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Cabbage Soup Diet Recipes?

DaniJeanine
Posts: 473 Member
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!
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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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 .
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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.0 -
Omg no!
This is unhealthy and foolish. Do not do it.0 -
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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.0 -
Omg no!
This is unhealthy and foolish. Do not do it.
This^^0 -
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.0
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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. YUMMY0
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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:0 -
This diet is still around?? Make sure you have plenty of air freshener. You'll need it.0
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Shouldn't this be in the "ridiculous diet" thread?0
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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.0 -
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.0 -
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.0 -
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.0 -
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.0 -
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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?0
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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.0
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Sweet, this will go nicely with my Apple Diet and Water Cleanse!0
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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!0 -
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.0 -
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?0
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