Low Calorie Diets - The Cabbage Soup Diet Recipe

There are many low calorie diets recipes on the internet and one of the popular low calorie diets is the Cabbage Soup Diet. The Cabbage Soup Diet is able to make you lose 10 pounds in one week. The diet is extremely low in calories because you are only going to have cabbage soup, vegetables, fruits, skim milk and meat. No exercise is required in this diet.

Here is the recipe for the cabbage soup diet:

10 cups of water
1 package of soup mix
1 can of tomato juice
2 cubes of chicken stock
5 large onions (chopped)
2 green peppers (quartered)
2 cans of tomatoes (smashed)
4 carrots (diced)
1 cup of mushrooms (sliced)
1 celery bunch (chopped)
1/2 head of green cabbage
salt and pepper to taste



The diet plan is as follows:

Day 1- Cabbage Soup and fruits as much as you like. No bananas.
Day 2- Cabbage Soup and vegetables plus one potato with a little butter.
Day 3- Cabbage Soup and fruit and vegetables. No potatoes and bananas.
Day 4- Cabbage Soup and up to 8 bananas and unlimited amount of skimmed milk.
Day 5- Cabbage Soup and up to 20 oz of beef and up to 6 tomatoes.
Day 6- Cabbage Soup and as much beef and vegetables. No potatoes.
Day 7- Cabbage Soup and brown rice, vegetables (excluding potatoes) and fruit juice without the sugar.

After the seventh day you should rest for 2 weeks before commencing again with another 7 days of the diet.

The cabbage soup diet is not suitable long term weight loss because it does not concentrate on balanced nutrition, exercise and personal motivation. It is good for short term weight loss whereby losing 10 pounds in a week is achievable.

Bear in mind that low calorie diets are not the answer to healthy weight loss and it also not a permanent solution for weight loss.