Cabbage Soup Diet. What your experience? Thoughts?

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

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"

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.

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 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!

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.

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

May the farts be with you...

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.....

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.

An affordable diet plan? Check out Myfitnesspal.com. Take your time and trust it--it works!

: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.

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.

My thoughts are that it is ridiculous, but I support your right to do it!

This I agree