cabbage soup diet

[chance]

This easy-to-follow plan is designed to jump-start your diet and cause you to lose weight quickly.

Eat as much cabbage soup as you desire for seven days and lose 10 to 15 pounds (around one stone). The recipe varies slightly, but basically includes a variety of low-calorie vegetables, such as cabbage, onions and tomatoes flavoured with bouillon, onion soup mix and tomato juice. Each day of the seven-day programme has specific foods that must be eaten, including potatoes, fruit juice, vegetables, and on one day, beef.

Pros


You'll lose weight quickly and can eat as much as you want of the prescribed foods.

Cons


Many people who have tried this diet report feeling light-headed and weak, and notice a decrease in their ability to concentrate.

The diet is too low in complex carbohydrates, protein, vitamins and minerals to stay on for an extended period of time.

Duration

One week.

Checklist

Restaurants: It will be tough to find a place that serves that much cabbage.
Alcohol: No.
Caffeine: You’re encouraged to drink coffee or tea along with the soup.
Need to buy special foods: Yes - more cabbage than you can imagine.
Family friendly: No.
OK for vegetarians: Cabbage soup is vegetarian, but on some days you are encouraged to eat 10 to 20 ounces of beef.

[Jade]

it's supposed to make you very "windy" as well!

[Debs]

yuck could not stand just eating that all day

[crazygirl]

it's supposed to make you very "windy" as well!yea it would prob bloat you up with wind so you would feel full!

[.:SpIcYsPy:.]

yuck could not stand just eating that all day
Same and I never will!!

[crazygirl]

it would be hard to do i cant imagine not eating anything else for a full week!

[Abi]

That sounds horrible!

[Dr. Tangliss]

It does sound horrid.

[Abi]

At least its only for a week, but it wouldn't work in the long term. If you wanted to lose weight quickly for an occasion it would be OK, but if you want to lose weight permenently then i dont see how that would be any good

[Dr. Tangliss]

Yeap, but surely you would be windy and it would smell bad, lol!

[Abi]

maybe the idea is that you lose your appetite alltogether...

[Dr. Tangliss]

Lol, I never thought of that.

[Eastenders_4ev@]

i wont be able to do that lol

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[Dr. Tangliss]

Neither would I.

[Abi]

It would be way too hard

[Dr. Tangliss]

I would give up after a day.

[Abi]

You would have to have real will power, and have lost your sense of smell!!!!!

[Dr. Tangliss]

Lol! Then I should have done it when I had really bad hayfever!

[Abi]

you'd have to go into hiding or something so no one else can smell it either!

[Dr. Tangliss]

I would hide on a hot Island, lol!

[Abi]

So the smell would evaporate :lol:

[Dr. Tangliss]

Oh yes, brilliant idea.

[Luna]

There is no way i could do this :sick:

[Abi]

It sounds way to samey everyday. Not a lot of variety. Not my cup of Tea, but i would be interested to see the results so i can see if it does actually work

[Jade]

It would work in theory cause Cabbage has no fat or sugar in it, but my god what an horrid way to loose weight.

[Dr. Tangliss]

You would be on the toilet all the time too!

[Abi]

Surely there are easier ways of losing weight then going through this

[Dr. Tangliss]

There are loads of other alternatives, like the soup and steak diet. You eat veg soup day one, day two you have the soup and a jacket potato, day three soup and as much steak as you want, day four steak and veg as much as you want.... Something like that anyway.

[Abi]

Sounds... lovely as well :lol:

[phils little sister]

i tryed the cabbage diet last year, the soup is alright but not when you have to eat it all the time! i think i lasted 3 days and i lost around 7 pounds it does work but its too hard to try and stick too, it didnt help that the girls in work were meant to start it with me and on the Monday morning in i pop with my cabbage soup and the 2 girls sitting there with scrambled egg and toast, a well i still did it for the 3 days - its a good diet if you want to loose weight quickly :)

[Dr. Tangliss]

Do it make you go to the loo more?

[Jojo]

I've heard it does, and apparently it certainly makes you **coughs** expel air more!!! (polite aren't I :rotfl: ) Its only supposed to be good for crash dieting though, not long term so I wouldn't personally try it. Though I might if I didn't have a hubby and family to think about!! :rotfl:

[phils little sister]

Do it make you go to the loo more?

Yeah it did, :sick:

[Dr. Tangliss]

Yeah it did, :sick:

Oh dear:sick:

[phils little sister]

:rotfl: but if you want the results theres just things you have to do!

[Dr. Tangliss]

I think I will opt for someting else, lol!

[phils little sister]

Weight Watchers is the best and its easy to follow and works :cheer:

[Dr. Tangliss]

Is it expensive?

[Jojo]

I agree there PLS - I used that one when I wanted to lose for my wedding - it worked a treat and isn't a crash diet either.

[Dr. Tangliss]

I can imagine it better healther too. With crash diets, the weight comes off quickly, but tends to pile on quickly too.

[phils little sister]

Is it expensive?

well in Euro's its 15 or 17 to join and then 8 euro per week, you can buy the books and some of there products at the meeting too, you dont have to eat the weight watchers brands tho it is very good tho

[Dr. Tangliss]

I bet it's a good way to make friends too.

[phils little sister]

yeah it is i met some nice people and everyone helps each other its v good

[Luna]

Im on the slimming world one just now has anyone tried that?

[Dr. Tangliss]

Slimming world? Is it the same a Weight Watchers?

[Luna]

No nothing like points or anything like that. You have green days and red days. Its working out really well for me there's no limit to what you can eat as long as you stick to the colour you started with that day.

www.slimming-world.co.uk

[Dr. Tangliss]

I will have a look :)