If you are looking for a good diet to lose weight quickly, then you need to try going on a cabbage soup diet. Going on a cabbage soup diet may sound a bit crazy, but this diet really works, and is sure to help you lose weight.
Designed around the consumption of cabbage soup (which is a very low calorie meal) over a period of a week, this diet is not a long term diet plan, but it is an excellent short term diet for those looking for some serious weight loss results.
Many celebrities have tried this diet and claimed to lose up to 11 pounds in a week’s time. Most of the weight lost is water weight, but it is sure to show on your waist line.
The great benefit of this diet is that you can eat all the cabbage soup you want, thus keeping you full. Many dieticians claim that this diet was actually made for medical reasons, as it was made for people needing to lose weight quickly prior to surgery. So if the medical world uses this diet to lose weight rapidly, why shouldn’t you too?
Here is the actual cabbage soup diet plan:
Day 1 – During day 1, you are allowed to eat all the cabbage soup you want as well as all the fruit you want, the only exception being bananas. You can also drink cranberry juice, water and tea with no sugar all day long.
Day 2 – So if you have survived day 1 of the cabbage soup diet, then day 2 is a bit better. On day 2 you should avoid eating fruit. You can eat all the cabbage soup to your liking as well as any vegetables you want. Aim to eat vegetables that are less starchy. You are also permitted to eat a baked potato once during the day.
Day 3 – Day 3 even gets better as during day 3 on a cabbage soup diet you are allowed to eat both fruits and vegetables as well as you guessed right, all the cabbage soup you would like. The only thing to watch out for is not to eat any starchy vegetables at all.
Day 4 – Day four takes a different path in comparison to the other 3 days of this amazing diet. You are still allowed to eat all the cabbage soup you desire, but now you are allowed to eat 8 bananas (Great fruits to fill you up), as well as you can drink all the skim milk (0% fat) you want.
Day 5 – The diet is close to being over so you should already be seeing some good weight loss results from following this cabbage diet. Following the same procedure of being allowed all the cabbage soup you want to eat, you can eat up to 6 fresh tomatoes and the best part is you can eat between 10-20 ounces of lean beef. Try to drink 8-12 glasses of water, and only eat the soup during one meal during he whole day. If you don’t like eating beef, you can always substitute it with chicken breast that has been cooked using a low calorie cooking method.
Day 6 – A bit like day 5 although on day six of the diet, on top of eating all the cabbage soup you want, you can also eat all the chicken and beef you would like. You can also eat all the non starchy vegetables you want during day 6 of the cabbage soup diet.
Day 7 – So you’ve gotten to the last day of the diet, and you probably have lost a lot of weight already. It is important to check the scale as you are going to be happy with the amount of weight you lost. Day 7 of the diet allows you to eat all the cabbage soup you want (although you probably are getting a bit sick of cabbage soup at this point of your diet), as well as all the beef, fruits, vegetables, bananas and tomatoes you would like. You can even add delicious brown rice.
Things you need to watch out for when going on the cabbage soup diet are that most of the weight loss you will experience will come from actual water weight being lost and not from actual fat loss. The cabbage soup diet may leave you feeling weak, because of the low amounts of complex carbohydrates and protein consumed during this diet. Because eating cabbage soup can be redundant, you may catch yourself adding extra salt to your soup in order to make it easier to eat, try to avoid this habit as it will raise sodium levels in your food and even contribute to high blood pressure.
There have been claims that going on a cabbage soup diet quick started peoples weight loss program as well as increased libido as well. Regardless if this is true, going on a weeklong cabbage soup diet is a good way to get into the discipline of following a diet.
To make your weight loss during this period effective, try adding some light daily physical exercise in order to burn more calories and lose more weight during the diet.