Cabbage Soup Diet for Weight Loss

Enough is enough! How many times are you going to look at yourself in the mirror to scrutinize your body over and over till your eyes are ready to pop? "Is that a new lump of fat there?", "I can't see my feet anymore". How many times will you promise yourself that you'll start going for a walk the next morning? Stop eating those chips and switch over to healthy foods? Only to get up, put off the alarm and go crash into bed again? Then wake up and reach for the bag of chips. Time for a wake up call! If you are really serious about losing that extra fat and toning yourself, then just start. Don't wait. Don't formulate excuses - Decide and start! Tell you what, let me tell you about the cabbage soup diet for weight loss that can help you lose that excess weight fast! Combine this with exercises and voila! You'll have lost a considerable amount of weight in no time. But one has to be aware that this is only a 'quick fix', something to get the wheel rolling. Not something that you adopt forever.

Details
The cabbage soup diet has been said to be a great way to lose the excess weight, based on the theory that cabbages have certain special fat-burning abilities. One has to simply follow the week-long diet and one can see the results immediately. The plan claims to help lose 10 pounds in a week's time. This diet is a low fat, low calorie, high fiber diet.

This diet is very very low in calories. Other than water and cabbage soup, there are some very low calorie foods that are prescribed. This needs to be strictly monitored if one wants to have the best results. Many times, people give up on this diet 'cause it is not easy to restrict oneself to a limited range of low calorie foods. These include certain vegetables, fruits, skim milk and beef. But all of these are not prescribed for a single day. One has to completely give up alcohol when on this diet. The formula basically is to have as much cabbage soup as possible to up the chances of weight loss.

Advantages

• There is no restriction on the amount of cabbage soup that you can have. Thus every time you feel hungry, you can down a bowl of soup.
• The more cabbage you eat, that much more weight you'll lose. Thus having cabbage soup to lose weight is advantageous because it shows immediate results.
• Even though one is consuming mainly soup, one will not feel hungry because the composition of the cabbage soup will give you a 'full' feeling.
• Cabbage has high fiber and less calories, which is essential when it comes to effective weight loss.
• Cabbage has high water content and water consumption is extremely important when trying to lose weight.
• Since beef is included in this diet, it will not lead to any deficiencies .
• The diet is only a week-long affair, so it is not very difficult to carry through with it.

Sample

• Day 1 - Have as much cabbage soup as possible. Have plenty of fruits excluding bananas. Drink plenty of water, tea without sugar, black coffee and cranberry juice. Just make sure that you remain hydrated.
• Day 2 - Have as much cabbage soup as possible. Avoid fruits all day today, instead opt for low calorie vegetables. All vegetables are OK except corn, peas and beans. For dinner you can have a baked potato with butter.
• Day 3 - Combine the fruits and vegetables of the days earlier, but keep in mind the ones that you cannot have and avoid them. Keep following the cabbage soup diet.
• Day 4 - Have cabbage soup in desired quantities. Eat up to 8 bananas and as much skim milk as you want.
• Day 5 - Have great quantities of cabbage soup throughout the day. 6 fresh tomatoes, up to 20 ounces of chicken, fish or beef and at least 8-10 glasses of water.
• Day 6 - Eat vegetables and meat today. You can even have 2-3 steaks if you please. Add to that fresh salads but absolutely no baked potato. Have the cabbage soup at least once in the whole day.
• Day 7 - Have the cabbage soup, unlimited vegetables and fruit juices that are not sweetened. Also supplement your diet with two cups of brown rice.

Things to Keep in Mind

• Try different combinations to add to the soup to bring variety. Like tomato juice, onions, bouillon and spices.
• It is very important to have a good (multi) vitamin supplement to avoid any deficiencies that might develop as a result of this diet.
• Follow this diet for ONLY 7 days. Then take a break for some days before starting it again.
• Have plenty of water throughout this program to help you stay hydrated.

The cabbage soup diet has brought forth some amazing results in people. Try it and see if it helps you. But it is very important that you consult a professional dietitian before setting forth on this diet of such high intensity. I wish you success and willpower in what you start out to achieve.