Cabbage Soup for Dieting – Beyond Day 7

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Cabbage Soup for Dieting – Beyond Day 7

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If you’ve been interested in health and fitness for any length of time you have most certainly heard of the cabbage soup diet. However, its nothing new and that’s the surprising news. In fact the cabbage soup fro dieting has been around for years. Decades ago dieters were attesting to the fact that they were shedding the fat with a cabbage soup for dieting.

These days there are even cabbage soup diet pills on the market, although I can’t see for the life of me why anyone in their right mind would want to swallow a cabbage soup for dieting pill. Although its been around the block a few times the idea behind the cabbage soup for dieting is the same as it has always been.

The cabbage soup diet is pretty restrictive but it does show results and is often recommended by doctors for patients who are going to undergo heart surgery or something similar when they need to lose weight fast. The premise of the diet is that the cabbage soup made of lots of vegetables and water will fill you up and help detox your body by flushing all the fats out. In addition to the unlimited amounts of soup you can have, each day is limited to just a few other things.

Sample Days

For instance, day one is unlimited soup plus all the vegetables you can eat (apart from a few starchy ones like peas and corn). Day two is soup again plus all the fruits you can eat except for a few like bananas and mangoes. Day three is soup plus frits and vegetables. Day four is soup plus skim milk and bananas. Day five is when you can introduce a little grilled meat and some brown rice and so on. Tea, coffee and pop are not allowed on the cabbage soup diet and exercise is recommended though not mandatory.

Maintenance Phase

Experts recommend that people not go on this diet for too long a period at a stretch because it could rid your body of essential nutrients. However, it has been considered relatively safe for a week or so and does bring about results. Nevertheless, while on the cabbage soup diet, don’t forget all about it as soon day 7 is over; this may result in a downward spiral leaving you back at square one.

Even if you don’t follow the cabbage sop diet strictly after the first seven days, do make the soup part of your daily meals. Have it before your meal; it will fill you up on minimum calories leaving you with not much room to overindulge in the actual meal. Don’t forget the fruits and veggies either; having a variety of different colored produce and leafy vegetables can always help you reach your weight loss goals.

Here are Your Ingredients for Cabbage Diet Recipe:
·        6 Large, Green Onions
·        2 Green Peppers
·        1 head - white cabbage
·        2 Cans Chopped Tomatoes
·        Few sticks of Celery
·        1 Package Onion Soups Mix
·        1-2 Cubes of stock (chicken, beef or vegetable)
·        Carrots - sliced
·        Mushrooms (if desired)
Chop all the vegetables into small pieces and then simply cover with them water.
Boil these ingredients quickly for about 10 minutes.
Reduce to simmer and continue cooking until vegetables are tender. Season to taste with salt, pepper, parsley, etc to taste.
The secret is that you can consume as much of the cabbage soup diet recipe as you want, whenever you want, at any time of the day.