Losing weight is easy; burn more calories than your eating.
People seem to like to complicate things. You go on google and type in 'Fastest ways to lose weight' and you'll get 'Eat Acai berries and all your problems will be over!' or 'Eat a variety of vegtables and fruits, but don't eat too many fruits because they have too much sugar, so on seccond thought, don't eat them' and the whole 'bread is good; bread is bad' debate. But NO!
They don't tell you that it's really a lot simpler than that, eat less, exercise more. That's it. When your on a diet, take multi vitamins to help make sure your body gets all it needs.
Below these super awesome pics, are my favorite diets.
They don't tell you that it's really a lot simpler than that, eat less, exercise more. That's it. When your on a diet, take multi vitamins to help make sure your body gets all it needs.
Below these super awesome pics, are my favorite diets.
The 3 day diet.
Instructions:
Drink 4 glasses of water a day.
You can add any of these spices and condiments: salt, herbs, lemon, pepper, vinegar, Worcestershire, soy sauce, mustard & ketchup to your foods.
Day 1:
Breakfast:
Black Coffee or Tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal
1/2 Grapefruit or Orange
Lunch:
1 slice toast
Black Coffee or Tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal
Dinner:
1 cup green beans
1 cup carrots
1 apple
Day 2:
Breakfast:
Black coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal
1/2 Banana
Lunch:
1/2 cup tuna
8 regular saltine crackers
Dinner:
1 cup broccoli or cabbage
1/2 cup carrots
Day 3:
Breakfast:
Black coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal
1 apple
Lunch:
2 boiled egg whites
Black coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal
Dinner:
1 cup tuna
1 cup carrots
1 cup cauliflower
1 cup melon
Pros: I customized it so it's better for losing weight/maintaining it. It's relativly easy to follow and there's more food involved than most I'd recommend.
Cons: It's a slow diet, sure you get more food, but there's alot more cals in this than the others. I had to customize it so it would work. Only last for 3 days, but you can extend the timeline. You definatly need to spend more time in the gym on this diet than most others.
Drink 4 glasses of water a day.
You can add any of these spices and condiments: salt, herbs, lemon, pepper, vinegar, Worcestershire, soy sauce, mustard & ketchup to your foods.
Day 1:
Breakfast:
Black Coffee or Tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal
1/2 Grapefruit or Orange
Lunch:
1 slice toast
Black Coffee or Tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal
Dinner:
1 cup green beans
1 cup carrots
1 apple
Day 2:
Breakfast:
Black coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal
1/2 Banana
Lunch:
1/2 cup tuna
8 regular saltine crackers
Dinner:
1 cup broccoli or cabbage
1/2 cup carrots
Day 3:
Breakfast:
Black coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal
1 apple
Lunch:
2 boiled egg whites
Black coffee or tea w/1-2 packets of Sweet & Low or Equal
Dinner:
1 cup tuna
1 cup carrots
1 cup cauliflower
1 cup melon
Pros: I customized it so it's better for losing weight/maintaining it. It's relativly easy to follow and there's more food involved than most I'd recommend.
Cons: It's a slow diet, sure you get more food, but there's alot more cals in this than the others. I had to customize it so it would work. Only last for 3 days, but you can extend the timeline. You definatly need to spend more time in the gym on this diet than most others.
3 day fruit diet.
Breakfast:
1 piece of high-carb fruit (banana, large pear, ½ mango)
Lunch:
1 piece high-fiber fruit (apple, plums, ½ cup berries)
Dinner:
1 piece citrus fruit (orange, small grapefruit, tangerine, 2 clementines)
Pros: The total comes around to: 220- 310 calories, 1 gm fat, depending on what you choose to eat. You get options, choose what you want. Who doesn't love fruit?
Cons: I've heard if you stick to a fruit diet too long, you can get diarrhea.
1 piece of high-carb fruit (banana, large pear, ½ mango)
Lunch:
1 piece high-fiber fruit (apple, plums, ½ cup berries)
Dinner:
1 piece citrus fruit (orange, small grapefruit, tangerine, 2 clementines)
Pros: The total comes around to: 220- 310 calories, 1 gm fat, depending on what you choose to eat. You get options, choose what you want. Who doesn't love fruit?
Cons: I've heard if you stick to a fruit diet too long, you can get diarrhea.
ABC diet.
ABC is short for Ana Boot Camp. This is a very restricted diet, if you are new to severe restricting I would suggest trying the 'Skinny Girl Diet' below. p.s. Fast means nothing but water for the day. At the bottom of the page, theres a recepe for cabbage soup that averages 20 cals per cup.
day 1: 500 calories
day 2: 500 calories
day 3: 300 calories
day 4: 400 calories
day 5: 100 calories
day 6: 200 calories
day 7: 300 calories
day 8: 400 calories
day 9: 500 calories
day 10: Fast
day 11: 150 calories
day 12: 200 calories
day 13: 400 calories
day 14: 350 calories
day 15: 250 calories
day 16: 200 calories
day 17: Fast
day 18: 200 calories
day 19: 100 calories
day 20: Fast
day 21: 300 calories
day 22: 250 calories
day 23: 200 calories
day 24: 150 calories
day 25: 100 calories
day 26: 50 calories
day 27: 100 calories
day 28: 200 calories
day 29: 200 calories
day 30: 300 calories
day 31: 800
day 32: Fast
day 33: 250 calories
day 34: 350 calories
day 35: 450 calories
day 36: Fast
day 37: 500 calories
day 38: 450 calories
day 39: 400 calories
day 40: 350 calories
day 41: 300 calories
day 42: 250 calories
day 43: 200 calories
day 44: 200 calories
day 45: 250 calories
day 46: 200 calories
day 47: 300 calories
day 48: 200 calories
day 49: 150 calories
day 50: Fast
Pros: Definatly going to lose weight while on this diet, if you can stick with it. It's very specific on how much you can eat. And if your allowed the calories, you can have a chocolate bar for the day. A calorie is a calorie, so you have your choice.
Cons: It can be hard to stick to such a restricted diet, you would definatly have to have a mug of hot tea or coffee in your hand to stop your tummy from growling, but if you think you can do it, then DO IT!
day 1: 500 calories
day 2: 500 calories
day 3: 300 calories
day 4: 400 calories
day 5: 100 calories
day 6: 200 calories
day 7: 300 calories
day 8: 400 calories
day 9: 500 calories
day 10: Fast
day 11: 150 calories
day 12: 200 calories
day 13: 400 calories
day 14: 350 calories
day 15: 250 calories
day 16: 200 calories
day 17: Fast
day 18: 200 calories
day 19: 100 calories
day 20: Fast
day 21: 300 calories
day 22: 250 calories
day 23: 200 calories
day 24: 150 calories
day 25: 100 calories
day 26: 50 calories
day 27: 100 calories
day 28: 200 calories
day 29: 200 calories
day 30: 300 calories
day 31: 800
day 32: Fast
day 33: 250 calories
day 34: 350 calories
day 35: 450 calories
day 36: Fast
day 37: 500 calories
day 38: 450 calories
day 39: 400 calories
day 40: 350 calories
day 41: 300 calories
day 42: 250 calories
day 43: 200 calories
day 44: 200 calories
day 45: 250 calories
day 46: 200 calories
day 47: 300 calories
day 48: 200 calories
day 49: 150 calories
day 50: Fast
Pros: Definatly going to lose weight while on this diet, if you can stick with it. It's very specific on how much you can eat. And if your allowed the calories, you can have a chocolate bar for the day. A calorie is a calorie, so you have your choice.
Cons: It can be hard to stick to such a restricted diet, you would definatly have to have a mug of hot tea or coffee in your hand to stop your tummy from growling, but if you think you can do it, then DO IT!
The Skinny Girl diet.
The Skinny Girl Diet is a shorter, easier version of the ABC Diet. It's a calorie restriction diet but you can eat as much fruit and veg as you like and it doesnt count in your total calorie intake.
Day 1. 400 calories
Day 2. 300 calories
Day 3. 400 calories
Day 4. 500 calories
Day 5. 450 calories
Day 6. 650 calories
Day 7. 650 calories
Day 8. 400 calories
Day 9. 300 calories
Day 10. 400 calories
Day 11. 500 calories
Day 12. 450 calories
Day 13. 650 calories
Day 14. 700 calories
Day 15. 400 calories
Day 16. 300 calories
Day 17. 400 calories
Day 18. 450 calories
Day 19. 500 calories
Day 20. 650 calories
Day 21. 700 calories
Day 22. 400 calories
Day 23. 300 calories
Day 24. 450 calories
Day 25. 500 calories
Day 26. 450 calories
Day 27. 650 calories
Day 28. 700 calories
Day 29. 400 calories
Day 30. Fast!
Day 1. 400 calories
Day 2. 300 calories
Day 3. 400 calories
Day 4. 500 calories
Day 5. 450 calories
Day 6. 650 calories
Day 7. 650 calories
Day 8. 400 calories
Day 9. 300 calories
Day 10. 400 calories
Day 11. 500 calories
Day 12. 450 calories
Day 13. 650 calories
Day 14. 700 calories
Day 15. 400 calories
Day 16. 300 calories
Day 17. 400 calories
Day 18. 450 calories
Day 19. 500 calories
Day 20. 650 calories
Day 21. 700 calories
Day 22. 400 calories
Day 23. 300 calories
Day 24. 450 calories
Day 25. 500 calories
Day 26. 450 calories
Day 27. 650 calories
Day 28. 700 calories
Day 29. 400 calories
Day 30. Fast!
Cabbage soup diet.
Instructions:
Eat as much cabbage soup as you desire for seven days and you can lose 10 to 15 pounds. The recipe varies slightly, but
basically includes a variety of low-calorie vegetables such as cabbage, onions and tomatoes, flavored with bouillon, onion soup mix and tomato juice. Each day of the seven-day program has specific foods that must be eaten, including potatoes, fruit juice, many vegetables, and on one day, beef.
Day One:
Eat only fruit, all the fruit you want except banana.
Drink unsweetened tea, black coffee, cranberry juice and water.
Eat as much soup as you like.
Day Two:
All you want - fresh, raw or cooked vegetables of your choice, but stay away from dry beans, peas and sweet corn.
Eat as much soup as you like, but no fruit for today.
Day Three:
Combine days one and two, eat as much fruit, vegetables and soup as you like.
Day Four:
Eat as many as eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as you would like on this day,
along with your soup. This day is supposed to lessen your desire for sweets.
Day Five:
You may have 10-20 ounces of beef
(300-500g) and a large tin or up to six fresh tomatoes.
Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid from your body.
Eat your soup at least once today.
You may eat broiled or baked chicken (skinless), instead of beef.
Day Six:
Eat beef and vegetables today.
You can even have 2 or 3 steaks if you like, with fresh vegetables or salad.
Eat your soup at least once.
Day Seven:
Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables all you want.
Be sure to eat your soup at least once to day.
No bread, alcohol, or carbonated beverages - not even diet soda.
(Recepe for soup is at the bottom of the page)
Pros: You lose weight, and it's really easy to follow. Eat as much cabbage soup as you like, which is always awesome.
Cons: It's really different than most diets, I recommend going easy in the meat on day 5 and beef on day 6. I've never done this diet because I'd have to make the cabbage soup and we don't have cabbage, ever, so I have no personal experience to give you, but I have friends who say this diet really is a miracle and it works the best for them.
Eat as much cabbage soup as you desire for seven days and you can lose 10 to 15 pounds. The recipe varies slightly, but
basically includes a variety of low-calorie vegetables such as cabbage, onions and tomatoes, flavored with bouillon, onion soup mix and tomato juice. Each day of the seven-day program has specific foods that must be eaten, including potatoes, fruit juice, many vegetables, and on one day, beef.
Day One:
Eat only fruit, all the fruit you want except banana.
Drink unsweetened tea, black coffee, cranberry juice and water.
Eat as much soup as you like.
Day Two:
All you want - fresh, raw or cooked vegetables of your choice, but stay away from dry beans, peas and sweet corn.
Eat as much soup as you like, but no fruit for today.
Day Three:
Combine days one and two, eat as much fruit, vegetables and soup as you like.
Day Four:
Eat as many as eight bananas and drink as many glasses of skim milk as you would like on this day,
along with your soup. This day is supposed to lessen your desire for sweets.
Day Five:
You may have 10-20 ounces of beef
(300-500g) and a large tin or up to six fresh tomatoes.
Drink at least 6 to 8 glasses of water this day to wash the uric acid from your body.
Eat your soup at least once today.
You may eat broiled or baked chicken (skinless), instead of beef.
Day Six:
Eat beef and vegetables today.
You can even have 2 or 3 steaks if you like, with fresh vegetables or salad.
Eat your soup at least once.
Day Seven:
Brown rice, unsweetened fruit juices and vegetables all you want.
Be sure to eat your soup at least once to day.
No bread, alcohol, or carbonated beverages - not even diet soda.
(Recepe for soup is at the bottom of the page)
Pros: You lose weight, and it's really easy to follow. Eat as much cabbage soup as you like, which is always awesome.
Cons: It's really different than most diets, I recommend going easy in the meat on day 5 and beef on day 6. I've never done this diet because I'd have to make the cabbage soup and we don't have cabbage, ever, so I have no personal experience to give you, but I have friends who say this diet really is a miracle and it works the best for them.
Caroline Kettlewell diet.
Breakfast:
½ cup fat-free yogurt (100 cals)
Lunch:
1 clementine or 1 small orange ( 45 cals)
Dinner:
Granola bar (120)
total: 265 calories
Pros: Low calorie, healthy foods and common grocery list, stuff you'd usually find in the house. You'll lose weight.
Cons: You're going to be hungry, but it's going to work.
½ cup fat-free yogurt (100 cals)
Lunch:
1 clementine or 1 small orange ( 45 cals)
Dinner:
Granola bar (120)
total: 265 calories
Pros: Low calorie, healthy foods and common grocery list, stuff you'd usually find in the house. You'll lose weight.
Cons: You're going to be hungry, but it's going to work.
Chicken Soup diet.
Chicken Soup Diet works on a very simple idea. You have 1 breakfast each day (see breakfast choices listed below) and as much chicken soup as you want during the day. First off, the recipe for the chicken soup is in the recipes section of the site. Below you'll find the breakfast choices you can have each morning.
Breakfasts Choices
On the chicken soup diet you are allowed one breakfast a day. Now you can try a different breakfast every day, and this is the best way because it will give you a good nutritional balance. Since there are only 5 different ones to choose from, for the last two days of the diet, repeat the ones you liked the best. Okay, here are the Breakfast dishes:
Breakfast 1:
1 cup vanilla nonfat yogurt combined with 1/2 cup chopped fruit salad and sprinkled with wheat germ.
Breakfast 2:
1 cup ricotta cheese combined with 1/2 tsp. of sugar and a dash of cinnamon.
2 pieces while-grain bread, toasted
3 dried figs
Breakfast 3:
1 1/2 cups Total cereal/Corn Flakes
1/2 cup nonfat milk
1/2 cup calcium enriched orange juice
Breakfast 4:
1/2 cup prune juice
1 slice toast, topped with 1 oz of fat-free cheddar cheese melted.
Breakfast 5:
1 1/2 cups cooked Wheaten Cereal
1/2 cup nonfat milk
Now remember, you have one of these breakfast dishes every day and then as much of the chicken soup as you want.
Ingredients for chicken soup:
2 Tbs. oil, best if you use olive oil
4 parsnips cut into 1/2 inch pieces (this is about 1 lb. of parsnips)
4 ribs celery sliced
1 turnip cut into 1/2 inch pieces (3/4 of a pound)
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
1 Tbs. chopped garlic
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
16 cups reduced fat, low sodium, chicken broth
7 cans (5 oz. each) of chicken, or 5 cups (1 1/2 lbs) fresh chicken (cooked)
1 bag (16 oz.) frozen carrots
1 box (10 oz.) frozen broccoli florets
1 box (10 oz.) frozen chopped collard greens
1 1/2 cups frozen chopped onions
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill or 1 tbs. dried dill.
Cooking Instructions:
Using a large pot, heat the oil over a medium head. Add the parsnips, celery, turnip, jalapeno pepper, garlic, salt and cayenne pepper. Cook all the vegetables until the are crisp-tender...this should take about 15 minutes. Add the broth, chicken, carrots, broccoli, collard greens, onions, lemon juice and dill. Bring it to a boil, reduce heat and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
This will make 26 cups of soup.
(or you can use the cabbage recipe at the bottom of the page)
Pros: It tastes good, and you lose weight.
Cons: You have to make the soup.
Breakfasts Choices
On the chicken soup diet you are allowed one breakfast a day. Now you can try a different breakfast every day, and this is the best way because it will give you a good nutritional balance. Since there are only 5 different ones to choose from, for the last two days of the diet, repeat the ones you liked the best. Okay, here are the Breakfast dishes:
Breakfast 1:
1 cup vanilla nonfat yogurt combined with 1/2 cup chopped fruit salad and sprinkled with wheat germ.
Breakfast 2:
1 cup ricotta cheese combined with 1/2 tsp. of sugar and a dash of cinnamon.
2 pieces while-grain bread, toasted
3 dried figs
Breakfast 3:
1 1/2 cups Total cereal/Corn Flakes
1/2 cup nonfat milk
1/2 cup calcium enriched orange juice
Breakfast 4:
1/2 cup prune juice
1 slice toast, topped with 1 oz of fat-free cheddar cheese melted.
Breakfast 5:
1 1/2 cups cooked Wheaten Cereal
1/2 cup nonfat milk
Now remember, you have one of these breakfast dishes every day and then as much of the chicken soup as you want.
Ingredients for chicken soup:
2 Tbs. oil, best if you use olive oil
4 parsnips cut into 1/2 inch pieces (this is about 1 lb. of parsnips)
4 ribs celery sliced
1 turnip cut into 1/2 inch pieces (3/4 of a pound)
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
1 Tbs. chopped garlic
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
16 cups reduced fat, low sodium, chicken broth
7 cans (5 oz. each) of chicken, or 5 cups (1 1/2 lbs) fresh chicken (cooked)
1 bag (16 oz.) frozen carrots
1 box (10 oz.) frozen broccoli florets
1 box (10 oz.) frozen chopped collard greens
1 1/2 cups frozen chopped onions
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill or 1 tbs. dried dill.
Cooking Instructions:
Using a large pot, heat the oil over a medium head. Add the parsnips, celery, turnip, jalapeno pepper, garlic, salt and cayenne pepper. Cook all the vegetables until the are crisp-tender...this should take about 15 minutes. Add the broth, chicken, carrots, broccoli, collard greens, onions, lemon juice and dill. Bring it to a boil, reduce heat and let it simmer for 5 minutes.
This will make 26 cups of soup.
(or you can use the cabbage recipe at the bottom of the page)
Pros: It tastes good, and you lose weight.
Cons: You have to make the soup.
Mixed Carb 400 diet.
Breakfast:
1 cup fat-free, sugar-free yogurt, any flavor (120 cals)
Lunch:
2 slices reduced-calorie bread (90 cals) or a half slice of whole wheat bread (60 cals)
1 medium apple (100 cals)
Dinner:
3 cups shredded iceberg lettuce (24 cals)
1 mandarine orange (35 cals)
8 baby carrots (40 cals)
Pros: Simple, and good food. Tasty. You'll lose weight and enjoy the food.
Cons: Little food, you'll be hungry.
1 cup fat-free, sugar-free yogurt, any flavor (120 cals)
Lunch:
2 slices reduced-calorie bread (90 cals) or a half slice of whole wheat bread (60 cals)
1 medium apple (100 cals)
Dinner:
3 cups shredded iceberg lettuce (24 cals)
1 mandarine orange (35 cals)
8 baby carrots (40 cals)
Pros: Simple, and good food. Tasty. You'll lose weight and enjoy the food.
Cons: Little food, you'll be hungry.
Rainbow diet.
Monday (white):
Breakfast: ½ apple (40.5 cals)
Lunch: ½ apple (40.5 cals)
Dinner: 1 cucumber (24 cals)
Total: 105 cals
Tuesday (yellow):
Breakfast: 1 banana (108.5 cals)
Lunch: 1 banana (108.5 cals)
Dinner: ½ cup corn (66 cals)
Total: 283 cals
Wednesday (fast):
Thursday (orange):
Breakfast: ½ orange (31 cals)
Lunch: ½ orange (31 cals)
Dinner: 1 carrot (26 cals)
Total: 88 cals
Friday (red):
Breakfast: ½
cup strawberries (21.5 cals)
Lunch: ½ cup strawberries (21.5 cals)
Dinner: ½ red pepper (16 cals)
Total: 59 cals
Saturday (purple/blue):
Breakfast: 10 blueberries (8 cals)
Lunch: 10 blueberries (8 cals)
Dinner: 10 raspberries (24 cals)
Total: 40 cals
Sunday (green):
Breakfast: ½ cup grapes (57 cals)
Lunch: ½ grapes (57 cals)
Dinner: 1 cup lettuce (7 cals)
Total: 121 cals
Week total: 696 cals
Pro: a weeks calorie count is under 700? Amazing!! Garenteed weightloss. Garenteed.
Con: Unfortunatly, that's alot of fruit, fruit can be expensive, but when compared to a weeks worth of regular food, the price is great.
Breakfast: ½ apple (40.5 cals)
Lunch: ½ apple (40.5 cals)
Dinner: 1 cucumber (24 cals)
Total: 105 cals
Tuesday (yellow):
Breakfast: 1 banana (108.5 cals)
Lunch: 1 banana (108.5 cals)
Dinner: ½ cup corn (66 cals)
Total: 283 cals
Wednesday (fast):
Thursday (orange):
Breakfast: ½ orange (31 cals)
Lunch: ½ orange (31 cals)
Dinner: 1 carrot (26 cals)
Total: 88 cals
Friday (red):
Breakfast: ½
cup strawberries (21.5 cals)
Lunch: ½ cup strawberries (21.5 cals)
Dinner: ½ red pepper (16 cals)
Total: 59 cals
Saturday (purple/blue):
Breakfast: 10 blueberries (8 cals)
Lunch: 10 blueberries (8 cals)
Dinner: 10 raspberries (24 cals)
Total: 40 cals
Sunday (green):
Breakfast: ½ cup grapes (57 cals)
Lunch: ½ grapes (57 cals)
Dinner: 1 cup lettuce (7 cals)
Total: 121 cals
Week total: 696 cals
Pro: a weeks calorie count is under 700? Amazing!! Garenteed weightloss. Garenteed.
Con: Unfortunatly, that's alot of fruit, fruit can be expensive, but when compared to a weeks worth of regular food, the price is great.
Russian Gymnast diet.
This is the diet of Olympic silver medalist Irina Tschachina ( 5"6 and weighs only 99lbs!) it was such a success for her now many other Russian Gymnasts are following this diet. Here it is:
Breakfast:
Glass of either orange or apple juice
Lunch:
Fruit Salad (made off kiwi fruit, orange, pineapple, and peeled apples)
Glass of fruit juice (from one of the above fruits)
Dinner:
Glass of tap water
Green apple
Anyone on this diet for 5-7 days can loose between 4 lbs-11 lbs. The diet wants you to cut the fruit; all your fruit should fit into a baby serving bowl.
Pros: Little food, but you get plenty of fruit.
Cons: You definatly need a lot of determination to stick to it.
Breakfast:
Glass of either orange or apple juice
Lunch:
Fruit Salad (made off kiwi fruit, orange, pineapple, and peeled apples)
Glass of fruit juice (from one of the above fruits)
Dinner:
Glass of tap water
Green apple
Anyone on this diet for 5-7 days can loose between 4 lbs-11 lbs. The diet wants you to cut the fruit; all your fruit should fit into a baby serving bowl.
Pros: Little food, but you get plenty of fruit.
Cons: You definatly need a lot of determination to stick to it.
Sacred Heart diet.
Instructions:
At the beginning of this diet, you make a soup that you can eat at any time you are hungry, which it’s supposed to help burn fat and keep you on track. My favorite soup is at the bottom of the page, below all other diets.
Also, you are allowed to drink as much as you want, but only healthy drinks (water, skim milk, diet cranberry juice, and unsweetened fruit juices). Aside from that, each day has a different array of foods that you are supposed to eat along with the soup.
What to Eat:
Day 1: fruits only (no bananas)
Day 2: vegetables only (no dry beans, peas or corn. You are allowed a potato with butter, but go easy on that one)
Day 3: fruits, vegetables, and soup (but no potato)
Day 4: bananas and skim milk
Day 5: chicken (without skin) and potatoes
Day 6: chicken (without skin) and vegetables (but no potatoes)
Day 7: brown rice and vegetables.
Sacred Heart Soup
Also called the Miracle Soup, Sacred Heart Soup is a sort of vegetable or minestrone soup that is a key food on the diet.
Here's how it's made.
Ingredients ·
2 bell pepper, chopped or cut into rings ·
4 carrots, diced ·
1 bunch celery, sliced ·
1 package mushrooms, sliced ·
2 cans or fresh equivalent of green beans ·
2 cans kidney beans ·
1 bunch green onions, chopped ·
2 cans or fresh equivalent of tomatoes ·
1 package chicken noodle soup mix
·2 cubes beef bouillon plus vegetable cocktail ·
*Alternately to the bouillon and cocktail, 1 large can low fat beef broth ·
Salt, black pepper,
curry or chili powder to taste
Preparation
Combine ingredients, bring to a boil and then simmer until the carrots are
soft. Add water if necessary as you cook.
Daily Menus
The Sacred Heart Diet goes for a maximum of seven days, but can be ended after day 3 if desired. Many people start on a Monday to get the bulk of the diet over before the start of a weekend.
Beverages
Drink only water, black coffee, unsweetened tea, or 100 percent fruit juice.
Daily Foods
The following seven-day schedule should be followed.
1. Eat as much Sacred Heart Soup and as much fruit as desired, including melons and avoiding bananas and papayas. Drink only water, black coffee, unsweetened tea, or 100 percent fruit juice.
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2. Eat as much Sacred Heart Soup and as many cooked or uncooked plain vegetables as desired.
3. Eat as much Sacred Heart Soup and as many fruits and plain vegetables as desired.
4. Eat as much Sacred Heart Soup as you wish, along with three bananas or papayas. You may drink non-fat milk in addition to
the other approved beverages.
5. Eat as much Sacred Heart Soup as you wish
6. Repeat the previous day, adding cooked or uncooked plain vegetables.
7. Eat as much Sacred Heart Soup and vegetables as you wish, and add a serving of brown or white rice or cooked lentils. Return to a sensible, normal diet. You may repeat the Sacred Heart Diet one time per month.
Exercise Not required for this
diet.
At the beginning of this diet, you make a soup that you can eat at any time you are hungry, which it’s supposed to help burn fat and keep you on track. My favorite soup is at the bottom of the page, below all other diets.
Also, you are allowed to drink as much as you want, but only healthy drinks (water, skim milk, diet cranberry juice, and unsweetened fruit juices). Aside from that, each day has a different array of foods that you are supposed to eat along with the soup.
What to Eat:
Day 1: fruits only (no bananas)
Day 2: vegetables only (no dry beans, peas or corn. You are allowed a potato with butter, but go easy on that one)
Day 3: fruits, vegetables, and soup (but no potato)
Day 4: bananas and skim milk
Day 5: chicken (without skin) and potatoes
Day 6: chicken (without skin) and vegetables (but no potatoes)
Day 7: brown rice and vegetables.
Sacred Heart Soup
Also called the Miracle Soup, Sacred Heart Soup is a sort of vegetable or minestrone soup that is a key food on the diet.
Here's how it's made.
Ingredients ·
2 bell pepper, chopped or cut into rings ·
4 carrots, diced ·
1 bunch celery, sliced ·
1 package mushrooms, sliced ·
2 cans or fresh equivalent of green beans ·
2 cans kidney beans ·
1 bunch green onions, chopped ·
2 cans or fresh equivalent of tomatoes ·
1 package chicken noodle soup mix
·2 cubes beef bouillon plus vegetable cocktail ·
*Alternately to the bouillon and cocktail, 1 large can low fat beef broth ·
Salt, black pepper,
curry or chili powder to taste
Preparation
Combine ingredients, bring to a boil and then simmer until the carrots are
soft. Add water if necessary as you cook.
Daily Menus
The Sacred Heart Diet goes for a maximum of seven days, but can be ended after day 3 if desired. Many people start on a Monday to get the bulk of the diet over before the start of a weekend.
Beverages
Drink only water, black coffee, unsweetened tea, or 100 percent fruit juice.
Daily Foods
The following seven-day schedule should be followed.
1. Eat as much Sacred Heart Soup and as much fruit as desired, including melons and avoiding bananas and papayas. Drink only water, black coffee, unsweetened tea, or 100 percent fruit juice.
.
2. Eat as much Sacred Heart Soup and as many cooked or uncooked plain vegetables as desired.
3. Eat as much Sacred Heart Soup and as many fruits and plain vegetables as desired.
4. Eat as much Sacred Heart Soup as you wish, along with three bananas or papayas. You may drink non-fat milk in addition to
the other approved beverages.
5. Eat as much Sacred Heart Soup as you wish
6. Repeat the previous day, adding cooked or uncooked plain vegetables.
7. Eat as much Sacred Heart Soup and vegetables as you wish, and add a serving of brown or white rice or cooked lentils. Return to a sensible, normal diet. You may repeat the Sacred Heart Diet one time per month.
Exercise Not required for this
diet.
Super Reduction Oatmeal diet.
Always keep a mug of hot water/ unsweetened tea/ plain coffee with you, and drink whenever your hungry.
Breakfast:
One packet instant oatmeal, any flavor (120-160 cals) or 1/3 cup of instant rolled oats (130 cals prepared)
Lunch:
Diet soda (0 cals)
Dinner:
Tea w/ no-cal sweetener (<5 cals)
total: 120-165 calories, 2-4 gms fat
Pros: Very low calorie, easy to burn more than you consume.
Cons: You'll be hungry a lot of the time, unless you keep the hot mug of water/unsweetened tea/plain coffee with you.
Breakfast:
One packet instant oatmeal, any flavor (120-160 cals) or 1/3 cup of instant rolled oats (130 cals prepared)
Lunch:
Diet soda (0 cals)
Dinner:
Tea w/ no-cal sweetener (<5 cals)
total: 120-165 calories, 2-4 gms fat
Pros: Very low calorie, easy to burn more than you consume.
Cons: You'll be hungry a lot of the time, unless you keep the hot mug of water/unsweetened tea/plain coffee with you.
Water Fasting.
While water fasting, you can expect to lose +1lb a day.
Water Fasting can be good for people looking to lose the extra fat on them, it should NOT, however, be used by people emaciated or people in the list below as it could be fatal.
Important Points
A long fast significantly lowers the metabolism. It can take 4 to 6 weeks to regain a normal metabolism. So it is important to avoid over eating during the period after a fast to avoid weight gain. It is easy to regain all the weight you lost plus more if you over eat.
During fasting a persons blood pressure drops a lot. The biggest problem to a person fasting is orthostatic hypertension, or feeling faint and falling over. So a person who is fasting should always get up slowly and lie down right away if feeling lightheaded.
How to Start
To start the fast you should slowly reduce you food intake for several days prior to the fast, lightening up the diet each time. Progressing from cooked food, to steamed vegetables, to salads, fruit, then juices or smoothies is ideal. One step per day or 2 days should suffice.
Some people like to perform an enema or 2 during the initial stages of the fast, which can be helpful, but if the diet is
reduced as explained above, this may not be necessary.
During The Fast
The first 3 days will be a transition for the body, but generally after the first 2 days hunger ceases. During the fast it is recommended to conserve energy so as not to lose too much muscle mass and weight.
Psychological and Physical Reactions
Most people enjoy food, and many use it as a tool for emotional comfort. While fasting, emotional problems can often come to the surface as the distraction of food is removed. It is recommended to practice some form of meditation to help overcome these often difficult times. Music can also help, but nothing that is too fast, as energy consumption is important.
Physical ailments can also surface
People who used to smoke may start coughing up a lot of mucous, if you chewed tobacco your lips may get swollen, operations in the past may flair, but this is all a natural process as the toxins from those areas are released.
Many people report feelings of increased happiness, enlightened senses, bliss, increased mental capacity and more.
How to Finish
Day 1: eat a small piece of fruit (1/2 orange) every 2 hours.
Day 2: Eat a larger piece of fruit (1 orange) every 3 hours.
Day 3: Eat 4 meals of fruit with some lettuce.
Day 4: Eat 3 regular (but small) meals of raw fruits and salad. No spicy or hard to digest foods as the body is very sensitive.
Additional Information
Water fasting is completely different to juice fasting as it shifts the body into a completely new mode of operation. While juice fasting, the body continues to get it's carbohydrates from the sugar in the juice, whereas when water fasting the energy comes from stored fat and protein.
The full metabolism shift takes about 3 days.
When not fasting, the liver stores unused sugar as glycogen that it can use between meals. This is enough energy for 8-12 hours and it is used up within the first 24 hours of fasting. (Once the body moves over to ketosis (or fat) as fuel, the ketosis is used to replenish glycogen reserves. When the liver's supply of glycogen is used, the body begins to shift over to ketosis(fat as a fuel) or ketone production instead of glucose. This shift usually begins on the second dayof fasting and is completed on the third. During this in-between period there is no glucose from food available and energy from fat conversion is not enough. So the body uses glucose from 2 sources. It converts glycerol in the body's fat stores to glucose, but this is still not enough. So it makes the remainder by breaking down amino acids in muscle tissue and using them in the liver for making glucose. Around 60 to 84
grams of protein are used on the second day. By the 3rd day ketone production (or fat burning) is enough to supply nearly all the energy the body needs and the body's protein begins to be strongly conserved. The body still needs a little extra glucose for some functions, so a tiny amount of protein (18-24 grams/day) is still catabolized. During a 30 day water fast a person usually loses a maximum of 0.5-1 kg of muscle mass. The conservation of the body's protein is an evolutionary process that exists to protect muscle tissue and necessary organs from damage during periods where food is scarce.
From the 3rd day onwards the amount of fat being broken down each day increases until the 10th day. This seven day period, after the body has shifted completely over to ketosis (fat burning), is where the maximum breakdown of fat occurs. To conserve protein the body begins seeking out all non-body-protein sources of energy: nonessential cells such as degenerative tissues and fibroid tumors, viruses, bacteria, or any other cells that can be used for fuel. This is one of the reasons that water fasting can be such a good way to heal the body, it's almost like a refining process. During the period where the body is performing ketosis it is a similar state as the one that occurs during sleep, a rest and detoxification cycle. The body focuses on the removal of toxins and the healing and regeneration of damaged organs and tissues.
People Who Should Not Water Fast
- people who are in a state of starvation
- women who are pregnant, diabetic or nursing
- people with severe anemia
- people with an extreme fear of fasting
- people with porphyria
- people with a rare, genetic, fatty acid deficiency which prevents the initiation of ketosis. This is a deficiency involving the enzyme acetyl-CoA, a mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation enzyme, that is essential to ketosis. People with this deficiency who do fast can experience severe side effects, including hepatic steatosis, myocardial lipid accumulation, and severe hypoglycemia.
Water Fasting can be good for people looking to lose the extra fat on them, it should NOT, however, be used by people emaciated or people in the list below as it could be fatal.
Important Points
A long fast significantly lowers the metabolism. It can take 4 to 6 weeks to regain a normal metabolism. So it is important to avoid over eating during the period after a fast to avoid weight gain. It is easy to regain all the weight you lost plus more if you over eat.
During fasting a persons blood pressure drops a lot. The biggest problem to a person fasting is orthostatic hypertension, or feeling faint and falling over. So a person who is fasting should always get up slowly and lie down right away if feeling lightheaded.
How to Start
To start the fast you should slowly reduce you food intake for several days prior to the fast, lightening up the diet each time. Progressing from cooked food, to steamed vegetables, to salads, fruit, then juices or smoothies is ideal. One step per day or 2 days should suffice.
Some people like to perform an enema or 2 during the initial stages of the fast, which can be helpful, but if the diet is
reduced as explained above, this may not be necessary.
During The Fast
The first 3 days will be a transition for the body, but generally after the first 2 days hunger ceases. During the fast it is recommended to conserve energy so as not to lose too much muscle mass and weight.
Psychological and Physical Reactions
Most people enjoy food, and many use it as a tool for emotional comfort. While fasting, emotional problems can often come to the surface as the distraction of food is removed. It is recommended to practice some form of meditation to help overcome these often difficult times. Music can also help, but nothing that is too fast, as energy consumption is important.
Physical ailments can also surface
People who used to smoke may start coughing up a lot of mucous, if you chewed tobacco your lips may get swollen, operations in the past may flair, but this is all a natural process as the toxins from those areas are released.
Many people report feelings of increased happiness, enlightened senses, bliss, increased mental capacity and more.
How to Finish
Day 1: eat a small piece of fruit (1/2 orange) every 2 hours.
Day 2: Eat a larger piece of fruit (1 orange) every 3 hours.
Day 3: Eat 4 meals of fruit with some lettuce.
Day 4: Eat 3 regular (but small) meals of raw fruits and salad. No spicy or hard to digest foods as the body is very sensitive.
Additional Information
Water fasting is completely different to juice fasting as it shifts the body into a completely new mode of operation. While juice fasting, the body continues to get it's carbohydrates from the sugar in the juice, whereas when water fasting the energy comes from stored fat and protein.
The full metabolism shift takes about 3 days.
When not fasting, the liver stores unused sugar as glycogen that it can use between meals. This is enough energy for 8-12 hours and it is used up within the first 24 hours of fasting. (Once the body moves over to ketosis (or fat) as fuel, the ketosis is used to replenish glycogen reserves. When the liver's supply of glycogen is used, the body begins to shift over to ketosis(fat as a fuel) or ketone production instead of glucose. This shift usually begins on the second dayof fasting and is completed on the third. During this in-between period there is no glucose from food available and energy from fat conversion is not enough. So the body uses glucose from 2 sources. It converts glycerol in the body's fat stores to glucose, but this is still not enough. So it makes the remainder by breaking down amino acids in muscle tissue and using them in the liver for making glucose. Around 60 to 84
grams of protein are used on the second day. By the 3rd day ketone production (or fat burning) is enough to supply nearly all the energy the body needs and the body's protein begins to be strongly conserved. The body still needs a little extra glucose for some functions, so a tiny amount of protein (18-24 grams/day) is still catabolized. During a 30 day water fast a person usually loses a maximum of 0.5-1 kg of muscle mass. The conservation of the body's protein is an evolutionary process that exists to protect muscle tissue and necessary organs from damage during periods where food is scarce.
From the 3rd day onwards the amount of fat being broken down each day increases until the 10th day. This seven day period, after the body has shifted completely over to ketosis (fat burning), is where the maximum breakdown of fat occurs. To conserve protein the body begins seeking out all non-body-protein sources of energy: nonessential cells such as degenerative tissues and fibroid tumors, viruses, bacteria, or any other cells that can be used for fuel. This is one of the reasons that water fasting can be such a good way to heal the body, it's almost like a refining process. During the period where the body is performing ketosis it is a similar state as the one that occurs during sleep, a rest and detoxification cycle. The body focuses on the removal of toxins and the healing and regeneration of damaged organs and tissues.
People Who Should Not Water Fast
- people who are in a state of starvation
- women who are pregnant, diabetic or nursing
- people with severe anemia
- people with an extreme fear of fasting
- people with porphyria
- people with a rare, genetic, fatty acid deficiency which prevents the initiation of ketosis. This is a deficiency involving the enzyme acetyl-CoA, a mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation enzyme, that is essential to ketosis. People with this deficiency who do fast can experience severe side effects, including hepatic steatosis, myocardial lipid accumulation, and severe hypoglycemia.
- People who are in a state of starvation
- Women who are both pregnant and diabetic
- Nursing mothers
- People with severe anemia
- People with an extreme fear of fasting
- People with porphyria.
- People with a rare, genetic, fatty acid deficiency which prevents the
initiation of ketosis. This is a deficiency involving the enzyme acetyl-CoA, a
mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation enzyme, that is essential to ketosis. People
with this deficiency who do fast can experience severe side effects, including
hepatic steatosis, myocardial lipid accumulation, and severe
hypoglycemia.
Cabbage Soup Recepe.
Ingredients to Cabbage Soup:
half a cabbage
stick of celery
half onion
Directions:
chop them all up
put in a pan
fill pan with water, so it covers the vegetables
(add salt and pepper, if you want)
simmer for 45mins (or until vegetables have gone soft)
1 cup serving is on average 20cals
Its worth a try because its easy, has a smaller amount of calories, lasts a long time, fills you up quite well and it's good if your doing the ABC diet :)
half a cabbage
stick of celery
half onion
Directions:
chop them all up
put in a pan
fill pan with water, so it covers the vegetables
(add salt and pepper, if you want)
simmer for 45mins (or until vegetables have gone soft)
1 cup serving is on average 20cals
Its worth a try because its easy, has a smaller amount of calories, lasts a long time, fills you up quite well and it's good if your doing the ABC diet :)