Cabbage soup diet?

Countryygirl
Countryygirl Posts: 16
edited October 7 in Health and Weight Loss
Has anyone tried this and had results? I absolutely love cabbage soup so I think t would be a great jumps start to help me lose weight since I heard you can only do it a week at a time with a two week break in between! I would live off cabbage soup if I could!
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  • purpleipod
    purpleipod Posts: 1,147 Member
    Why not just eat a normal, lower calorie diet instead? Has the same results, although slower. It would be more sustainable.
  • Janflrn
    Janflrn Posts: 1
    You lose weight by cabbage soup being so low in calories and fill up quickly as it has alot of fiber. Weight watchers has a great tasting cabbage soup recipe. :). I would tire of it after a few days though. There are lots of other low ca/high fiber soups that are also filling for example: taco soup, to add variety.
  • randompatch
    randompatch Posts: 14 Member
    Is that all you eat? Yikes! That doesn't sound very well-balanced to me. I love cabbage too, but I can't say I would ever do that to myself.

    May I ask why you want to lose weight fast? I'm a believer In "slow and steady wins the race".
  • Melissa12012
    Melissa12012 Posts: 31
    Hi there :)

    I just had some for lunch - yum and I'm so FULL! I signed up here and just started watching what I eat. I've added in a touch of exercise. Thought about doing a couple of particular diets, but found just by recording my food intake (never done this before - huge eye-opener), I don't need to follow a particular diet.

    I'm having a good breakfast, cabbage soup at lunch, and trying for a sensible dinner and it's working well. Maybe just substitute the soup for a meal and see how that goes for you. Best of luck!
  • MassiveDelta
    MassiveDelta Posts: 3,271 Member
    This is not opinion this is fact ...Fad diets are a bad idea and are dangerous especially ones that limit you to only a certain food. Cabbage soup, grapfruit, etc...

    Eat a balanced diet and exercise
  • Sp1nGoddess
    Sp1nGoddess Posts: 1,134 Member
    The cabbage soup diet is bogus just like the grapefruit diet - however I too love cabbage soup and it's very filling. I do lose more weight when I have it for lunch... it's just so filling that I skip my afternoon snaking. I just have to make sure that I get enough protein at my other meals.
  • kylashealy
    kylashealy Posts: 29
    This is not opinion this is fact ...Fad diets are a bad idea and are dangerous especially ones that limit you to only a certain food. Cabbage soup, grapfruit, etc...

    Eat a balanced diet and exercise

    agreed.
  • Kristin24C
    Kristin24C Posts: 75 Member
    I feel like I could never do that diet. Cabbage makes me have gas. Bad. My boyfriend would dump me. :happy: :tongue:
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    If you like cabbage soup, go ahead and eat it. Don't kid yourself in thinking it's a viable "diet" though.
  • BethanyMasters
    BethanyMasters Posts: 519 Member
    Are you going to eat cabbage soup for the rest of your life?


    The only diet that works is a well rounded one that you can maintain for the rest of your life.
  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    Why not just eat a normal, lower calorie diet instead? Has the same results, although slower. It would be more sustainable.

    Agreed. By "jump starting" with cabbage soup you are just setting yourself up for failure. Learn how to eat healthy, reasonably sized portions. There is no magic, that's how you lose weight.
  • neclar
    neclar Posts: 75 Member
    I have this diet listed in my dietpoint ap. after looking it over, i wouldn't chose it because the calorie count is way too low for healthy results. If i was to choose it i'd do it for 2-3 days max. but after that i'd choose something thats more sustainable. I really agree that as a fad diet you should probably stay away from it for longterm success. hope this helps.
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    We tried this a few years ago. Tasted like crap the first day, and only went downhill each time I tried to gag it down. There's nothing magical about the soup. There are plenty of tasty nutritious foods out there that you can eat and still lose weight.
  • infamousmk
    infamousmk Posts: 6,033 Member
    I really like cabbage soup too ... but I would never try to kid myself in to believing I loved it so much I could eat it every day. Bless your heart for trying to rationalize this fad diet.
  • jenlb99
    jenlb99 Posts: 213 Member
    I recommend the soup, but NOT the diet. The soup itself is really tasty, like the Weight Watchers one. SO good.

    Any weight loss "achieved" on the Cabbage Soup Diet will be regained...and you don't want that.
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    I really like cabbage soup too ... but I would never try to kid myself in to believing I loved it so much I could eat it every day. Bless your heart for trying to rationalize this fad diet.
    I like a good cabbage soup, but the recipe we had for this "diet" tasted like ****.
  • Countryygirl
    Countryygirl Posts: 16
    You don't only eat cabbage soup you add other things into the mix for the day.
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    Remember: This diet should only be followed for 7 days at a time, with at least two weeks in between.

    Day One:

    Fruit: Eat all of the fruit you want (except bananas). Eat only your soup and the fruit for the first day. For drinks- unsweetened teas, cranberry juice and water.

    Day Two:

    Vegetables: Eat until you are stuffed will all fresh, raw or cooked vegetables of your choice. Try to eat leafy green vegetables and stay away from dry beans, peas and corn. Eat all the vegetables you want along with your soup. At dinner, reward yourself with a big baked potato with butter. Do not eat fruit today.

    Day Three:

    Mix Days One and Two: Eat all the soup, fruits and vegetables you want. No Baked Potato.

    Day Four:

    Bananas and Skim Milk: Eat as many as eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as you would like on this day, along with your soup. This day is supposed to lessen your desire for sweets.

    Day Five:

    Beef And Tomatoes: Ten to twenty ounces of beef and up to six fresh tomatoes. Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid from your body. Eat your soup at least once this day. You may eat broiled or baked chicken instead of beef (but absolutely no skin-on chicken). If you prefer, you can substitute broiled fish for beef on one of the beef days (but not both).

    Day Six:

    Beef and Vegetables: Eat to your heart’s content of beef and vegetables this day. You can even have 2 or 3 steaks if you like, with leafy green vegetables. No Baked Potato. Eat your soup at least once.

    Day Seven:

    Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables: Again stuff, stuff, stuff yourself. Be sure to eat your soup at least once this day.
  • Countryygirl
    Countryygirl Posts: 16
    I feel like I could never do that diet. Cabbage makes me have gas. Bad. My boyfriend would dump me. :happy: :tongue:
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    Haha I like to make my boyfriend suffer :)
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    You don't only eat cabbage soup you add other things into the mix for the day.
    I'll spare everyone by not quoting the whole plan... :wink:

    If you can hit your caloric and macro minimums each day, not go hungry, and dig what you're eating, then more power to you. :flowerforyou:
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    1. You will be ravenous for that week.

    2. People will avoid you for the smell.
  • Silvergamma
    Silvergamma Posts: 102 Member
    Seriously? What you eat each day should meet your macro and micro nutrient goals, and a conservative calorie goal. Getting all your fiber one day, all your calcium the next and so on is crazy. Trying to lose weight fast is a good way to get sick, and have saggy skin. If you want to kick off eating better, try making one change and sustaining it for a month. Like eating a nutritious breakfast every day. Fad diets are a great way to set yourself up for frustration and failure.
  • MollyDukes
    MollyDukes Posts: 233 Member
    Did it many years ago...sure you lose weight...you also gain it back within days of eating regularily. You will be extremely moody and extremely low on energy.
    You might as well just drink water all day and save yourself the $ for the ingredients cause you will pretty much get the same result.
  • psych101
    psych101 Posts: 1,842 Member
    You don't only eat cabbage soup you add other things into the mix for the day.
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    Remember: This diet should only be followed for 7 days at a time, with at least two weeks in between.

    Day One:

    Fruit: Eat all of the fruit you want (except bananas). Eat only your soup and the fruit for the first day. For drinks- unsweetened teas, cranberry juice and water.

    Day Two:

    Vegetables: Eat until you are stuffed will all fresh, raw or cooked vegetables of your choice. Try to eat leafy green vegetables and stay away from dry beans, peas and corn. Eat all the vegetables you want along with your soup. At dinner, reward yourself with a big baked potato with butter. Do not eat fruit today.

    Day Three:

    Mix Days One and Two: Eat all the soup, fruits and vegetables you want. No Baked Potato.

    Day Four:

    Bananas and Skim Milk: Eat as many as eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as you would like on this day, along with your soup. This day is supposed to lessen your desire for sweets.

    Day Five:

    Beef And Tomatoes: Ten to twenty ounces of beef and up to six fresh tomatoes. Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid from your body. Eat your soup at least once this day. You may eat broiled or baked chicken instead of beef (but absolutely no skin-on chicken). If you prefer, you can substitute broiled fish for beef on one of the beef days (but not both).

    Day Six:

    Beef and Vegetables: Eat to your heart’s content of beef and vegetables this day. You can even have 2 or 3 steaks if you like, with leafy green vegetables. No Baked Potato. Eat your soup at least once.

    Day Seven:

    Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables: Again stuff, stuff, stuff yourself. Be sure to eat your soup at least once this day.



    Sweetie, you don't need something like this - it is a gimmick and you will feel resentful, hungry, tired and probably rather angry towards the end of the week. You don't need to have something this restrictive - find out your calorie allowance and eat FOOD. Good food, healthy food, treat food - eat within your calorie allowance and meet your macros, shake your booty at the very least 3 x per week and you'll be set!
    You don't need a 'jump start' on your weight loss, you just need to start something that you can maintain for the long haul
  • lizziebeth1028
    lizziebeth1028 Posts: 3,602 Member
    And how do we lose weight people?... everyone say it with me "by staying with in a calorie deficit"!!!!!!! No need for fad diets, crazy diets, pregnant lady pee, pills. EAT A SENSIBLE HEALTHY DIET, STAY WITHIN THE CALORIE RANGE THAT MFP SETS FOR YOU AND YOU WILL LOSE WEIGHT. Exercise is a great idea too. Although it's not necessary for weight loss it will speed up the process and make you healthier and stronger. Cabbage has now more weight loss properties than any other food. Calorie restriction is the way to go!d

    Not to mention the god awful gas you would probably be passing after eating all that cabbage!!!!:ohwell:
  • chicpower1
    chicpower1 Posts: 169 Member
    I tried my own variation of the Cabbage Soup Diet several years ago when I just wanted to lose a little weight (back then I was actually at a pretty healthy weight! lol) I too LOVE cabbage soup and decided to break myself of my carb and sugar addictions, which were my primary downfalls, but going short term on cabbage soup. What I chose to do--under my doctor's approval--was to eat fruit for breakfast , raw veggies as a snack before lunch, cabbage soup, raw veggies, and a slice of whole grain bread for lunch, a piece of fruit and more veggies for afternoon snack, then cabbage soup and more raw veggies for supper with another slice of whole grain bread. Not exactly scientific but my true goal was to just sort of give my body a break from all the junk I'd been putting in it. I lost 10 lbs in 2 weeks, felt great, and then found out shortly after that this is also considered a "fertility diet" and became pregnant, at which time I gained the 10 right back. LOL! I did enjoy it though. You can do the cabbage soup within a normal, low calorie healthy diet. It's good for you and tastes great! I wouldn't do the actual "diet", but would simply incorporate it into the daily foods.
  • nikkifell
    nikkifell Posts: 1
    It has worked for me in the past. I got the recipe from my mom and grandma that would use it once or twice a year to crash diet. You just have to be really strict with it. Eat only what it says on the days it says too and it works. I love that soup as well. Love it cold too.
  • mrsladybrewer
    mrsladybrewer Posts: 70 Member
    Jump starting only works temporarily. Everyone else has the right idea. Skip the soup diet and just watch your intake. Get a bit of exercise and you will be set!
  • margo36
    margo36 Posts: 222 Member
    I can remember my Mother doing that one in the 1950's :happy: but I don't recall her losing any weight
  • koosdel
    koosdel Posts: 3,317 Member
    This is not opinion this is fact ...Fad diets are a bad idea and are dangerous especially ones that limit you to only a certain food. Cabbage soup, grapfruit, etc...

    Eat a balanced diet and exercise

    A diet containing very few nutrients is not a 'jump start' its a 'bad start'. Eat a balanced diet and excersize.
  • sarahlinson
    sarahlinson Posts: 19
    Why do you guys consider it a fad diet? I know on all the days you can eat an unlimited amount of your soup as well as fruits, veggies, or both, and on a couple days you get a potato..one day you get unlimited rice...? Doesn't sound like a crash diet to me. Someone explain?
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