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Cabbage Soup Diet
The Cabbage Soup Diet is a 7 day meal plan, aimed at achieving fast weight loss. It is not a long-term weight loss solution, but is known to be effective over the short term. Apparently it originally came from a hospital (Sacred Hearts Hospital) to stimulate weight loss for surgery patients – but this cannot be verified.
Pros
- Fast weight loss.
- The change from some of our normally junky eating habits can be beneficial.
- Vegetables from the Brassica family (such as cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower) have been found to aid in preventing cancer.
- Many say they enjoy eating the soup.
Cons
- Some complain that the Cabbage Soup a little too bland.
- Be prepared for gas…
- Requires will power.
- Lacks good nutrition
- High in salt.
- Not a long-term answer.
Cabbage Soup Diet Plan
This diet is not recommended
| Day 1 Homemade cabbage soup, plus any fruit, apart from bananas. |
| Day 2 Homemade cabbage soup, plus other vegetables, including a baked potato with butter for dinner (potatoes are off-limits on other days) |
| Day 3 Homemade cabbage soup, plus other fruits and vegetables. |
| Day 4 Homemade cabbage soup, plus anything up to 6 bananas and fat-free milk. |
| Day 5 Homemade cabbage soup, plus 6 tomatoes and up to 450 grams of meat or fish. |
| Day 6 Homemade cabbage soup, plus meat(beef) and vegetables. |
| Day 7 Homemade cabbage soup, plus brown rice, pure fruit juice, and vegetables. |
No bread, carbonated beverages, or alcohol.
Cabbage Soup Recipe
6 large green onions
2 green peppers
1 or 2 cans of tomatoes (diced or whole)
1 bunch celery
1/2 head cabbage
1 package Onion Soup Mix
1 or 2 cubes bouillon (optional)
1 48 oz. can V8
Juice (optional)
Season to taste (salt, pepper, parsley, curry, garlic powder, etc).
Note: There are a number of variations to this recipe.
Summary
The biggest drawback of the Cabbage Soup diet plan is the sheer monotony of eating cabbage soup. However some diets (such as the negative calorie diet) basically look at the nutritional properties of the cabbage soup diet, and make it more interesting by combining other foods that have the same effect.
There are also serious concerns regarding the nutritional quality of this diet. On many days the diet is low in protein, calcium, and essential fatty acids. There also high levels of sodium or MSG (Monosodium Glutamate).
Weight loss will probably occur due to the low calorie intake.
See Also
The New Cabbage Soup Diet which retails for $6.99
This really does work! On day 5 and I have already lost 7.5 lbs!! WOOT WOOT!
Well after that last post I feel recharged. I am currently on day 4 ( banana and milk GAG) but today is actually the most full that I have felt since I started this diet. I have currently lost 7 lbs and I am STOKED!! I did this once before after I had my daughter and only made it 3 days and then gave up, but I am determined to get through it this time! After all, it is only 7 days, and if I take it 7 days at a time, I will be at my goal weight in no time! I modified the soup a bit and I cook the cabbage separate from the soup and then add it when I am about to eat the soup. I found the soup tasted MUCH better this way and isn’t sooo stinky! I don’t mind the soup, but I also don’t eat a ton of it either, I try and have 2 bowls a day and it seems to be working just fine. I have been constipated though which I find kind of weird since I am eating a lot of veggies and drinking a ton of water. Anyway, three more days to go!! I cant wait to see the final results! I already feel thinner and its only half way through my 4 day!! So my advice is to stay focused and when you feel like cheating think about what you want more…to be skinny, or chips?? I choose skinny!
10-21-08
I just wanted to correctly inform all of you curious diet doubters about this particular diet. First and foremost, this diet is a dream come true! I started the diet 7 days ago and followed it religiously, the said 17lbs fell off me like a prom dress!
I took the time to read every single comment on this page before I put in my two cents.
The diet is a low cal diet restricting you from fatty foods that cling to your body. When I first started this diet I thought to myself, “How the hell am I going to eat piss soup, fruits and veggies for 7 whole days? Better yet, BANANA DAY??!!!!” Little did I know, until the next morning I lost 8lbs after banana day! Well, now that my day off the diet has arrived, McDonald’s is all what it’s cracked up to be.
If you have faith in this diet and follow it perfectly, you will be 17lbs lighter, fitting in your skinny jeans, having compliments thrown at you left and right, you will have better sex with your partner, you will notice that you sit in front of the mirror and hit on yourself! But best of all you have a feeling of accomplishment and self control. Once you have officially tackled your first week you will feel like you can move mountains. You will find yourself taking on new challenging projects that will better yourself in so many ways!
I have been yo-yo dieting for 8 years. Life is not easy for me, my mom died 3 months ago…so accomplishing things in the last few months has not been happening up until now. Now that I’m 17lbs lighter , I want to be another 17lbs lighter. That is why I’ve took one day off and I’m getting right back on the diet tomorrow! I’m so much closer to where I want to be! This year for Halloween I’m going to be a Victoria’s Secret Angel…Thats how great I look!
I’m not trying to be shallow, rather influence the nay sayers before they completely disregard this diet. I know how hard it is to feel out of control and miserable when you think of how far you have spun out of control. So don’t let another day of self regret and loath for yourself pass by! Days add up, quick!
All in all, I had to express my love for this diet and how amazing it works! I also don’t want people to hate themselves or there lives because they feel like they can’t say no to the meat lovers pizza! Once you’ve gottan past the the third day, discipline becomes your middle name and taking care of yourself becomes addicting.
Personally I am using this diet to get rid of the initial weight , once I have reached my goal weight I’m going to switch over to a low calorie diet that shares the same principles as the Cabbage Soup Diet. I will incorporate exercise and modify, modify, modify. But my goals seem very attainable and I have a love for life again! If anybody wants to talk about this diet with me or needs reassuring or even help figure out a diet that works after you’ve reached your goal weight please feel free to e-mail me! I always love to help people as much as I can, and like I said 20,000 times earlier there is no reason to feel like you can’t do this or you hate yourself!
Check out this website it will help you figure out your calorie intake after you’ve chucked the Cabbage Soup Diet.
http://www.hpathy.com/healthtools/calories-need.asp
Here’s my e-mail address: chaunteeowens@yahoo.com
Good Luck Everyone! Hope to hear from you!
A colleague was recommended to do this diet to lose weight before under-going serious surgery. He lost loads of weight, the surgery went well and he looks fantastic.
My mom did this diet and lost like 20 pounds after 2 weeks, she looked really good after shedding all those pounds. I am starting it today, after my baby I am 30 pounds overweight. Losing 10-15 would be a great start.
the soup’s smell was overbaring… i felt like i ooozed cabbage/onion smells
i went on this diet in high school for two weeks and lost seventeen pounds… i dont have a scale this time… but im on day 3 and i definately feel a bit different… same funny feelin in my stomach as last time but i know that it will be worth it in the end… reading about the girl that lost 80 pounds in four weeks made me a lot more motivated…
Hello to all,
This diet really does work, first time I tried it I lost 10 pounds, Im going back on it tomorrow, just like any other program first you must have will power second you cant CHEAT. I lost total of 20 pounds with the cabbage soup and on my off days I stick with healthy diet. Nothing is impossible if you put your mind to it.
If the cabbage soup dont work for you. then try the three day diet i had luck with this program as well.
This is my 2nd time on the diet. The first time I lost 15lbs. After my 4th day is when i noticed the weight lost . After the 7th day i lost 9lbs and then a week later I lost 8 more lbs making it a total of 15lbs.I have always been a fan of fruits and veggies but this diet definitly takes alot of will power. Spice it up like everyone else says and it will definitly work. I even had a beer while i was on the diet, although i would not recommend it and i will not have one this time but you really just have to follow the plan.
This diet worked for me. I lost ten pounds in one week.
And, Memieko, the ingredients in the soup are mostly ‘negative calorie’ foods, so you can essentially eat all you want and you won’t gain weight, no matter what your intuitions about food tell you.
Try eating celery all day and tell me if you gain 20 pounds. You won’t.
People!
It is only for 7 days, not for the rest of your life! If one did this 24/7 and 365 days, then YES it is unhealthy. Get a grip and stop hating! I need to loose 20lbs, but I want to loose 30. I am starting next week 10/14/2008 then after that I may do it again 2 weeks later. When I hit my goal weight I will follow the Atkins plan to teach me how to eat better and healthier along with exercise.
uhh i never tried this diet but from the looks of it it doesn’t work out to well and people didn’t like it too much… myabe if people just not ate so much and ate healthier and excercised more, than maybe this world wouldn’t get so fat so fast… just a thought && theory.
Hi
Can any one tell me how to prepare the meat. still now I followed this diet with out meat. I like to include that this time.Please let me know what are the ingredients we need to add to prepare that
it worket the first time I was on it- i was on anly 3 days (went drinking on the last night, but still lost 2.5kgs and never got them back!
However- this time, I follow EVERY rule and on a day 4- have not lost a single pound.. why is that??
My husband has lost weight on this in the past and I can never match him. I’m 64 years old and have put on way too much weight so hoping to loose some on this diet.
I don’t understand why people think this is an unhealthy diet. It is packed with fruits and vegetables and even protein on the milk and meat days. Many people consume a lot of fast food and junk food, which are sorely lacking in fresh fruits and vegetables, yet do they worry about an unhealthy diet? Apparently not.
My 37 year old son loves this diet. He has been on it for 2 months (he doesn’t eat the soup) and has lost 24 pounds. He looks so much better.
My grandmother used to eat this soup all the time! She lost alot of weight I think around 40 pounds or so. I tried it also with her and lost about 12 the first week. This diet does work but it gives you some side effects like gas and lots of bowel movements. Do not use this diet every week!!! If you do decide to use it skip a week or two in between.
why do you have to drink so much water? isn’t the soup mostly water anyways?
People, it depends on how much of this soup you eat a day if you eat like 12 bowls of it, your gonna get fat, you can’t rely on filling yourself’s up with this and thinking your going to be a supermodel the next day. It doesn’t work like that, you have to control how much you eat.
i did this diet bout 8yrs ago i lost loads of weight size 16 dwn 2 a 8!!i was stil at school tho n i was walkn alot, but now im almost 23 n had put alot of weight on after havin my child 3yrs ago tbh ive doubled in size without lying! im guna start on monday n not sayn how long 4 i was finkn mayb do it strictly 4 a couple of weeks then sum days av only soup n ovas eat normal foods if dat makes sense?
wish me luck! i wana b a size 12/14 4 my 23rd bday!
i’ve done once this diet and i couldn’t stick to it more than 5 days, i’m doing it again now and i’m on my day 6 and lost 4 kls! i must say this diet does work is impossible someone follow it and don’t loose anything, if u didn’t loose is because u haven’t done it properly! i must say had a headache for the first 3 days and today i feel a little bit week, and to be honest, i can’t stand looking at it anymore! but as you see the weight going away you get determined to finish it. i have been eating only the soup and nothing else, now i want to try for another week but eating some vegetables and fruits! i’m just not sure what to do to keep the weight off i you have any ideas u can contact me please. romula1983@hotmail.com
Im on my 2nd day and Im finding the lack of carbs hard. And the gas has just started its quite terrible. But I am determined Are you supposed to feel this bloated? I hope this works, im not very big but I need to lose 4kgs in the next 3 weeks. Also if anybody knows a good eating plan for when the diet ends please email me on oreo_with_style@hotmail.com.Would love to talk to anybody else on the diet.
First time lost 12 pounds but gained 7 back in three weeks. started again and lost 4 pounds the first day. Hope to lose at least 12 total by week end.
while taking the soup, do we need to have only the liquid content, or do we need to have with cabbage and other things too…
Please anyone reply to my Question.
me and my sister are starting it tomorrow…
lets hope we can stick to it!
sep 5th 2008
I am day 3. looking forward to loose more weight
am now on day 7,
have enjoyed this to be honest, had no sweet cravings, feel healthier in myself.
good luck to all who try it,, going to weigh myself tomorrow…
Will this diet still work if you only have a little bit of weight to loose?
im trying to hard to loose weight but last day i read about this 7 days diet i reall want to be slim so that the other people will not tease me like a pig
september 01,2008
start of my new day and the new me… wish me luck
hi all
am on my 3rd day of the diet, loving the soup, added cayeene pepper to mine to spice it up..
am eating fresh fruit salads, and lots of salads, feeling healthier every day, cant wait to see final results…
I am 16 i eally want to lose the weight in like a week so I’m gonna try it but i hope i can stick on it i have a hard time doing tht latley
But I have lost 20 pounds on my own and its been long i havent lost anythign. Its really a piss off. So gonna see if this works. Read the comments looks promising
Day one…so far so good..eating some yummie cherries right now…we’ll see how it goes!
For those that were mentioning the heachaches you should probably pay attention to what seasonings you are usuing. A lot of people are sensitive to MSG and get headaches when consume it.
Those who were gaining weight should probably check the salt content of the broth & seasonings they were using. All of that extra salt can definatly make you bloat and gain water weight.
i dont know what you negative guys are talking about, i lost weight and i cheated a couple days so just because you dont have will power, dont blame diet because your husband left you and ur a fat slob. stop eating and you wont be so fat you losers.
I started this diet today and I love it so far, I added many veggies, basil, parsley, cilantro, also salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder. The soup is delicious!!! I did this diet about 10 years ago and I lost 25 lbs, I was really young and gained it back. I don’t think I’ll loose that much weight again because my mom used to seriously put water, cabbage, salt, adn onion to the soup. It was so nasty, we added so much red hot to it just to swallow the nastiness, but my sister and I made it today and it is so delicious!!! YUM. I hope I can loose 20 lbs in 2 weeks. I start the nursing program at school and everyone says they gain weight and I just want to get a jump start!! Wish me luck thanks!!
This diet only works for rabbits.
I posted 3 weeks ago. As i mentioned I lost 10 pounds when I did it. 2 Weeks have passed, I haven’t gained what I lost, so i started again, trying to go for 10 more pounds. I following it religiously but today I weight the same. I haven’t lost any weight. It is my 3rd day. Any recommendations? Hopefully, tomorrow I’ll weight less. Has anybody gone tru this the second time?
Diana!
this diet is great way to remov fat from ur body . but in 1st day you will feel some tired then will be normal . i know some people did this and they are good now . i wish to reach nice body . i have other diet and fast than from this . the muslims people use it and it is esy only you eat 21 dats and 3 cup milk law fat ; i mean in the break fast 7 date and 1 glass milk . same way about lunch and dinner . you will lose 1 kg per day . try it ind you will see . for details contact me on musiel_999@hotmail.com
I did this diet before and lost 17lb in 12 days! But I did gain the weight back. Now I’m doing it again but once I get off the diet I am going to watch what I eat so I can keep the pounds off. This diet does work!!!! The 4th day is a killer with the bananas and the milk! lol But I did it!
Started monday on my 3rd day it is not that easy but i am going to try to the end.Will have to see this resutls,cant wait.If this works i will be very very impressed if not i will shoot a koolkop. ha ha. Will let you know.
I will be starting the soup diet aug 12
today is my first day trying this diet….hope it works for me…. i am 5′9″ and weigh somewhere in the 140 lb range…… so i wanna lose some weight…..125 would be nice……
Hi,
I’m on my seventh and last day. I’ve noticed the weight loss already but I don’t know how much because I didn’t check before starting. The diet is really good if you can stick to it (just 7 days). I don’t think I lost as much as I should but that is probably because I didn’t follow it strictly – got a bit bored with the soup halfway through so didn’t drink as much as I probably should’ve. I will definitely do it again in 2 weeks time!
I did this and INDEED u have to be prepared for gas!!! and also you smell onion! And above all u go very often to toilet.. Unfortunatelly i didnt lose much weight as it is promising.. Only 2kg.. But i had a lot of energy!
just starting im fat as crapand so unhappy my husband loves me and says im beautiful but i dont feel beautiful and my opinion is all that matters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!today is my first day so i guess well see what happens!!!
I wonder why some people didn’t lose weight with this diet. For me it was magic, I lost 9 Kg , I did it for 3 weeks continiousely and I feel great, full of Energy and I start hating the sweets.
It is one of the best EVER.
i tried this diet and it works.
everybody i met noticed i lost weight.
i felt great,looked better and was just a great diet. sure the diet gets you frustrated cause of the taste but you have to make sacrifices. its in no way unhealthy your eating fruits,vegetables,meat,etc. just make sure to drink water.
for all of those whom this didn’t work for, you are dumb. if you season the soup correctly, it will be no problem to stick to. also, obviously you’ll gain wait if you CHEAT, and go outside of the guidelines. i’m on day three, and LOVING how healthy i feel!
I just finished the cabbage soup diet. I lost 10-11 pounds. I’m more motivated than ever. I want to lose 10 more pounds. I’m 5.2. I go 3-4 times a week to the gym. And my goal is 120. The only thing that worries me is that today the 8th day, I don’t know what to eat???? I am affraid to gain back the weight I lost. Any suggestions?
HAD LOST 11 LBS BY BEGINNING OF DAY 5 – I LIKE THE SOUP FAIRLY WELL, MAY GET A LITTLE BORING BY DAY 5 BUT I ADDED BEEF TO MINE AND V-8 IS GOOD, MORE TOMATOES, SEASONING, ETC ANXIOUS TO SEE HOW MUCH I LOSE BY END OF DAY 7
on day 5 of this diet and have lost 11 pounds so far. on my first beef day i scrambled some ground beef and put it in my bowl of soup, good. first day was not so bad, second day kind tuff, after that not too bad until tody i got dizzy and had a headache but it passed. i’m determined to finish this, have not cheated. may do it again soon.