If There’s No Pain, There’s No Gain in Weight Loss

Have you ever felt pain while losing weight? More than physical suffering, it’s the emotional, psychological, and spiritual pain that count the most. For example, going through the Cabbage Soup Diet plan for a week cannot really be considered a walk in the park. nnnEating Healthy Foods nnThe best thing about trying the Cabbage Soup Diet is that it will teach you how to eat a healthy diet and live a healthy lifestyle. You will not be given packaged food; instead, you will learn to prepare real food. nnWhen you eat whole, clean, and healthy foods, your metabolism will get revved up – it burns like a hot coal furnace. This will help you shed the fat by portion control as well as eating small meals spread out throughout the day. Actually, bodybuilders also eat the same way – they take in food every 2 - 3 hours. nnNow when your metabolism gets too hot, expect to be hungry. And when this happens, you’ve got to eat something that will not make you fat. Similar to what JoLynn Braley (researcher) did – she said that she found a recipe for cabbage soup that sounded good to her. It turned out that she loved it, and ate it with several of her meals each day. nnnEffectiveness of Cabbage Soup Diet nnMany people say that a Cabbage Soup Diet makes a good filler meal because of its low calories. It works by eating cabbage soup when you feel hungry. Because of its negligible calories, you will not put on more weight. Instead, your body will use your current fat deposits to burn fuel. nnNevertheless, it should only be used for 7 days at a time, and it promises a 10 pound weight loss within that period. According to Jeff Behar (with more than 30 years experience in nutrition, health, and fitness), weight loss will definitely occur because of low calorie intake. However, this diet shouldn’t be your long-term primary method for weight loss. nnThe bottom line is restricting your food intake for a short period of time only in order to jump start healthy eating habits. You are allowed to eat vegetables, fruits, water, some skimmed milk, a few ounces of meat, and unlimited cabbage soup. nnYou can also eat a little bit of brown rice and unsweetened fruit juice on a day or two. However, you should never consume bread, diet soda, and alcohol during the diet period. nnnIs it Worth It? nnAny excellent result that you want to achieve requires a little bit of pain and suffering. Do you remember the last time you had the best groomed eyebrows ever? It must have been the most painful one to achieve (talk about threading)! However, you cannot deny the fact that you felt really good after when you’ve come to admire how beautiful your eyebrows are. nnSame goes with dieting. You must be disciplined enough to pull it through – even if everybody around you can eat all they want, and all you can eat is a cabbage soup. As they say, if there’s no pain, there’s no gain! Yes, looking good is not easy, but it’s truly worth it.