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Cabbage Soup Diet Recipes?

DaniJeanine
DaniJeanine Posts: 473 Member
edited February 21 in Food and Nutrition
Hi All,

I'm doing the 7-day cabbage soup diet:

http://www.cabbage-soup-diet.com/eating-plan/

And I'm wondering if anyone on here who has done it before has good suggestions or recipe ideas. I made a great sauteed pepper, onion, and spinach breakfast for "veggie day"and I'm interested to know what other people do to make the week more interesting. Thanks!

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  • 053069
    053069 Posts: 52 Member
    ok. here it is translated with google. if it doesn't make sense let me know:

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    Cabbage soup diet helps both detoxification and the weak , but you have to consider that it is a diet with very few calories , so you're not allowed to follow more than a week. And after you 're done you have to have a very healthy diet if you want to get fat again.

    Cabbage soup diet - the days menu
    Day 1
    Cabbage soup and fruit , except bananas.
    Day 2
    Cabbage soup and vegetables , less beans, peas or corn. At breakfast you get to eat a baked potato or cooked with a teaspoon of butter.
    Day 3
    Cabbage soup , vegetables and fruits, with the exceptions of days 1 and 2 . And today you get to eat a potato or boiled cop with butter.
    Day 4
    Cabbage soup , eight bananas and two glasses of skim milk.
    Day 5
    Cabbage soup , up to 500 grams of lean meat, six red and at least six glasses of water.
    Day 6
    Cabbage soup , up to 500 grams of lean meat and vegetables.
    Day 7
    Cabbage soup , up to 200 grams of brown rice, vegetables and fruit juices .

    diet rules
    Cabbage soup can be consumed in any quantity
    yOU can drink unsweetened tea or mineral . Fruit juices can drink only on day 7 .
    wHEN a particular amount is not specified, means you're allowed to eat as much as you want. For example, today you are allowed vegetables, you can eat in any amount .
    Meats and vegetables can cook in the oven, steamed or boiled . Fried prohibited .
    Vegetable salads can only put vinegar without oil.

    How to prepare cabbage soup for weight loss
    • 1 large cabbage
    • 1 small celery
    • 3 carrots
    • 2 sweet peppers
    • 3 large onions
    • 4 Red
    • Salt, pepper, lemon salt (optional).

    Fry chopped vegetables except cabbage and tomatoes for 5 minutes. Add water , cabbage finely chopped and peeled tomatoes . Allow to boil. Finally it can sour lemon with salt , as desired .
    **
  • 053069
    053069 Posts: 52 Member
    I have tried this a long time ago and I remember on the 3rd or 4th day I was sick of it. All in all, I got good results though....
    Better digestion and fat percentage lost.
  • Strokingdiction
    Strokingdiction Posts: 1,164 Member
    Omg no!

    This is unhealthy and foolish. Do not do it.
  • judychicken
    judychicken Posts: 937 Member
    Bump
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
    I actually did this - and let's just say that for more than a week - many, many years ago.

    In fairness, I did lose fat... along with a lot of muscle and I couldn't even look at cabbage afterwards. I'm probably the closest thing you'll find to a "success story" and I definitely don't recommend doing this.

    Eat a balanced diet instead :flowerforyou:

    ETA : also, I'm not the reporting type so I won't do so, but discussion on very low calorie diets is frowned upon 'round here.
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    Omg no!

    This is unhealthy and foolish. Do not do it.

    This^^
  • VoodooSyxx
    VoodooSyxx Posts: 297
    As someone who was pushed into this utterly stupid diet when I was younger, my best suggestion is stock up on toilet paper and have some good reading material in your bathroom. You'll thank me later.
  • tmauck4472
    tmauck4472 Posts: 1,785 Member
    Whatever 7 days of this is NOT going to kill you, it will however make you want to kill someone else, LOL. I've done it and I love cabbage but I got to one point of if I have to eat another bite of that soup I will hurt someone. I still make it from time to time just because I love eating it. I also really like the Sacred Heart soup, not the diet, just the soup. YUMMY
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,511 Member
    This was all the rage years ago. I tried it (along with every other fad diet out there) managed 3 days before I got a terrible headache, felt awful, and gave up. I lost 2 pounds and gained 4 so complete fail for me.

    Having said that cabbage soup makes a great low calorie snack.

    Good luck:drinker:
  • emdeesea
    emdeesea Posts: 1,823 Member
    This diet is still around?? Make sure you have plenty of air freshener. You'll need it.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,800 Member
    Shouldn't this be in the "ridiculous diet" thread?
  • Linnaea27
    Linnaea27 Posts: 639 Member
    Sorry, but BLAAHHH! That sounds just awful. I'm surprised the diet plan doesn't come with a special cabbage soup recipe already. You could make one up. . . .

    I think it would be better for you to reconsider how you're going about the weight loss. This is not a very healthy way to diet, as many others have already pointed out. If you decide you must do something like this, replace the soup with different raw, freshly made vegetable/fruit juices-- way more nutrients in those, even if that's still not an ideal way of eating.
  • stuarthutcheson
    stuarthutcheson Posts: 8 Member
    I'm currently on Day3 of this diet....

    I know its not a long term ideal, but I have a short term need to lose weight quickly and so far this is working.. not suprising when its so low in carbs, protein, fat etc etc

    I made the soup with paprika and roasted peppers along with some cajun seasoning, I then blended it all.. It's actually not bad.

    It'll be a struggle to get through the full week but I am determined to do it, I need to shed another 8lbs to be under the upper weight limit for a tandem skydive I have booked.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    I've tried it. Worked well to cleanse my system, but the weight did return.

    I do a version of the Cabbage soup on a regular basis. About every month when I'm cleaning out the veggie drawer before we go shopping for groceries. I like it.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    I'm currently on Day3 of this diet....

    I know its not a long term ideal, but I have a short term need to lose weight quickly and so far this is working.. not suprising when its so low in carbs, protein, fat etc etc

    I made the soup with paprika and roasted peppers along with some cajun seasoning, I then blended it all.. It's actually not bad.

    It'll be a struggle to get through the full week but I am determined to do it, I need to shed another 8lbs to be under the upper weight limit for a tandem skydive I have booked.

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  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    I'm currently on Day3 of this diet....

    I know its not a long term ideal, but I have a short term need to lose weight quickly and so far this is working.. not suprising when its so low in carbs, protein, fat etc etc

    I made the soup with paprika and roasted peppers along with some cajun seasoning, I then blended it all.. It's actually not bad.

    It'll be a struggle to get through the full week but I am determined to do it, I need to shed another 8lbs to be under the upper weight limit for a tandem skydive I have booked.
    Personally I'd just rebook the sky dive for another time rather than torture myself doing this
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  • HerbertNenenger
    HerbertNenenger Posts: 453 Member
    I see you put in your profile that you don't need to lose weight - that you just want to shape up? Why are you doing this "diet" then?
  • laserturkey
    laserturkey Posts: 1,680 Member
    I really enjoy a nice bowl of cabbage soup-- in fact, I think I'll make some for supper tonight-- but I fit it in with all kinds of other foods and generally try to hit my macro targets.
  • TheBrolympus
    TheBrolympus Posts: 586 Member
    Sweet, this will go nicely with my Apple Diet and Water Cleanse!
  • rpmtnbkr
    rpmtnbkr Posts: 137 Member
    Several of us at work did this years ago.... all the answers pretty much hit it on the head...except maybe it killing you... I seem to remember by the end of the week I never wanted to see a cabbage again.....

    I never knew at the time how good a banana tasted.... until the day that you could eat a bunch of them.... the lean meat day...OMG....at the time I had never had a steak that tasted so good!

    We all lost wieght... we all gained it back... on to better things...

    MFP all the way!
  • This is my second attempt to complete this diet. Well I think it is going great. I made it with a lot of broth this time and I made it quite bland which is perfect for changing its flavor each day or each meal its up to to you.
    I use dill and garlic, thyme and rosemary, habanero and pepper, and a combinations of six pepper, rosemary, garlic and herb. I love it. Totally. Today is day 4 and yes I have lost 6 pounds. I am marinading my
    steaks and lamb chops for days 5 and 6..... I have also restocked my fridge and my mind in an attempt to keep it off this time.

    I think this is one of the easiest I have tried, though the unsweetened drinks is a challenge and since "real" green tea has or is supposed to have weight loss properties I am able to drink it with spicy soup and it is not too too too bad. Still bad.

    My problem is not that I crave sweets I love sweets. Sooooo..... Now fruit has become my new sweet.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,800 Member
    This is my second attempt to complete this diet. Well I think it is going great. I made it with a lot of broth this time and I made it quite bland which is perfect for changing its flavor each day or each meal its up to to you.
    I use dill and garlic, thyme and rosemary, habanero and pepper, and a combinations of six pepper, rosemary, garlic and herb. I love it. Totally. Today is day 4 and yes I have lost 6 pounds. I am marinading my
    steaks and lamb chops for days 5 and 6..... I have also restocked my fridge and my mind in an attempt to keep it off this time.

    I think this is one of the easiest I have tried, though the unsweetened drinks is a challenge and since "real" green tea has or is supposed to have weight loss properties I am able to drink it with spicy soup and it is not too too too bad. Still bad.

    My problem is not that I crave sweets I love sweets. Sooooo..... Now fruit has become my new sweet.

    If it's so easy, why an "attempt"? Why not just set yourself a reasonable deficit and lose weight without a ridiculous fad diet that makes you stink out the neighbourhood?
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