Good Bye Salad- Hello Cabbage!!!!
Written: Jan 14 '03 (Updated Jul 07 '03)
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Pros: You WILL lose weight if you follow this diet, but maybe not without being hungry!
Cons: The smell, the gas, the weight loss is drastic at first and therefore temporary
The Bottom Line: The Cabbage Soup Diet is a quick way to lose weight, but not without suffering!! I would do it again and I am happy with the results!
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I need to lose weight as I am getting married in February. I started the Cabbage Soup Diet because first of all I had a toothache and it was easiest and second, I get motivated from immediate results like many people do. I've am currently at Day 8 and I wanted to review the diet while it's fresh in my mind and let a consumer know what they should expect after following the diet without cheating for it's 7 day period. Many of you know me and know that I have history of bulimia and anorexia so I have to ok any diet with my doctor. My doctor wasn't thrilled about the idea of me dieting but she was happy that this diet allows the consumer to as much as one wants of certain foods all 7 days of it's course.
I believe the first thing I should start with is the diet itself. **This diet is normally given to heart patients who need to lose weight immediately, like before a surgery. This diet originated from a hospital program for heart patients.
The Famous Cabbage Soup Diet
The cabbage soup can be eaten at any time you feel hungry during the day, and you can eat as much as you wish as often as you like.
Ingredients:
6 Large Green Onions
2 Green Peppers
1-2 Cans Diced Tomatoes
1 Bunch Celery
1 Package Lipton Onion Soup Mix
1-2 Cubes of Buillion (if desired)
1 head cabbage Cut vegetables into small pieces and cover with water. (V-8 juice and water can be used). Boil fast for 10 minutes. Reduce to simmer and continue cooking until vegetables are tender. Season to taste with salt, pepper,parsley, etc. EAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT WHENEVER YOU WANT ANY TIME OF THE DAY.
Diet Plan:
Day One:
Fruit: Eat all of the fruit you want (EXCEPT BANANAS). Eat only your soup and the fruit for the first day. For drinks- unsweetened teas, cranberry juice and water.
Day Two:
Vegetables: Eat until you are stuffed will all fresh, raw or cooked vegetables of your choice. Try to eat leafy green vegetables and stay away from dry beans, peas and corn. Eat all the vegetables you want along with your soup. At dinner, reward yourself with a big baked potato with butter. Do not eat fruit today.
Day Three:
Mix Days One and Two: Eat all the soup, fruits and vegetables you want. NO BAKED POTATO.
Day Four:
Bananas and Skim Milk: Eat as many as eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as you would like on this day, along with your soup. This day is supposed to lessen your desire for sweets.
Day Five:
Beef And Tomatoes: Ten to twenty ounces of beef and up to six fresh tomatoes. Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid from your body. Eat your soup at least once this day. You may eat broiled or baked chicken instead of beef (but absolutely no skin-on chicken). If you prefer, you can substitute broiled fish for the beef one one of the beef days (but not both).
Day Six:
Beef and Vegetables: Eat to your heart's content of beef and vegetables this day. You can even have 2 or 3 steaks if you like, with leafy green vegetables. NO BAKED POTATO. Eat your soup at least once.
Day Seven:
Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables: Again STUFF,STUFF,STUFF yourself. Be sure to eat your soup at least once this day.
While on the diet, I journaled every day. I found myself journaling more than normal, I wanted to have this down in writing so if I ever decided to do it again, I could have a current account of how I felt. I am going to share notes from the daily journals with you, and you can make your own decisions as to whether you want to use the diet.
Day 1
I committed the ultimate sin and weighed myself, which was depressing as h*ll but I need a starting point. The house smells like cabbage so I have about 10 candles going to kill the smell. I am sure I'll need it eventually to deaden the smell of the gas created by the soup. I made the soup in the crockpot, it didn't take long to chop up the veggies. The soup tastes ok, kind of like the broth of Campbell's vegetable soup. Today I've eaten 3 green apples, 1 red apple, 2 plums, a mass array of green grapes and about 5 oranges. I've had four bowls of the soup. I am dying without my diet coke and I've had about 10 glasses of water and I've peed at least 30 times or more. I feel empty inside. I don't really feel hungry but I have absolutely no full feeling. I want a hunk of the cheddar that Michael is eating with the Keebler crackers so bad I could choke him, but I am sticking to this and my new treadmill. I need to get into this dress. Period.
Day 2
God, vegetables taste like crap when they are just raw. I mean, the first couple of bites they are great but when you eat them all day long to avoid starvation they end up tasting like cardboard. I had butter on a baked potato for dinner and I never knew how much I liked baked potatoes. I relished every single bite. Today I've had about 1 bundle of broccoli, 28 radishes, 5 green peppers, 1 red pepper (they are so expensive), 1 baked potato and 40 pieces of celery(whoever created vascular bundles is cruel), and that stupid baked potato. Made about 3 trips to the overnight bathroom due to the mounds of fruit, (and cabbage I'm sure) I digested yesterday. Only had a cup of soup, cabbage is getting REALLY old, REALLY fast.
Day 3
OK, I am pretty much starving now. Just the thought of only consuming perfectly good foods is killing me. Today was fruit and veggie day and I had no ##%!!!! baked potato. I was leery of the fruit because of the little bathroom problem I had the other night, so I kept it to 2 apples, 1 grapefruit, 4 oranges and 1 mango. As far as veggies go, I don't care if I see another raw piece of broccoli again. I wouldn't LOOK at the celery. I did eat a couple of green peppers though. I had 2 bowls of soup. I need to make more, but I don't want to smell it for the rest of my life. It still tastes like Campbell's Vegetable Soup Broth.I feel HUNGRY and since I promised myself I wouldn't weigh myself until the end of the diet I don't know if this is working yet. Not only that, but my tooth is beating out of my head and I am taking Tylenol 3s which are making me dizzy. Is it the food or the drugs??
Day 4
I think I am going to die. I ate 8 bananas today and drank enough milk to fill a cow. I feel like I am starving but I am thankful that I didn't have to eat anything harder than a banana because of my tooth! The only reason I haven't given in to real food is because tomorrow I get CHICKEN!! I can't sleep because I am starving and in pain and I can't wait to eat real food. I wish I had some peanut butter for those wretched bananas. I ate 3 bowls of soup today. I had about 10 glasses of water and I am peeing like a fountain still. My breath stinks, I have gas so bad I went to the store to buy BEANO and my house stinks of a Cabbage Soup Kitchen. I've cooked the chicken for tomorrow and I am diggin in come breakfast time.
Day 5
Today was WONDERFUL. My tooth feels better, and I ate 4 chicken breasts today. I ate 2 tomatoes sliced with pepper, and 2 bowls of soup. The chicken felt sooooooo good in my stomach. I am afraid though that the chicken will make me gain weight. My pants feel loser after these past 4 days of torture and I don't want to reverse the process, but I am bound and determined to follow this diet until the end. I've packed the remainder of the soup in the fridge so that the slow cooker doesn't stink up the house. Tomorrow I will eat more CHICKEN! AND I get veggies. I feel so much better!
Day 6
Today I ate 3 chicken breasts, an entire bundle of broccoli, 16 radishes, a ton of cooked baby carrots (they taste so much better when they have brown sugar on them but oh well), and 5 bottles of water. I am getting used to the bottled water in lieu of the caffeine-free diet coke. It makes me pee 10 times more but it makes my body feel pretty good. I got into a pair of work-out shorts I haven't worn in a while and I KNOW I've lost some weight. I am looking forward to the eighth day, or 'weight day.' I will weigh myself early in the morning of course to make sure it's accurate! I feel I have more energy and I even got up and made Michael a big breakfast today without picking at anything! He's thinking of doing this diet now, (he wasn't 3 days ago). I am dreading tomorrow, the rice day. My plan is to mix the rice in the soup.
Day 7
I am starving to death and tomorrow after I weigh myself I am going to eat a peanut butter sandwich. I ate about 5 cups of brown rice plain today. I used to eat it all the time when I was training in karate but today, it got to me. I think it was because of all the chicken I ate. I am HUNGRY. I don't know how I can sleep tonight I am so ##!!! hungry!! I am weighing in at like 7am and then eating something. I have a headache I am so hungry.
Day 8
WEIGH DAY
11 1/2 pounds lost!!!!!!!
Whoooooooooo Hooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
Will I do it again? Yes. I am planning to do it a week before the wedding. In the meantime, I am going on a regular 'Weight-Watchers-esque' diet and I will keep it going on the treadmill every day. I am so proud of myself!!!!!
The End
I hope this helps someone who plans to do the diet.
Recommended:
Yes
Approximate Monthly Cost (US$) $50/week
Food Variety Restrictions A short list of allowed foods
Restrictiveness of Portions Gorge all you like
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