If you want to lose weight with a 7 day diet plan then you can chose the cabbage soup diet. Like the name of the diet suggests, the diet is over 7 days and is only a temporary weight program and should be terminated after 7 days. This particular diet is ideal for rapid weight loss for special events like weddings, vacations etc.
With the cabbage soup diet, you may eat/drink as much cabbage soup, fruit and drink as much caffeine and tea as you wish but little else. Other foods types are permitted but are minimal or very restricted. The reason that this diet works is because it is low in calories and not suppose to be a substitute for a lifetime of good nutrition. This diet program is not nutritionally sound, and I urge you to stop after seven days. The cabbage soup diet is also called the 'Sacred Heart Diet' or the 'Mayo Clinic Diet'. However it has no association with any Sacred Heart Hospital or the Mayo Clinic. The amount of what you lose on this diet is important muscle tissue. If you have not been exercising...you will gain the weight back as fat, which is not muscle and therefore you will become fatter.
What is eaten during the 7 day diet plan?
- Day 1- Drink as much soup as you want, eat only fruit and drink black coffee, cranberry juice, unsweetened tea, and water.
- Day 2- Drink as much soup as you want, eat only raw or cooked vegetables but no fruit allowed.
- Day 3 - Drink as much soup as you want and a combination of the first 2 days of eating fruits and vegetables.
- Day 4- Drink as much soup as you want, eat up to 8 bananas and drink skim milk.
- Day 5- Drink soup at least once, eat 6 fresh tomatoes, 10oz to 20oz of beef, chicken or fish, and drink 6 to 8 glasses of water.
- Day 6 - Drink soup at least once, eat 2 to 3 beef steaks with fresh salad or vegetables.
- Day 7 - Drink soup at least once, eat vegetables and brown rice, and drink unsweetened fruit juice.
During this 7 day diet some people will experience being light headed, dizziness and lower ability to concentrate. The soup can taste bland to some people but a little seasoning can be added to improve the flavor. Because this diet is for rapid weight loss, when people go off the 7 day diet plan, the weight loss can be regained.
