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.
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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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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started the diet today. love the soup! starting weight 147. will update next week after my full 7 days... p.s. the peeing every 30 minutes is getting annoying, but im very optimistic!
The cabbage soup diet sucks! You are hungry all the time and the weight does not stay off very long. It all comes back. But that is not the worst of it. When the hunger from the cabbage soup diet forces you stop doing it and consume normal food you get diarreah and throw up! It is absolutely not worth it, not even for a crash diet!
hey, im starting this diet tomorrow.. im 140 now, and i reallly want to be 100. any suggestions??
its my fourth day of the diet today and just had sum banana milkshake, i lov bananas and have been waitin for day four.i havent been passing a lot if wind as people have said you should. the soup tastes nasty after a few days but just 3 days to go and have just about lost 2ibs i beta lose loads in the next couple of days. i dont feel very hungry and i love fruit!
i started this diet yesterday but had sandwich last nite will this make a difference and i have only half a stone to lose will this diet help me
Is the soup supposed to look a little chunky and not like a liquid?
In May of 2005 a couple of my friends and I decided that, we were just not looking to hot. So we turned to our Medical Assistant Teacher and asked her "Teach, we wanna lose weight but we're just not to sure if we should just kill ourselfs by working out or by dieting our way to a better looking us, what should we do?" She recommended a diet, so she prints out the 7 Day Diet paper out of the Web Site and said, "You can't go wrong with this, try it and if you dont like it...no biggie" We walk out of class and looked at eachother and said "lets do this!" the first thing i did when i got home was grab some money and went grocery shopping bought everything took it home and started my diet the next day. I was 175 Lbs before i started in May then came August and i had only lost a total of 15 Lbs, I was dieting for 1 week and would take a break the next week, not stuffing myself with junk but eating normally 3 times a day, the next week i would continue with my diet. I was eh, somewhat happy but not satisfied, so, I decided to throw in the workout. For one week straight i would diet without working out and the next week i would get on my treadmill for about 30 to 45 minutes a day, eating normally 3 times a day and guess what?...I lost 15 more Lbs in 3 weeks, so i completed the entire month with 5 more Lbs off with a total weight of 140 Lbs. I had lost more in one moth dieting and excercising than with dieting alone, so if your trying to lose weight a bit faster and you think you can handle the 7 day diet, you have to make this happen, try it and if you dont like it...no biggie! Remember everyone's body is different and not everyone has the same metabolism, if you feel like you can no longer handle it because you feel dizzy or having headaches than this is probably not for you. I really dont recommend this diet for anyone who is diabetic because of the amount of sugars or non surgar your body will be consuming, it's completely different for them. Again, this diet is not meant for everyone, but really, you will LOSE WEIGHT!!!! =) P.S This is not the greatest diet ever, take care of yourself and weight. Since the begging of 06' i stopped and gained a bit so now it's 2008 and i'm ready to get on this Diet again ;) oh, by the way....No Cheats, let's do this!!!
I am leaving for a resort trip to Mexico with the girls in 2 weeks and would like to lose some weight before I go. I will keep you posted on my results. Thank you all for sharing your comments as they inspired me to believe that this diet has helped many people lose excess weight.
I have been doing the Cabbage soup diet for one week in every month since Sept. 07, and have lost 50 lbs. It takes alot of discipline in between the weeks that I do the diet but it has worked for me. To get past the lack of nutrition i take multi vitamins and drink and ensure once a day while doing it. I also exercise 3-5 times a week, so it realy takes more than just the diet. Anyone can do it and lose the 10lbs but it takes control after to keep it off. It realy must be a lifestyle change if you want it to work. Its not a quick fix to a life long problem.
You guy are angels brought down here by God, you have installed in me some hope and positive cabbage energy. I am 5'9" and I weight 228 pounds, I am planning to lose 48 pounds in 5 months, I have tried every diet or weightloss schemes nothing had worked, this is my final solution, I will start the diet on Monday 9/06/08 and I will combine it with 30 minutes of cycling daily. I need to lose at least 22 pounds in 12 days, for my holiday break...tips..cant cook...although I am used to fasting for a month... Many thanks keep the positive energy going...you guys are great....I will try to lose at least 15 pounds in one week...I will get back to you guys after 7 days on the 15/06/08 wish me luck...
hey Brenda.. no, I havent put on any weight and Im still losing.... I went off the diet for maybe 2 weeks... BUT in that 2week time frame I ate fruit for breakfast..grilled chicken salads with lite dressing for lunch.. fruit as a snack.. and then 3oz of meat protein (mainly fish) and veggies...and fruit as a evening snack.. I havent had any bread(which is hard, but now after so long I dont miss it) and i havent had any soda, mainly water, skim milk, and tea(when I wanted somthing else besides water to drink).. I still am keeping up with my excersises 4 days a week@ 1.5 hours at my gym... and I give myself one cheat day.. sunday... anything I want.. BUT I dont go crazy.. so when I say anything.. I mean foods with in reason.. like last Sunday for my cheat day I had Olive Garden..(with the black tie mousse cake dessert lol) I think if you do good 6 days a week then on the 7th day.. you should treat yourself.. Im almost at my goal now of 120lbs...and I feel great....and have so much energy since Im not eating those fried foods I used to eat..after a while you really dont miss the bad stuff if you treat yourself once in awhil.. so in answer to your question.. No, I havent put any weight on.. but I cant stress enough to excersise AFTER you do this diet.. all this diet is is a jump start to get you going on the right track..
today is my 1st day, im hungry but excited to lose weight, i weigh 190 and want to lose about 40 pounds. ill let you know how it goes
I have been doing the Cabbage Soup diet for years. I kinda cheat on the way I make the soup. Mine is more of a veggie soup without potatos, corn or peas, but chock full of all kinds of other veggies. Whenever I want to kick start a new eating regime, I do this diet. It's a fast way to lose a few pounds, but you do have to make sure you change your eating habits after you do the diet or you will gain the weight back and then some. I found that if I didn't put enough time in between when I go back on it that I had a hard time eating the soup and I ended up just eating fruit and veggies most of the time. I also found that drinking warm water through out the day helps with feeling hungry and if you put a pinch of baking soda in it it helps the gassiness (yes beano helps too). Can't cheet if you wanna maximize your weight loss. The first time I went on the diet I lose 18 pounds (yes I'm serious). I worked out like crazy, drank alot of water and ate alot of "fat burning" foods. The next couple of times I lost 12lbs, the last time I lost 10. I just started this round today. I'll let you know how it goes.
Don't do this! This is a starvation diet and it'll make your metabolism slow down in the long run. I recommend the Day Off Diet instead - it keeps your metabolism up while you lose weight.
I so wanna do this, i only need to lose 15-20lbs and am willing to commit to this diet after reading all this. A couple of not-so-dumb questions. If it makes u so gassy, can u just take beano or something? What recipe did those of you who lost the most weight use? I like to drink on weekends, usually just vodka and club soda with some lime, how much damage does that do on the last 2 days? I'll still do it so there's no question about that, i just dont want to reduce my weightloss potential by just being plain silly, so any pointers would be AWESOME!!! Later now 05/30.
May 29, 08: Day 4 and from 161 lbs I'm down to 157!! I'm not expecting to lose the maximun of 12 lbs but I would be pretty happy if I am losing one a day as I am now. Drinking cold green tea with a bit of splenda (half tsp for 1.5 litres.) My only cheat has been an avocado which I had yesterday and someone told me it is very fattening but I haven't found something about prohibited fruits and veggies other than banana. If someone knows if this is ok let me know! Tomorrow I am having time to go for a run and aerobics for at least one hour I hope. Everyone good luck and stay motivated!! I will again keep you posted!
Hi all. I started this soup diet on Monday (May 26, 2008)and weighed 163.2lbs have no headaches feeling great, got on the scale today (May 29)and I'm 159lbs. Make sure to drink lots of water. I'm really happy with the results.
Hey giys, Today was banana and skim milk day! I made an excellant smoothie with bananas, ice, milk, vanilla, splenda, and a dash of cinnamon. i'm 5'6 and weigh 122 lbs :( I need to get back down to my normal 107-108 lbs. It's weird it seems like very spring i gain 10-15 pounds. Aren't you supposed to gain weight around the hollidays? LOL I'm hoping ot loose at least 3-4 lbs this week.
Today is May 28th 2008. I weighed 212lbs on Mon and today I got on the scale and I am at 207lbs. I'm really happy that I see results I'm just not enjoying the headache so I got vitamins today actually prenatal vitamins they are the best when your prego so I figured they would be perfect for this diet. Oh and I prefer the soup blended it's great for a change of pace! I read this page of comments and it's making me stay on the diet if all of you can do this so can I !!! Thanks for all the positive feedback :o)
Hi all, I started this diet today (29th May 2008) and so far enjoying the soup and have had plenty of fruit!!!!!! I have done many diets before and never got down to the weight I would like to be but Im hoping with all the results people have had on here I should be on my way to losing it! I will try keep everyone posted on how Im getting on and how much weight I lose day by day!!! Good Luck to everyone else that has started this diet. Bring on the cabbage soup!!!!!!!
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