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Cabbage Soup Diet
The very definition of an ill-advised fad diet.
BACKGROUND
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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.
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.
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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.
User Feedback
(Page 1 of 33, 650 total comments)andrea
day 4 coming to a close. todays menu
posted Yesterday 3:18 ambanana, milk, soup. banana, milk, soup. banana, milk. two cups of herb tea and water thru out the day.
will be cooking my steak with green onions, reg onions and mushrooms in the am.
here's hoping the scale is kind tomorrow!
andrea
good morning DAY 4.
posted Feb 2nd, 2012 12:33 pm1/2lb down this morning for a total of 5.5lbs down.
SW 139
CW 133.5
GW 130
kirnose
hello andrea.no its my second time.last time i lost total 6 pounds in 6 days.i quit on actaully 6th day so u can say 6 pounds in 5 days.yes i do feel diffrence in my clothes.they r loose on me.today after completing 4 days i am down to 4 lbs.i have no idea how people lose 4lbs in one day.how r u doing how much u lost dear do let me know.
posted Feb 2nd, 2012 8:25 amandrea
so my DAY 3 is coming to a close. ate 2 oranges, soup and spinach, salad, apple, soup and spinach and another apple. dont want fruit, dont want spinach, dont want salad and definately dont want anymore soup!
posted Feb 2nd, 2012 2:10 amso i just blended my soup for milk and banana day tomorrow. hope i can get excited about it again!!!
andrea
kirnose do you feel any difference in your clothes? is this your first time doing the csd?
posted Feb 1st, 2012 8:08 pmi am about sick of eating the soup. cant wait to rush thru banana day and get to the steak!
hang in there!!
kirnose
i am soooooooooooooooo hungry and bored no suppote no more weight loss but still trying to stick with it
posted Feb 1st, 2012 6:43 pmandrea
ok so DAY 3 here. this morning weighed 134.5. so a loss of 4.5lbs.
posted Feb 1st, 2012 3:09 pmfeeling a bit headachy. i only managed the soup twice yesterday had a small potato and no butter. craving carbs today now!!
so far i have eaten 2 oranges. will have soup at 10:30 and add spinach for my grean leafy veg then an apple, then salad for lunch and another orange then soup again and an orange.
andrea
not seeing any of my posts from yesterday
posted Feb 1st, 2012 12:48 pmkirnose
hi there.andrea u dont know how much happy i am to c yr feedback as i was kind of g etting bored while on this diet as there was no support.plz leave feedback so i can stick to it till the end.end of first day i lost 2lbs
posted Jan 31st, 2012 6:01 pmsecond day no loss
will tell u about 3rd tommarrow i wish i wish i am down another 2 atleast .i feel real hungry .so wish me goodluck and plz keep me update about yrself.
andrea
made a mistake. i'm 5ft. not sure where 5'2 came from. maybe wishful thinking?
posted Jan 31st, 2012 11:56 amhi kirnose. this is the start of my DAY 2 and i am down 2lbs. how are you doing?
kirnose
hello everyone.done with second day no more weight loss.so 2 ibs in 2 days.will continue will keep u guys updated.hopefully tommarrow will be able to shed some more.wish me good luck started 126.today 124
posted Jan 31st, 2012 8:23 amandrea
day one on this diet is coming to a close. started at 5"2 139lbs. hope to get back to my smoking weight of 127.5 - 132 (jan 28th, 2011 was a year since i quit)
posted Jan 31st, 2012 3:29 amCharity
Any suggestion on a support group to help with ideas and questions about the cabbage soup diet? First time CSD plan... Need some advice on pros and cons and snacks...Just Started the CSD yesterday... I'm gettimg married March 17th... I look like a pumpkin head and of course being 36 I would love to be down a few pounds... Any suggestion on a support group to help with ideas and questions?
kirnose
awwwwwwwwwwwww was looking for some ones feedback for support but any way i started csd again after completion of first day my weight was 126 and its down to 124 i lost 2lbs in one day .good for now will let u know everyday.i am hungry but i guess 5 more days not a big deal.wish me goodluck plz
posted Jan 30th, 2012 4:57 pmkirnose
hey i have started the diet again but i dont c any reviews any more .why is that plz any one on this diet plz if its working for u wrtie a supporting review so i can stick to it.
posted Jan 29th, 2012 3:17 pmkirnose
hey key i am sorry dont know will u get me feedback as i am trying to leave messages but i dont c them on reviews.any way now that i knew that u r she i will be careful sorry if i offended u somehow unintentionally sweety.okay so whats up everyone who is happy and give us feedback as its v supporting.i will start from sun and will keep u guys updated.key will keep the walking factor in my mind too thanks a bunch for that tip.all the best
posted Jan 27th, 2012 1:23 pmkey
You are so welcome Kirnose and I'm sorry that it took so long but I am not a he I am a 29 year old female, a woman, a girl, a lady, a she. I am so not a dude.
posted Jan 26th, 2012 4:40 pmkirnose
hi everyone.me again.key was just wondering there r different recepies for this csd.i use only tommatoes.cabbage head,carrots,celery.green onions.and bell pepper.somewhere some kind of mushrrom r also in the recepie.what r yr ingredients.and also u have to eat in this diet even if u r not hugry or onll when u r hungry.it says eat soup because more u will loose if more u will eat this soup but u tell me what u did.as till now i can c that u r the only person who has lost so much in just 3 days.sorry for botheration but i feel i can loose a lot if i follow what u exactly did .yr help will be appriated sweety. regards
posted Jan 26th, 2012 3:48 pmkirnose
thanx key for the long awaited reply and promise of helping me with whatever i will ask,grt.shakil u r welcome.now we both should follow key as he seems to b a key to this achievement.guys i will start this diet from sunday as am invited for dinner .this sat.so cheers everyone and plz keep us posted about yr experience.ressults.it will keep us going on this diet without cheating as then we dont have to feel sorry for ourself to b on this diet olne.so gr8 wooooooooooooow.all the best.and anyone plz tell me if thay gain all the weight back on his diet after few days.so lets start
posted Jan 26th, 2012 1:18 pmblkhwx10
To some of the people I have been reading about below that are not losing weight - - you cannot add anything that is not specifically listed in the diet. I saw eggs, dates, grapefruit juice .... every bit of that has sugars and none of it is on the diet. If you add anything that is not in the diet, then you are just basically causing unnecessary misery to yourself by depriving yourself of food because it will not work. Just something I have learned.
posted Jan 26th, 2012 3:12 am