How to Lose Pounds Fast

One of the trendiest diets for quick weight loss is the Cabbage Soup diet. This diet has also been known under several different names including the “Military Cabbage Soup”, and the “Russian Peasant Diet”, among others. The creators of this diet suggest that you will lose up to 10 lbs by the end of seven days.

Keep in mind that diets for quick weight loss are seldom diets that you should stay on for any period of time.  They are normally not balanced diets and are only intended to be used for 3-7 days at the most. Many of these fad diets either restrict caloric intake to the extreme of they have you eating the same type of food daily.

Here is a quick overview of the Cabbage Soup Diet:

Cabbage Soup – you are given a recipe to make up a batch of this homemade soup and you can eat this in unrestricted amounts.

Day 1 – All the cabbage soup you can eat along with all the fruit you want. Bananas are restricted on this day.
Day 2 – Add in all the vegetables you want along with your soup. At dinner time eat a baked potato with butter.
Day 3 – Eat all the soup, fruit and veggies for each meal that you want.
Day 4 – You can eat up to 8 bananas today along with all the skim milk that you want.
Day 5 – Eat between 10 – 20 ounces of lean beef or baked, skinless chicken along with up to six fresh tomatoes.  You must also eat at least one bowl of cabbage soup.
Day 6 – Eat the cabbage soup at least once and then all the beef and vegetables which you desire.
Day 7 – At least one bowl of soup then consume brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables.

When using any type of diets for quick weight loss, including the Cabbage Soup diet, don’t overexert yourself, you will be overtaxing your system and your body won’t have enough energy to sustain a workout routine at this point. Supplement these diets by drinking lots of water. This will help keep the hunger pangs away.

There is a new and improved version of the Cabbage Soup diet which is due for release in January 2011. This version is including protein and dairy choices more often, as the current edition has left many people feeling too tired and weak to function properly. It has also been noted that the diet is too high in sodium for many users.

Diets for quick weight loss can be extremely effective, their downside is limiting food choices for several days. If you can sustain this type of eating regimen then it could be a great solution for losing those last 10 pounds really fast.