The Cabbage Soup Diet

I have been following the cabbage soup diet since Saturday.  Tomorrow is the final day.  In my head, I know it is a ridiculous, stupid diet to follow.

Saturday I made up massive batches of the cabbage soup and ate it alongside fruit.

Sunday I ate soup and vegetables.

Monday I ate soup, fruit and vegetables.

Tuesday I ate soup, a banana and a massive amount of banana milkshakes,

Wednesday I ate steak and soup and tomatoes.

Today I ate chicken and vegetables.

I have failed numerous times because I ate an extra mini baked potato on Monday, I didn’t eat my soup today and I’ve eaten chocolate both today and yesterday. Regardless, I have seen the scales drop.

Since I was too hungover to weigh in last post, my weight shot back up to 197.  I knew it wasn’t legitimate to gain 5 or 6 pounds from my day of hungover eating but it also made me feel like complete crap.  For an entire week I failed to post and my weight stayed around the 195 mark.  195 has been my weight pretty much all friggin year.  I am so sick of weighing in the 190s.

The rationale part of my brain told me to just get back on weightwatchers and maybe actually work out but the headcase part of my brain decided the Cabbage Soup diet would be more effective.

Today I weighed in at 190, my lowest weight of 2010.  If I am 189 tomorrow I will be a very, very happy girl despite my crazy binge episode this afternoon.  I will write more about my binge episode another time since it really blew me away with the physical and mental cravings that sparked it.

But even though I haven’t posted in 10 days, I am around and still losing weight, just not in a calm, rational manner.  Clearly I need to get my head in order just as much as my body.

-CJ

Sunday 18.04.2010

Weigh-in: unknown – too hungover to think about it first thing

Eats:

Breakfast:

pita with hummus (3 points)

egg bagel sandwich (10 points)

pita with peanut butter and jam (4 points)

chocolate (2.5 points)

lunch:

cheese puffs, sausage roll, two mini scotch egg bites, southern fried chicken wrap and two magnums

dinner:

half a box of nachos

half a chicken quesadilla

Total:  no idea but ALOT.  I need to not drink ever again

Water: 72oz

Saturday 17.04.2010

Weigh-in: 191 woohoo!

Eats:

Breakfast:

green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• maca
• 250ml milk
• spinach
• ice

lunch:

whole wheat english muffin (2.5 points)

egg (1.5 points)

salad of romaine, baby tomatoes, red pepper with honey mustard dressing (0.5 points)

afternoon snack:

peanut butter and half a banana pita (4 points)

dinner:

5 shrimp and two bites of beef (1 point?)

Lots and lots of wine :(

Total:  12 points of food but lost track of the wine…

Activity: 5k in 35:41…my fastest 5k of 2010 so far and almost 2 minutes faster than last week (486 calories)

Water: 30oz :(

Thursday 15.04.2010

Weigh-in: 193 again

Eats:

Breakfast:

green smoothie (3 points)

• banana
• maca
• 250ml milk
• spinach
• ice

morning snack:

apples (0.5 points)

lunch:

whole wheat wrap (2.5 points)

hummus (1.5 points)

roasted courgette, yellow pepper and quarter of a red onion

salad of romaine, baby tomatoes, red pepper and quarter of a red onion with honey mustard dressing (0.5 points)

afternoon snack:

apples (0.5 points)

dinner:

quorn cutlet (4.5 points)

bagel (4.5 points)

roasted broccoli

massive salad with sweetcorn (1 point)

chocolate (2.5 points)

mini green smoothie (1 point)

Total:  22 points

Water: 100oz + 2 cups of tea!

Friday 16.04.2010

Weigh-in: 193 again!

Eats:

Breakfast:

green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• maca
• 250ml milk
• spinach
• ice

lunch:

whole wheat wrap (2.5 points)

hummus (1.5 points)

roasted courgette and pepper

salad of romaine, baby tomatoes, red pepper and quarter of a red onion with honey mustard dressing (0.5 points)

afternoon snack:

apples (1 point)

dinner:

pita and hummus (3 points)

2 glasses wine (4 points)

quorn cutlet (4.5 points)

evening snack:

chocolate (2.5 points)

Total:  22 points

Water: 104oz

Tuesday 13.04.2010

Weigh-in: 193

Eats:

Breakfast:

green smoothie (3 points – damn bigger banana!)

• banana
• maca
• 250ml milk
• spinach
• ice

morning snack:

apple (0.5 points)

lunch:

whole wheat wrap (2.5 points)

hummus (1.5 points)

roasted courgette, yellow pepper and quarter of a red onion

salad of romaine, baby tomatoes, red pepper and quarter of a red onion with honey mustard dressing (0.5 points)

dinner:

2 eggs (3.5 points)

sweet potato (2 points)

beans (2 points)

sweetcorn (0.5 point)

evening snack:

wholemeal english muffin (2.5 points)

banana (1.5 points)

peanut butter (1.5 points)

Total:  21.5 points

Water: 96oz

Monday 12.04.2010

Weigh-in: 194 (1.8 gain from last week – I’m blaming TOM)

Eats:

Breakfast:

green smoothie (3 points – damn bigger banana!)

• banana
• maca
• 250ml milk
• spinach
• ice

morning snack:

apple (0.5 points)

lunch:

whole wheat wrap (2.5 points)

hummus (1.5 points)

roasted courgette, yellow pepper and quarter of a red onion

salad of romaine, baby tomatoes, red pepper and quarter of a red onion with honey mustard dressing (0.5 points)

afternoon snack:

honey and yogurt (2.5 points)

dinner:

pesto and mozzarella quorn cutlet (4.5 points)

sweet potato (2.5 points)

peas

salsa (0.5 points)

evening snack:

wholemeal english muffin (2.5 points)

jam (0.5 points)

peanut butter (1.5 points)

Total:  22 points

Activity: went for a walk after work (up to 8,300 steps for the day)

Water: 72oz