How The Cabbage Soup Diet Works

Losing weight and keeping it off is a hard struggle; subsequently, most people are always looking for fast ways to shed some pounds. The Cabbage Soup diet is known to many dieters as a popular "fad diet" that offers an easy way to shed excess pounds, but does it actually work? The diet program is examined here, along with the keys to success for losing weight and keeping it off for good.

The Cabbage Soup diet calls for, as the name suggests, consuming cabbage soup for an entire week. During this seven day period, dieters only eat cabbage soup and a few other foods to lose weight. The diet program is not a lifestyle changing plan like some popular diets, and requires no long-term lifestyle changes beyond the seven days of the diet program.

There are numerous versions of the recipe for cabbage soup. Most contain seasonings, cabbage and other vegetables, such as onions, celery, bell peppers, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Some dieters enjoy adding spices to improve the taste of the soup. Other people monitoring their sodium intake try to prepare a reduced-sodium version of the recipe. Many popular versions of the diet incorporate sources of protein to make the diet more satisfying.

Besides the soup, there are very specific rules for what other foods are allowed on each day of the diet. As a general guideline, dieters can eat cabbage soup every day, along with fruit on the first day, vegetables on day two, vegetables and fruit on the third day, bananas and skim milk on the fourth day, tomatoes and beef on the fifth day, beef and vegetables on day six, and brown rice, fruit juice, and vegetables on the final day. Dieters then switch back to regular dietary habits, hopefully now a few pounds lighter.

Does the Cabbage Soup diet really work for weight loss? Although no official research study has examined the diet conclusively, people who have used the weight loss program report mixed success. For a number of people, the plan resulted in weight loss (up to ten pounds, typically less), but only temporarily, as the weight gradually came back as the individual returned to normal meal plans. Some people report light-headedness, lack of focus, and fatigue while following the Cabbage Soup diet. Other people experienced no effects whatsoever, experiencing no illness, but no weight loss either.

The Cabbage Soup diet is just one of many popular diets that people can try. Unfortunately, because this plan may not produce results, for many people it just adds to the difficulty of being overweight. A better method of dieting does not depend on gimmicks or temporary diet plans. It takes dedication and lifelong commitments to achieve permanent weight loss. This means eating right and getting plenty of physical activity.

Unfortunately, many people fight to keep up the healthy habits needed to keep weight off. Countless dieters cannot seem to lose weight because of their strong cravings, uncontrollable appetites or dietary habits, or a simple lack of motivation. Weight loss hypnotherapy is great for resolving these problems and offering the motivation required for easy weight loss.

Among the reasons hypnotherapy is excellent as a weight loss aid is because hypnotherapy can be used for natural appetite suppression. Many people have out-of-control appetites because have a habit of "emotional eating" which makes them have an unconscious urge to eat even when they aren't truly hungry. Hypnotherapy helps re-program the unconscious mind to stop the unconscious drive to eat, resulting in appetite control without pills or drugs.

Another way hypnotherapy works to make you take the weight off is by reducing the anxious thoughts that give you the desire to overeat and undermine your motivation to exercise. The moment you begin to think negatively, hypnosis taps into your unconscious to naturally think positive, which allows you to become more relaxed.

Your motivation for exercise can be dramatically increased through hypnosis therapy and NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming). First, you ascertain what the most significant aspects of your life are. Then you use NLP techniques to lead you into believing that the things that mean the most to you will benefit if you exercise, or placed at risk if you fail to do so. This way, it becomes easy to stay motivated to get physically fit and stay physically fit.

Anyone can learn NLP and weight loss hypnosis techniques from a high quality hypnotherapy weight loss CD program. The techniques in weight loss hypnosis CDs rely on the power of the unconscious to help dieters eliminate their cravings. By extinguishing cravings and urges, the appetite is suppressed or eliminated entirely. Weight loss hypnosis programs also assist you in getting motivated to get physically active and shed pounds.

By reprogramming your unconscious mind, hypnosis makes weight loss natural. It is a great tool to make you feel motivated and naturally geared towards healthy habits. So before trying a fad diet, think about a healthier approach to weight loss through physical activity, eating healthy, staying stress-free, and using self-taught hypnosis to reach your goals.

Alan B. Densky, CH is an NGH Certified Hypnotherapist. Visit the self improvement website for Free NLP newsletters, videos, and downloads. He offers several ways to lose weight, including NLP for weight loss DVDs and weight loss self-hypnosis CDs.

by Alan B. Densky, CH - August 20 2008

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