coming out so the first time u do it u really feel terrible. Also I had loads of energy second time round but still I didn't bother to exercise. Today is my last day and I've lost 6 pounds. U will regain 2 pounds back from water but if u follow a more moderate but still healthy diet plan u shud be able to keep the rest off with some exercise. I wud defo recomend it as a quick start as it will give u the determination not to eat terribly wen u c the results. I did it for a wedding coming up and I basically had only 1 month to change my look. I have succeeded as my mother said to me "u got thin" she hadn't seen me in 2 weeks. Its grt for those people who get frustrated wen they kill themselves trying to lose weight and don't c the results on the scale. I'm a binger and so need this strict discipline to MAKE ME APPRECIATE wat I put in my mouth and believe me I will appreciate it tommorrow! It is worth every discomfort. Best of luck! If i cud it anyone can.
Well, today is day 1! So I guess i can say so far so good, i like it! I had some fruit for breakfast and snacks. Had a couple bowls for lunch! I added variety to mine. I added 46 oz. low sodium v8 juice, low sodium 14 oz. beef broth, diced tomatoes with oregano, basil and garlic. 1 cube of beef bouillon..Oh and a packet of liptions beefy onion soup mix (got this recipe from a friend...she lost 8 pounds in a week!), SO, needless to say the soup is quite tasty. Although, I am starting to get a headache...low sugar probably...so Lord help me through the next few days! This is a challenge for me, BECAUSE I am allergic to fresh fruits and vegetables! BUT can eat pineapple..strange I know. After 7 days of this I will be doing the Braggs ACV to get down where I need to be. I am an avid weight-lifter and taebo hound. So I'm sure I"ll reach my goal of 135. I'm now at 165!!! Wish me luck!! I'll report in, in a few days to report how it is going!!
I can't stand it. I was trying to do the cabbage one week and the Three Day Cardiac diet the next. I need to lose a lot of weight and was trying to get some variety in there. Well, can't take the cabbage diet anymore. I will though go back to the 3 day diet. For any of you that can't stand the cabbage diet. I would definitely recommend the 3 day. And instead of 7 days, you'll lose ten pounds in three days!
I'm on the middle day 3 have lost 1lb so far
Only lost 2 pounds! My husband only lost 3 pounds and we stuck to the diet. I even exercised. I am very disappointed.
I started this diet the weekend before last to lose weight for a trip to Vegas a few days ago. I followed it to the T. I had lost 10 lbs. by day 6 (there are 7 days). I suspect this was because I was tired of eating the same things everyday so a lot of the time I just didn't eat.
As evidenced by my experience, it does deliver on weight loss. BUT-- what's important to note is that I -did not- feel any lighter. I think it's true what they say, that you just lose water weight. My jeans and other clothes didn't fit any differently, and I didn't look or feel any thinner. I could suck in my tummy more, but I suspect that's because there was nothing in it. All in all I was not impressed, and was confused as to how I could have lost the 10 lbs and not felt different.
It has been three days since I ended the diet and I've already gained back 5 lbs. I haven't eaten particularly badly or unreasonably, just been doing what I normally do. Another pitfall of the diet (besides feeling tortured) is that after the 5th and 6th days of beef overload, I felt constipated for 3 days. Finally ate three probiotic yogurts in a row to take care of that.
Honestly, eating reasonable food in sensible portions and running a mile or two 3 days in a row has worked much better in the past. I felt a lot lighter, healthier, more energetic, and -Looked- a lot thinner than I did at the end of this diet.
I wouldn't recommend this diet. it's harder than it sounds, and it doesn't really pay off the way most people want it to. If you need to drop weight quickly, try a few days of lots of water, reasonable food/portions, and lots of running,
I am starting this diet today 152lbs will post results as I go along
I would like to try the cabbage diet
I love this diet. I did it a year ago before I got pregnant and lost about 20 pounds. I cycled 6 times but I got creative with the soup each time. One of the "con" arguments is that you will be too weak to exercise; baloney! I walked 2-3 miles several times a week. I never felt hungry as I ate healthy fruit and veggies as often as I liked! I am back on now since my baby has been born and all is going well. I am in week three and have lost 9 pounds so far.
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