OK, this is what it’s all about. The quick weight loss diet is designed to go for a one week cycle. During this week, you will be able to eat as much as you like of any of the soup recipes from our recipes section, as well as specific other foods as below. This diet is really a more advanced version of the cabbage soup diet, with the benefit that the variety of different food you can eat will help you stay motivated! It is very important to stick to the diet but if you do have a brief lapse don’t panic – it is better to get back on track straight away than to just give up. Check out our tips for staying motivated on your diet as well.
We recommend that for your own health, you do not follow our 1 week weight loss program more than 3 times in a 6 month period. Using this diet, you may lose up to 13 pounds / 6 kilos over the week. This amount of weight loss is not healthy in the long term, so do some research and plan a long term diet to follow up the gains you will make over the week on the quick weight loss diet.
Points to consider
This diet is extremely low carb, so some people may find that the low blood sugar levels resulting from this diet cause tiredness, headaches or nausea. If this happens, you can try eating one sandwich on grainy wholemeal bread with 1 slice of cheese and/or a few slices of lean lunch meat. If you have ongoing problems, check with your doctor before continuing this diet.
Although the quick weight loss diet has plenty of veggies,we also recommend that you take a good multivitamin pill daily while on this diet.
Exercise
To help your diet along it is important to get 20-30 minutes of exercise every day that you are on this diet. Check out our exercise section for some ideas.
The Quick Weight Loss Diet
- Day One
On the first day you can at any fruit except for bananas. Eat as much fruit as you want and as much soup from our recipes as you want.
- Day Two
On the second day you can eat as many vegetable as you want as as much soup from our recipes as you want. Eat them raw in a nice salad, or steam them if you prefer. Try to focus on eating leafy green veggies, and don’t overdo the peas, corn, potatoes or bean. If you stick to this for the day, reward yourself with a small tub of diet fruit yoghurt.
- Day Three
On the third day you can eat all the fruit and veggies you want as well as all the soup you want. As before, steer clear of potatoes, corn, peas, beans, and bananas.
- Day Four
On the fourth day, you are mainly eating the soup but keep eating all you want of it. Supplement today by having up to 3 banana and a few glasses of low fat milk. You can make banana smoothies using 1 banana, 1 cup of milk, and a pinch of nutmeg. Feel free to add an artificial sweetener to your thickshake.
- Day Five
On the fifth day, keep eating soup as you want it. You can also eat a small piece (the size of a deck of cards) of lean red meat, skinless piece of chicken, or tofu if you are a vegetarian. Spice these up by serving with a tossed tomato salad made with fresh ripe tomatoes, salt and pepper to taste, and a little chopped fresh basil. Dress with a squeeze of lemon juice or a dash of vinegar.
- Day Six
On the sixth day you can eat 2-3 serves of beef, skinless chicken, fish or tofu today along with all the vegetables you want, but no potatoes. Eat more soup if hungry.
- Day Seven
On the seventh day you can include 1-2 serves of cooked brown rice to your diet as well as eating all of the vegetables you want, and all the soup you want.
By now you may have lost up to 13 pounds, or 6 kilos. However even a smaller loss should show you that you can get rid of the weight if you work at it! Start planning a long term weight loss diet to keep the weight off and go even further towards your goals.
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