Cabbage Soup Diet. What your experience? Thoughts?

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  • OMGeeeHorses
    OMGeeeHorses Posts: 732 Member
    I have to say at least you're eating foods. My sister in law is doing a 1 week diet of just drinking one Kombachi drink a day and that is it...she is killing her metabolism and her family won't do anything about it. I tried talking to her and she brushes me off because I am "fat". So just realize none of what your saying for the first week is going to do much than irritate your body and such and who knows you might gain when you start eating real food again.

    Good luck :)
  • NikkiL0v3L1f3
    NikkiL0v3L1f3 Posts: 47
    Hmm, well if anyone has a good affordable diet plan then im open to suggestions. im 5'6 and i fluctuate between 155-160lbs daily lol. My goal is 130, and I want to get there in a few months.
  • Ed98043
    Ed98043 Posts: 1,333 Member
    How is cabbage soup any different than any other soup? It is supposed to have special properties somehow?

    This makes me want to try a chicken tortilla soup diet.

    Or maybe a chili diet...much tastier, still just as gassy!
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    Hmm, well if anyone has a good affordable diet plan then im open to suggestions. im 5'6 and i fluctuate between 155-160lbs daily lol. My goal is 130, and I want to get there in a few months.


    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet?hl=road+map
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    How is cabbage soup any different than any other soup? It is supposed to have special properties somehow?

    This makes me want to try a chicken tortilla soup diet.

    Or maybe a chili diet...much tastier, still just as gassy!

    Would I negate the diets effects if I do both? ;)
  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
    losing 5 pounds in 2 months is actually a very healthy weight loss. congratulations on that!

    I foolishly tried the cabbage soup diet a few months ago. I couldn't make it past day two, I had no energy and my body was craving real food so badly. I wouldn't recommend it.
    but I will say this, the first day will clear you out and you'll probably lose a pound or two of water weight. I pooped like 10 times that day!

    A friend tried this many, many years ago and had this same experience. She called herself a "*kitten* machine"
  • BlueEyedGirl2013
    BlueEyedGirl2013 Posts: 15 Member
    I love it! It's super yummy. Thinking about making a big pot of it soon actually.
    You will most likely lose 5-10 lbs in a week. A great jumpstart to weightloss in my opinion.
    I would NOT exercise while doing this. I made that mistake and felt like I was going to pass out and was really shaky.
    Good luck! Theres a group on fb too if u havent checked that out already. https://www.facebook.com/cabbagesoupdiet
  • jynxxxed
    jynxxxed Posts: 1,010 Member
    The goals that MFP set for you in regards to calories/fat/carb/etc are there for a reason. Eat whatever you want, log your food and fit said food within those parameters. It's seriously that simple. People over complicate it.
  • bernicesmission
    bernicesmission Posts: 100
    i like cabbage soup and i have done the diet before and i gained weight back on straight after but i still use the soup! I do the first two days, soup +fruit and then soup+veg it helps me clean out so to speak and feel less bloated espically if i have been bingeing on carbs! The soup is good and filling but i have to spice it up a little i put in some tomato and basil pasta sauce and some taco seasoning to give it a kick or a little tabasco.

    I like it for lunch as a base to add protein, or sometimes bread and butter and i can eat a big bowl and feel very full with fewer calories then i would a sandwich or pasta.
    i suggest you try the week diet ....then you will realise yes you got good results but its not a very nice lifestyle espically on bananas milk and soup day the worst day!
    goodluck
  • Phoenix_Warrior
    Phoenix_Warrior Posts: 1,633 Member
    I love it! It's super yummy. Thinking about making a big pot of it soon actually.
    You will most likely lose 5-10 lbs in a week. A great jumpstart to weightloss in my opinion.
    I would NOT exercise while doing this. I made that mistake and felt like I was going to pass out and was really shaky.
    Good luck! Theres a group on fb too if u havent checked that out already. https://www.facebook.com/cabbagesoupdiet

    That sounds. .. just awful. Why would you do something that causes you to feel like you'll pass out for the sake of a number on a scale?
  • I_Will_End_You
    I_Will_End_You Posts: 4,397 Member
    Hmm, well if anyone has a good affordable diet plan then im open to suggestions. im 5'6 and i fluctuate between 155-160lbs daily lol. My goal is 130, and I want to get there in a few months.


    The Eat Less, Move More diet is 100% free.
  • Jewlz280
    Jewlz280 Posts: 547 Member
    I love cabbage and I've done the diet and I did ok. But the truth is, the weight didn't just fall off and it didn't stay off. It was just water/poop. With that said, there is NOTHING wrong with using soup in your diet. How about getting up in the AM, having a couple of eggs, some toast with butter and jam, maybe an orange or some berries and coffee. Then for lunch, you could have some multigrain chips or crackers (I like flaxseed ones!) and either a can of soup or even the cabbage soup ( I would add some chicken or sausage for protein). Then you could have an apple with pb for snack and then a dinner of lean meat, maybe a salad or steamed veggies, and you could do some sort of carb like sweet potato, seasoned rice, or even some pasta. There is NO reason to go on a super restrictive diet but there is also no reason why you couldn't incorporate the soup into your diet. My suggestion is to find your sweet spot and go from there. If you were doing 1300 before and working out like crazy, maybe you were netting too low and your body went into conservation. Maybe you miscalculated. Maybe something hormonal was going on. I don't know. I don't know you and I don't have access to all of that info. But what I would do is maybe up cals to around 1500 (which from what I could find is about 300 under what you need to maintain your current weight) and exercise but nothing crazy. Cardio maybe if you enjoy it and relaxes you. Weights for definition and that toned look everyone is into. But don't go on some restrictive diet. You're just setting yourself up for disappointment. Give a moderate deficit, light exercise, and some time the well, time to work! You don't have a lot to lose (30 at most), and the weight isn't going to jump off of you in chunks like you see on TV. A loss of half a pound to a pound a week is really what you should expect. So, that 5lbs. is good and realistic. If you had kept going, you could be down even more now and almost to goal instead of jumping from one thing to the other. Weight loss really is about long term and consistency over that long term. Good luck, OP!
  • JenniTheVeggie
    JenniTheVeggie Posts: 2,474 Member
    No bashing? Ummm...no comment then.

    You can't think of it as a diet. Diet in my mind is short term. It is simply making healthier and more reasonable choices long term.
  • BrittanySA
    BrittanySA Posts: 20
    I've never tried it, but based on the idea that you'll eat nothing except cabbage soup, fruit, and veggies for a week, I have 4 words of advice.




    Never trust a fart.


    Good luck. May the force be with you.
  • harleygroomer
    harleygroomer Posts: 373 Member
    why??
    it is gross. YOU ARE NOT ON A DIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is a LIFESTYLE CHANGE. People fail at diets, but when you change your lifestyle and stay with your new lifestyle you will win. You will always exercise and you will always watch what you eat..... Skinny people dooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
    So think skinny and change your lifestyle
  • gigglesinthesun
    gigglesinthesun Posts: 860 Member
    why??
    it is gross. YOU ARE NOT ON A DIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is a LIFESTYLE CHANGE. People fail at diets, but when you change your lifestyle and stay with your new lifestyle you will win. You will always exercise and you will always watch what you eat..... Skinny people dooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!
    So think skinny and change your lifestyle

    everybody knows skinny people only eat cabbage soup and maybe some celery on the days they work out :tongue:
  • lharri0209
    lharri0209 Posts: 128 Member
    Any diet which limits you to one type of food for a long period of time seems destined for failure... in my opinion.
  • katiebiotch
    katiebiotch Posts: 21 Member
    May the farts be with you...
  • lithezebra
    lithezebra Posts: 3,670 Member
    I'd want to add some beef broth and beets, and make it borscht, which is delicious.
  • Glampinupdoll
    Glampinupdoll Posts: 234 Member
    I have seen my grandfather do this my entire life...that being said he doesn't keep the weight off when he stops. He does lose a good amount each round. And yes it smells.....
  • sola24
    sola24 Posts: 334 Member
    I have tried this before.. and i quit on day 6.. yes, day 6.. thats how sick I was of that soup smell... anyways.. i did drop 2.5kgs that week.. and it helped me kick start my healthy weight loss journey.. I was unhappy that week.. I am much better off counting calories and exercising.. though I wont deny, the initial drop in weight motivated me a lot to start trying to lose weight..
  • CaciaXX
    CaciaXX Posts: 37
    Hmm, well if anyone has a good affordable diet plan then im open to suggestions. im 5'6 and i fluctuate between 155-160lbs daily lol. My goal is 130, and I want to get there in a few months.

    That's not a realistic amount of weight to try lose in that short amount of time, trying to force yourself to lose weight so fast will only make you develop unhealthy eating habits and obsessions, and lower your self esteem.
  • mmipanda
    mmipanda Posts: 351 Member
    I actually thought this was a joke thread before I clicked on it. As such, I vote against relying on cabbage soup for weightloss.
  • pkoll
    pkoll Posts: 135 Member
    An affordable diet plan? Check out Myfitnesspal.com. Take your time and trust it--it works!
  • jr235
    jr235 Posts: 201 Member
    I remember my mom doing this when I was a kid. I would know because the whole house would smell funny.

    I've actually tried it twice. Couldn't make it through either time. I eat quite a lot of cabbage and beans anyways, so I didn't have the intestinal upset other people do. I don't actually think this plan is that bad, except that it should include protein everyday.

    I actually think low calorie soups are an excellent aid in weightloss. Thats true at least for me because I love soup and actually crave it. It really helps my weightloss to have a bowl of low calorie soup with my meal/s. I often make soup as a complete meal, but I always make sure to add a bit of protein and fat.

    If you want to go ahead with this madness I would suggest not sticking to just the cabbage soup. Google 'weight watcher soup 0 points' and a lot of recipes will come up. You're getting the same thing from a nutritional perspective.
  • svelt123
    svelt123 Posts: 173 Member
    :sick: It is not healthy. Everyone I know who did this diet gained all of the lbs back and extra!!
    It is not a realistic way to live.
  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    You know that terrible idea you're having? Stop having it.
  • octogirlpretty
    octogirlpretty Posts: 45
    I have to say at least you're eating foods. My sister in law is doing a 1 week diet of just drinking one Kombachi drink a day and that is it...she is killing her metabolism and her family won't do anything about it. I tried talking to her and she brushes me off because I am "fat". So just realize none of what your saying for the first week is going to do much than irritate your body and such and who knows you might gain when you start eating real food again.

    Good luck :)

    So, you've lost 44lbs and your sister in law doesn't think you're a credible source? What is she thinking? Wow...hope her diet doesn't last long and that her body is ok by the end of it. Tough situation though.
  • NYCNika
    NYCNika Posts: 611 Member
    Your results will be as long lived as your diet. That applies to all of them.
  • helpfit101
    helpfit101 Posts: 347 Member
    My thoughts are that it is ridiculous, but I support your right to do it!

    This I agree :)
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