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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
The Super Skinny Cabbage Soup Diet which retails for $4.99
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Im goin to start this tomorrow. I feel really motivated by all the success stories. Need to lose at least 10pounds. What is this v8 juice?
Today is my second day on this diet– so far, I’ve lost two pounds, it’s incredible.
this diet is bad for your health!!!
dont be silly eat food!!!
your not fat!!
stop thinking that kk
Just read all the comments and am going out to buy the ingredients for the soup! I need to jumpstart some weightloss and iI think that by droppping a large amount that first week will hopefully motivate me to keep going!
Well, I’m on day five. I have lost a total of 8 pounds but must say it isn’t easy. The hardest part by the 5th day is finding the stomache to eat another bowl of the soup. My goal was 10 pounds and I’m reaching it, but one does have to tow-the-line with this diet. I have been weak but hope once back on a sensible diet that I will fell a bit more like myself. Overall though, if I have to I would do it again, but thank goodness my goal weight loss is only 15 pounds.
I love it! The soup is totally filling and nutritious as long as you take a multi I can’t see how a few days without protein/fat/ can hurt. Certainly better than the junk most people consume.
I have loads of energy, have lost 2lbs in 6 days (exercising too) and after tomorrow will integrate into our normal diet by adding chicken and brown rice to make a stew and beans to make a chilli.
Highly reccommend especially for obese people – take one week off eating all that refined crap and clean out your system and you will not want to go back to the junk!
Good luck!
I am on day two and feeling just ok. I had terrible headache yesterday and managed to sleep over it. Today I baked the vegetables in olive oil and ate them with tsaziki. Hope that works ok.
I hope it will work on me,I have started it today
Just started it today! And anxious to see the results!
Hi there.
I am about to start this diet monday.
i remember 10 years ago losing 6kg in a week, hope the result are the same this time around even if i am in my 30′s now.
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.
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
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?
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 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.
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.
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 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!
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!
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……
I will be starting the soup diet aug 12
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 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!
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 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 only works for rabbits.
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!!
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.
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.
Day one…so far so good..eating some yummie cherries right now…we’ll see how it goes!