Cabbage Soup Diet/Detox

[Konfyouzd]

Originally Posted by Sang-Drax

Oh thank you. I had this urge to point out how great of a bullshit is this 'detoxing' stuff, but didn't really want to go through the hassle.

Detoxing is only important when you have a drug test coming up...

[TreWatson]

so i weigh 280 lbs right now ( I put on some muyscle, but have not lost the fat >:/ )

so should i have 280 grams of protein a day or a serving?

i know nothing and am bad with numbers in this situation.

[Peekaboo_eeeeek]

Originally Posted by TreKita

so i weigh 280 lbs right now ( I put on some muyscle, but have not lost the fat >:/ )

so should i have 280 grams of protein a day or a serving?

i know nothing and am bad with numbers in this situation.

...you should eat a standard portion size of protein regardless of your size, surely? Guidleines below.... if in doubt, google it

Single Serving Guideline (Proteins)


Beef Lean: 4OZ; Cottage Cheese: 1% 1 cup
Egg substitute: 1/2 cup; eggs whole: 2 large
egg whites: 4 large; Fish: 5 OZ
Wild game: 4 OZ; Lamb: 4 OZ
Liver: (beef, calf, chicken ) 4 OZ; Pork: 4 OZ
Chicken Dark Meat: 4 OZ; Chicken White Meat: 5 OZ
Veal: 4 OZ; Crab meat: 4 OZ
Deli Slices: (Fat Free) 6 Slices; Salmon: (Canned) 4 OZ
Tuna: (Canned -water packed) 4 OZ

[espec1000]

Thanks for all the comments guys. I ate the soup for about 3 days and everything was fine, but I didn't notice any significant changes as my body probably wasn't experiencing anything new and exciting. I did change the soup into a nice minestrone the last few days and it was damn tasty! I lost about 3-4 pounds during all of this, but it was mostly from working out/soccer games.

My diagnosis: Waste of time really. You guys all nailed it, if you eat healthy and work out, eat the right amount of protein while doing so, then you are set. No cabbage soup is going to make you lose a bunch of weight (except for waste weight) and it isn't healthy for you to deprive yourself of proper food.

I tried it and it was interesting while it lasted, but I'm not going to do it again as it's not the right thing for me.

[jymellis]

just do like christian bale did for the machinist. for break fast you get and apple and a cup of black coffee, for lunch a cup of black coffee, and for dinner. a cup of black coffee.

[espec1000]

Those are the only 2 food groups one needs: Apples and black coffee.

[Peekaboo_eeeeek]

....Christian Bale looks so ....ed up in those pictures...why would you ever willingly do that to yourself?!!

Espec... glad you didn't have any nasty side effects... other than smelly-ass-syndrome always associated with cabbage

[espec1000]

Thanks! Yeah the cabbage shit attacks were brutal. On top of that, I cleared the house anytime I was cooking it and preparing the soup.

[Krankguitarist]

Originally Posted by TreKita

so i weigh 280 lbs right now ( I put on some muyscle, but have not lost the fat >:/ )

so should i have 280 grams of protein a day or a serving?

i know nothing and am bad with numbers in this situation.

The "proper" ratio is about a gram to 1.5 grams of protein per pound of lean body mass. At least, that seems to be the most popular way of doing it.

So, take how much you weigh, subtract how much of that is fat, and you'll have your number.

[rturner]

First: Most of those "rapid and everlasting" diets don't work for mid-term goals. It makes sense to start your diet with a detox diet plan and a detox menu to get rid of all those toxins ingested. But: Furthermore you need to change your nutrition plan with a long-term perspective on your physical and mental health. So, think of what you really want: Do you want to stay healthy, be agile have a reasonable body-weight or are you looking forward to some burgers and fries right after having gone through your perfect diet plan? You may need to oversee your former nutritional habits to recognize what was going wrong. I am sure that anybody knows what's healthy and reasonable and what's not.