The Seven Day Soup Diet

The 7 day soup diet is also known as the 7 day cabbage soup diet for the simple reason that this diet is based entirely on its special cabbage soup recipe. This is not to say that the entire diet is nothing but cabbage soup! In fact, many people do make the mistake of eating only the cabbage soup, and then can’t understand why they fail to complete the full 7 days. It’s very important to follow the entire diet, and to eat as much of the foods that are allowed each day as you want. Trying to exercise portion control is a recipe for failure when following this 7 day diet.

Each day on the diet allows you to eat unlimited amounts of something, with the exception of the banana day and the tomatoes. One day may be vegetables only (for a bit more fullness, try adding something like okra to your mix of veggies so that it will stick with you a bit longer than simply broccoli and green beans), one day may be fruit only, one day may be both fruit and vegetables. There’s even an unlimited beef day towards the end! But no matter what the menu calls for, you are allowed unlimited amounts of cabbage soup if prepared correctly, and this should keep you from feeling too deprived.

Despite the large amount of food that you can eat, you may still feel deprived. This is because this diet is not a complete diet. It will not provide all the nutrition that your body needs, and so you will probably have strong cravings- most likely for fats and proteins, though if your regular eating habit involves much processed foods, you may find yourself craving starches and sugars as well. If you find that you absolutely can not finish this diet, do not blame yourself. Will power may be involved, but will power is no match for a starving body. When you do not get the nutrients your body needs, it will double cross you in an attempt to get its needs met. Blaming yourself will only lead to poor dietary choices down the road, and a lack of willpower becomes a convenient excuse.  If you fall off the wagon, either move on to a safer long term eating habit, or hop back on and finish out the rest of the diet. The 7 day soup diet is not one to be followed for more than 7 days at a time, but if you can do it, you’re more or less guaranteed a good loss of 5-10 lbs for all your work.

If you need some help and encouragement, visit our forums to find others who have tried the 7 day soup diet.

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