7 day Cabbage diet

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  • shans34
    shans34 Posts: 535 Member
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    I did it once and promptly gained it back plus a couple more lbs! Don't count on it!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
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    Op - did it work????
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,996 Member
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    Back in the 80's, my recruiter handed me a printout of the Cabbage Soup Diet. I have no recollection of if I tried it or not. The weight standards were raised while I was in the military and it turned out I never needed to lose that weight in the first place >.<
  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
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    I ate a whole cabbage one night, the next morning I had gained 4 lbs!!!!!
  • BurlzGettingFit
    BurlzGettingFit Posts: 115 Member
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    That's because one whole cabbage is 14k calories.
  • BurlzGettingFit
    BurlzGettingFit Posts: 115 Member
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    I was kidding! I figured that poster was too. At least I hope she was :#
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 17,959 Member
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    BurlzGettingFit wrote: »
    I was kidding! I figured that poster was too. At least I hope she was :#

    Oh good, haha! I automatically assumed that there was just a really really dodgy entry in the database!
  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
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    So if I just make sure I get the correct MFP entry (less than 14,000 calories). I could eat two or three cabbages a night and lose weight by the next morning? Or do I need to have it in soup? I'm so confused.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,996 Member
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    PAV8888 wrote: »
    If I eat a jar of kimchi will it work like a soup?!??

    I would totally lose weight if I ate a whole jar of kimchi in one sitting! OMG...lol
  • ShrinkingViolet1982
    ShrinkingViolet1982 Posts: 919 Member
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    Sonia resurrected it. Good job, Sonia.
  • Rusty740
    Rusty740 Posts: 749 Member
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    ButterballBookworm wrote: »
    Sonia resurrected it. Good job, Sonia.

    Yes, "slow clap" for Sonia
  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
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    Chef_Barbell wrote: »
    No. Just no. Why not eat regular food at a moderate deficit?

    This.

    The best way to lose weight is by eating the way you know you will be able to stick to for life. It's a lifestyle change. Not a race to a finish line.
  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
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    BurlzGettingFit wrote: »
    I was kidding! I figured that poster was too. At least I hope she was :#

    :D:D
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,020 Member
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    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    BurlzGettingFit wrote: »
    That's because one whole cabbage is 14k calories.

    Wha??? hahaha, no. no it really isn't. 2.5lbs of cabbage (standard head) is 296 calories. You'd have to eat around 120lbs of cabbage to get 14,000 calories.

    Actually, the "calories" that are used in describing food are literally kilocalories, or (big C) Calories -- a thousand times the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 g (or 1 ml) of water by 1 degree celsius. You would only have to eat about 50 grams of raw cabbage to get 14 kcal.

    If you don't believe me, maybe you'll be the USDA.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
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    Cabbage soup, brings back memories of all the low fat, low protein woo diets.

    I wonder if we'll have necro low carb threads reviving in another five years time?
  • suzesvelte
    suzesvelte Posts: 134 Member
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    ndj1979 wrote: »
    Op - did it work????

    She was last seen in here in 2014 so don't worry if she doesn't resond!

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