I'm sure that everyone by now has at least heard
of if not actually tried the cabbage soup diet. Although not suitable
for long-term weight loss, the Cabbage Soup Diet is a low-fat, high-fiber
diet that will help you get into shape fast before you embark on a more
moderate long-term eating plan.
Look below for some other popular diets that
you may want to try or have a look in the directory to the right for
other weight loss subjects. 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 Tomatos: Ten to twenty
ounces of beef and up to six fresh tomtoes. 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 the beef one 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.
Cabbage Soup Recipe
6 large green onions
2 green peppers
1 or 2 cans of tomatoes (diced orwhole)
3 Carrots 1 Container (10 oz. or so) Mushrooms
1 bunch of celery
half a head of cabbage
1 package Lipton soup mix
1 or 2 cubes of bouillon (optional)
1 48oz can V8 juice (optional)
Season to taste with salt, pepper, parsley,
curry, garlic powder, etc. Directions: Slice green onions, put in a
pot and start to saute with cooking spray. Cut green pepper stem end
off and cut in half, take the seeds and membrane out. Cut the green-pepper
into bite size pieces and add to pot. Take the outer leafs layers off
the cabbage, cut into bite size pieces, add to pot. Clean carrots, cut
into bite size pieces, and add to pot. Slice mushrooms into thick slices,
add to pot. If you would like a spicy soup, add a small amount of curry
or cayenne pepper now. You can use beef or chicken bouillon cubes for
seasonings. These have all the salt and flavors you will need. Use about
12 cups of water (or 8 cups and the V8 juice), cover and put heat on
low. Let soup cook for a long time - two hours works well. Season to
taste with salt and pepper.
Make sure that you drink plenty of water while
on the cabbage soup diet. It might also be a good idea to take a multi-vitamin.
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