Low Sodium Cabbage Soup Diet

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28 Sep 2007 05:42 AM

With all the fuss about Jaime Pressly using this diet to take off her baby weight, I thought this would be a timely addition.

The first time I tried the Cabbage Soup Diet, I used the original version that calls for Onion Soup Mix and Bouillon which are both high in sodium. In fact, the soup was so high in sodium that I retained water and actually gained three pounds! Talk about a disappointing diet!

Following is a low-sodium variation that I have since found. I lost about a pound a day on this one. If you do what Jaime Pressly did and add two hours a day in the gym, you'll likely lose quite a bit more than that. Cabbage Soup Recipe

6 large green onions

2 green peppers

1 can of crushed tomatoes

3 Carrots

8oz Fresh Mushrooms

1 bunch of celery

Half a head of cabbage

1 48oz Bottle of Low Sodium V8 juice

Season to taste with garlic powder - do not add salt.

Directions:

Prepare the soup the night before you begin the diet. Puree all vegetables in a blender or food processor and mix with V8 in large crock pot. Cover crock pot and cook on low overnight.

Follow the diet for a full seven days and then take two weeks off before you start it again.

Day One: Eat all the fruit you want (except bananas). Eat only the soup and fruit and drink unsweetened teas, cranberry juice and water.

Day Two: Eat all the vegetables you want except for dry beans, peas and corn. Eat the soup several times as well. At dinner, you may have a baked potato with butter.

Day Three: Mix days one and two and eat all the soup, fruits and vegetables you want. No baked potato, bananas, corn, peas or dry beans.

Day Four: This is your hump day with plenty of sweet bananas to get you through. Eat as many as eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as you like. Don't forget to eat the soup too.

Day Five: Eat ten to twenty ounces of lean beef and up to six fresh tomatoes. Drink plenty of water today and eat your soup at least once. Broiled or baked chicken may be substituted for the beef but there must be no skin on the chicken.

Day Six: Eat all the beef and vegetables you want but no potatoes, corn, peas or beans. Eat your soup at least once.

Day Seven: You can eat brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables on this day, along with your soup.

Related Blogs:

Original Cabbage Soup Diet recipe

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