cabbage soup diet

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  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    Look, you're 19. Crash dieting is not the way for anyone much less a teenager. Figure out weight loss in a sustainable manner and you'll have given yourself a tool for life. No point in making yourself miserable short term only to end up back at square one before you know it. Log your food, eat at a reasonable deficit, and exercise.
  • AnvilHead
    AnvilHead Posts: 18,343 Member
    tcarroll120 wrote: »
    Cabbage reves the metabolism internal gas production to the max I eat it everyday almost. I mix It up and make sure I get protein as well. It works.

    FIFY.
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    AnvilHead wrote: »
    tcarroll120 wrote: »
    Cabbage reves the metabolism internal gas production to the max I eat it everyday almost. I mix It up and make sure I get protein as well. It works.

    FIFY.

    Then clear the room. LOL
  • cJOYv6881
    cJOYv6881 Posts: 72 Member
    I would highly recommend staying very far away from the cabbage soup diet! A few years ago my dad and his friend went on it together. His friend ended up in the hospital, my dad ended up really sick too (weak, dizzy, lethargic). Doctors told them point blank that there simply isn't enough nutrients or calories in the soup. They lost weight initially, but as soon as they were forced to stop the soup diet, it all came back. This diet is just plain dangerous.
  • monicaale38
    monicaale38 Posts: 23 Member
    TeaBea wrote: »
    PrincessLaiba wrote: »
    just wondering is anyone on the cabbage soup diet i started today, has anyone lost any weight from it or any side effects?

    The good OLD Dolly Parton Diet from the 1980's is back again.

    I tried it back in the 80's. As QueenLiz said - side effect #1 = hunger from low fat, low protein*. Prolonged use of a low protein diet increases your chance for lean muscle mass loss.

    My other side effects were terrible gas (that one should be obvious). A sore mouth from all the tomato day after day after day (highly acidic).

    Did I lose weight? Sure I lost some water weight....after all it's only 7 days. You can't expect any real progress in 7 days. If there is no real progress.....why put yourself thru this?

    Just use MFP as intended. Eat foods you actually enjoy eating and measure your portions. Learning about foods you will continue to eat for a lifetime will give you tools to keep the weight off (for good).

    I tried and didn't work for me,
  • brb_2013
    brb_2013 Posts: 1,197 Member
    I like cabbage soup. I often have made the recipe for the "diet" and just eat it when I want. It's yummy and an easy way to get veggies. I added even more veggies and what started as a cabbage soup diet is now just a delicious soup that would fit into my food plan on any day.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    monicaale38 wrote: »
    TeaBea wrote: »
    PrincessLaiba wrote: »
    just wondering is anyone on the cabbage soup diet i started today, has anyone lost any weight from it or any side effects?

    The good OLD Dolly Parton Diet from the 1980's is back again.

    I tried it back in the 80's. As QueenLiz said - side effect #1 = hunger from low fat, low protein*. Prolonged use of a low protein diet increases your chance for lean muscle mass loss.

    My other side effects were terrible gas (that one should be obvious). A sore mouth from all the tomato day after day after day (highly acidic).

    Did I lose weight? Sure I lost some water weight....after all it's only 7 days. You can't expect any real progress in 7 days. If there is no real progress.....why put yourself thru this?

    Just use MFP as intended. Eat foods you actually enjoy eating and measure your portions. Learning about foods you will continue to eat for a lifetime will give you tools to keep the weight off (for good).

    I tried and didn't work for me,

    Tried...what? MFP? Or the cabbage soup diet?
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    edited March 2016
    I LOVE spicy cabbage and tomato soup, and frequently make a big batch because it's cozy and filling and delicious and I can eat a giant stock pot full for like 400 calories! In fact, it's my go-to "reboot" food to get me back in the zone after I've had a couple of high calorie days in a row. I have eaten it for both lunch and dinner in one day on a number of occasions.

    But a whole week? Pish. That's nutritionally foolish, boring, and unsustainable.

    Oh, and pish on the pooter-haters, too. I eat cabbage and other cruciferous veggies often enough that I don't experience any noisy or smelly gas.
  • kissedbythesunshine
    kissedbythesunshine Posts: 416 Member
    No. Just no. A Oreo diet I wouldn't mind doing for 7 days but not the cabbage soup one.
  • Kamikazeflutterby
    Kamikazeflutterby Posts: 770 Member
    kissedbythesunshine wrote: »
    No. Just no. A Oreo diet I wouldn't mind doing for 7 days but not the cabbage soup one.

    And risk ruining Oreos? Never! The worst the OP will do is poop herself, make herself miserable and/or sick, and develop a hatred for both soup and vegetables.

    Think, man! Think of the Oreos!
  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
    Yes, I've done it in the past - back when I was young and idealistic and searching for a quick way to lose weight (probably early 90's I'd guess, it's really too long ago to remember).

    Naturally, I got sick of cabbage soup very soon, and wasn't able to stick to the other ridiculous rules in the version I was following - I seem to remember a day that included just eggs or cheese or ... oh, I don't know, it was absolutely unsustainable.

    I also don't recall whether I lost weight in that moment, but I'm almost 50 now and back here trying to lose about 15 kg, so in my case there was definitely no long term effect - except to remind me that there is just no point in starting these kinds of things because I know it's not realistic eating for the long term.
  • kissedbythesunshine
    kissedbythesunshine Posts: 416 Member
    Kamikazeflutterby wrote: »
    kissedbythesunshine wrote: »
    No. Just no. A Oreo diet I wouldn't mind doing for 7 days but not the cabbage soup one.

    And risk ruining Oreos? Never! The worst the OP will do is poop herself, make herself miserable and/or sick, and develop a hatred for both soup and vegetables.

    Think, man! Think of the Oreos!

    :D

  • ahoier
    ahoier Posts: 312 Member
    Nothing wrong with cabbage soup per se....I hear it's St. Patty's Day? lol.....that being said, If you try this.....definitely consider supplementing with some protein......cause yea....you're gonna end up losing muscle mass and end up with "flabby" jiggly under arms....gotta fill in those "wings" with muscle......YES you will lose weight on that diet.....but more often than not, you're gonna gain it back when you come off the diet.....

    Stay hydrated, it helps!

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