Cabbage Soup Diet. What your experience? Thoughts?

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shafa4321

Agree 100 %

chatogal

Am I correct in thinking that the cabbage soup diet is a diet consisting only of the soup as your caloric intake for a set period? Or is the soup in addition to other foods?

It's soup plus other foods, but only certain foods on certain days. It has a lot of 'eat all you want' of certain food groups on certain days. It's low calorie and low fat and lasts only 7 days. It's not particularly unhealthy for a short term diet, but whether it leads to permanent weight loss is, of course, totally going to depend on what one does after those 7 days.

Because Eat all you want is a good habit to get into right?

It's a 7 day diet. I'm not sure habits are formed in 7 days.

Just for the record, I'm not suggesting anyone do this diet. I'm just answering questions because I'm familiar with it. I'm rather old so I know a lot of people that did this back in the day when it was new and all the rage. I thought about it because I happen to love cabbage soup, and back then I never had more than 10 lbs to lose. But I never tried it.

It is not unhealthy when done properly and for only 7 days. No one I know who did it ever lost much weight or kept it off.

Just to clarify Bad habits are OK as long as its for a short time period? BREAKOUT THE HEROIN!!!! Daddy wants to chase the dragon!!!

*sigh* Seriously if that is what you got from my post I think you should do it. Chase it.

Well, you've got to admit he has a point. Why bother to justify a diet that you know is unsustainable? It's like arguing just to argue.

It's not a sustainable diet. It's not good for long-term healthy and sustainable weight loss. So, what's the point in doing it at all?

I'd go as far as to say it IS unhealthy. It's not always about the ingredients in the soup or the fact that you can eat some additional foods. It's unhealthy because it promises unsustainable levels of weight loss. Inevitably, the OP will gain the weight back. Then she will do the diet again. Then she will gain it back. That kind of yo-yoing is terrible for your physical and mental health.

actually....a bit of yo-yoing is still (probably) better for you than being constantly and significantly over weight

MrsFowler1069

I'd want to add some beef broth and beets, and make it borscht, which is delicious.

Firstly, this ^^ sounds great. : ) I think I will actually make something like it - thanks for the suggestion.

And secondly, I like soups and cabbage and cabbage soup and soup with cabbage in it. But not as the mainstay of my diet. There are so many good foods and not enough days to eat them all as it is. lol

Honestly, I would consider it a very nice meal or addition to a meal on occasion, but I personally don't want to fool with anything that is extremely limiting, boring, unsustainable, and actually not even good for me in spite of the level of torment.

My opinion, for what it's worth, is that you would be better off spending this time finding other foods that you really like and learning what long-term solutions will work for you, including eating a healthy amount of calories and losing actual fat instead of just "weight."

I do hope everything goes well for you, but I can't say that I think this is going to be the answer....or be the least bit enjoyable after the first couple of bowls.


ETA: This is from WebMD:

The Cabbage Soup Diet is a strict list of what to eat each day for a week. Of course, cabbage soup is the main item. A few other low-calorie foods are also on the list.

You're only supposed to do a week at a time. Still, because the menu is so limited, you may get bored. And because you won't make any lasting changes in your eating habits, you may go right back to your old habits afterward.

The Cabbage Soup Diet: What You Can Eat

The seven-day Cabbage Soup Diet plan includes two daily bowls of fat-free cabbage soup and a short list of fruit, vegetables, skim milk, and meat. The plan encourages drinking plenty of water and avoiding alcohol.


The cabbage soup recipe varies slightly among different versions of the diet. But it basically includes cabbage and assorted low-calorie vegetables such as onions and tomatoes, and is flavored with onion soup mix, bouillon, and tomato juice.

The Cabbage Soup Diet: How It Works

The Cabbage Soup Diet has so few calories that people will lose weight rapidly on the week-long plan. There is nothing magical about cabbage or cabbage soup that fosters weight loss. It's the low-calorie nature of the diet plan that does the trick.

The problem is that most of the weight lost comes from fluids, not fat, and you'll get it back when you start eating normally.

There are two other big issues: boredom and not enough nutrition.

First, boredom: Are you OK with eating virtually the same foods every day for a week?

More importantly, the calories on the plan are dangerously low (approximately 800-1,050) calories per day. Experts agree that any diet under 1,200 calories per day is unsafe unless you're under a doctor's care. It's almost impossible to get all the nutrients you need and satisfy hunger in so few calories. A bottomless bowl of cabbage soup, along with a restricted list of allowed foods, doesn't give your body the nourishment you need each day.

Expert Advice

"It is a monotonous, short-term fix, severely lacking in nutrients, which will result in a weight loss that is primarily water and not the essential fat loss that is so important to improving health," says Connie Diekman, MEd, RD, director of university nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis.

Diekman worries that diets like the Cabbage Soup Diet keep people in the "yoyo" cycle of losing and regaining weight.

As a registered dietitian, she urges dieters to find another plan that is balanced, varied, and includes regular physical activity. The only positive aspect of the Cabbage Soup Diet plan is that it may get people to eat more vegetables, Diekman says.

davert123

don't do it you are about to really damage your body.

Do this instead....

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

maasha81

I actually enjoy cabbage soup ...once a month. Every day and it's too much. As other said, eat healthy and track your calls.

Now you have me thinking of stuffed cabbage rolls.

whiteposy

The cabbage soup diet was designed for those high risk morbidly obese people who had no choice but to undergo surgery. Its not a great way to jump start weight loss, or when you hit a plateau, its about giving someone a tiny chance of a good outcome.:noway:

sandimd

Hey there. I just got done with a week of cabbage soup diet. I stuck to it 100%, I was so proud of myself and honestly, it wasn't so bad after all, I varied the soups a lot and I still thought it was yummy. I'm not a person that needs a lot of change I guess. But what happened to me is that the first three days I lost 2 pounds each day, then the next day it was 1 pound, the next day it stagnated, and the next day it even went up a pound! My last weigh in stayed the same, so my weight is pretty much where it was after day 3... Now that made me a little upset, hoe can I gain weight by only eating cabbage soup and a small chicken breast ot brown rice?! Anyways, I am going home with a 6 pound loss in a week which is good but if I'd ever do it again I think I'd just do it like a three-day-cleanse. We'll see if I'll gain it right back, I am planning on eating healthy and about 1200 cal a day.

Jackdime

I am doing the cabbage soup diet for the same reason and have made it to day five two more days too go rhen I plan to keep to my macro proper counts and walking with Leslie online twice a day !! I will let u know how it goes when u am done please do the same for me

ogmomma2012

NikkiL0v3L1f3 wrote: »

Im bad at thinking of low calorie foods, lol.

Reading labels helps. Try that for a while.

Alyssa_Is_LosingIt

jenglish712

LAWoman72

RinnyLush wrote: »

After my 7 days is up start exercising daily and go on a more long term healthier diet.

You seem to suggest that you KNOW this is better for you in the long run. Why wouldn't you just start right off the bat with long-term plan, and skip the crash diet torture?

That's what I was wondering.

A bunch of co-workers and I did this in the mid-1990s. We'd heat up our lunch in the microwave, the rest of the office would groan and gag. (And I like cabbage!) We all gave it up within two days. We were shaky and desperate for something substantial.

And no, adding on a banana and a glass of milk do not round out a pot of veggies and water and make it all substantial.

LAWoman72

BrainyBurro wrote: »

What 's even in cabbage soup? Other than the obvious lol.

tears...

...and regret.

LOL!!!

The diet may have evolved over time, but when I did it years ago, I know carrots were "allowed" in the soup but I don't remember what else...?

healthybodyhealthylife

My father did this diet. He lost 9kg but gained back 7kg. I wouldnt advise it. Its not healthy, not maintainable and I would assume most of the weight lost would be water weight

PeachyCarol

Of all the zombie threads to arise... I remember my grandmother gave me the recipe for the cabbage soup once. I never made it.