Oh Twilight, great tip for quitting smoking!!!  Hubby wants to quit so bad and I promised him we would when I got down to my ideal weight.  (hey, maybe that's why I keep sabatoging my weight loss!    )  Anyway, my #1 fear is gaining weight from quitting, so thanks for that!

And mellowfellow, good luck to you!  I really don't think the yogurt will do any harm at all!  Lots of people do the "new" CSD and lose weight!

i quit smoking 9 months ago and gained 15 pds (as suspected) due to uncontrollable snacking and craving of sugar and salts. people who quit tend to gravitate towards comfort foods as a way of stimulating the brain (which happens when one smokes)

I tried this diet as a way of detoxing my body from all the toxins and lost 8 pounds.  this diet has helped me with my cravings tremendously.  i now make more reasonable healthy choices such as fruit when craving sweets, or celery when craving something crunchy to snack on. snacking now is with ease and dont desire junk food. 

im back on this diet again  (gained 4 pounds back in the last two months) which is ok. i will continue to do so until i lose all the weight.

p.s
id leave out the protein supplement....this diet really helps your body to detox and you wouldnt want to interfere with the way the body releases the toxins.

Hello everyone!
My husband is bugging me about the smell of the cabbage in the soup.   I wonder if we can leave it out all together, or substitute lettuce or spinach???  Would it work the same???   The Sacred Heart Diet is basically the same diet, but without the cabbage in the soup.

I found some days I was really hungry; some days not.   Just eat more soup!!!  Good Luck!

Made it through day 1
It was harder to choke down the soup this morning. It was a bit slimier. Maybe I should have made a 1/2 batch at a time. Oh well.

yesterdays total intake

1/4 cup apple cider vinager.
3 bowls of CS all with hefty amounts of tabasco
6 apples
3 oranges
1 grapefruit
2 cups of coffee black
2 cups of hot green tea
1 cup of hot black tea
1 cup of fat free yogurt (desert)
8 FL OZ unsweetened cranberry juice
around 120 FL OZ of water

Today so far
1/4 cup of apple cider vinager
1 bowl of CS
1 8 FL OZ of unsweetened cranberry juice
Lots of celery with salt and vinager
about 1/2 a head of cauliflower mashed with salt and fake butter (awesome)
2 cups of coffee black
33 FL OZ of water


Plans for later
More celery
Mashed carrots with splenda and fake butter
the other 1/2 of the cauliflower mashed.
Spagetti squash(looking for recipies)
more CS if I can take it
More water.
Probably skip the potato. mashed cauliflower is a pretty good sub
And my serving of yogurt

Is it day five yet? I want meat.

twilight wrote:

Isn't the mashed cauliflower the BOMB?!!  I love it!   I use an entire head with curry and garlic and cook it in water with chicken bouillon.  Mash it all up or blend it and it is wonderful!  I actually do the same thing with broccolli and I swear you'd think its Split Pea soup!  (but without the good stuff, like ham!)  It's amazing when you're eating nothing but soup, veggies and fruit, how the weirdest things seem to be such a treat!!

It is beyond belief. If this diet does nothing else, it is really helping me find alternatives to those naughty foods. I could seriously go with out having mashed potatoes for a very long time, and I so love mased potatoes.

twilight wrote:

Spagetti Squash, cook it, I do it whole in the oven or split it first (but I'm actually too weak to split it myself) Remove the seeds and when it's done, scrape out the stringy stuff and it is delicious just with salt, pepper and spray "I can't Believe it's not Butter" or you can make a tomato Rague and spoon over it like spagetti,   just cook peppers, onions, mushrooms, and whatever other veggies you may like, zuccini is great, and cook it all in a can of diced tomatoes and season according to your taste, basil, garlic, etc.  Then you have "pretend spagetti"

I might try both. I love red sauce but my GF hates it. She isn't on a diet but the healthier she eats the easier it will be for me.

twilight wrote:

Also you can have a sweet potato instead of a potato if you're on day 2 but I've skipped it also.

Another swesome squash that tastes like a sweet potato is a butternut squash!  I had one yesterdy for lunch.  Just split it lengthwise and bake for about an hour at 350 degrees or until soft.  Use fake spray butter and salt or splenda or nothing, it is awesome and really tastes like you're cheating or at least eating something more substantial!

Can't say I am a fan of sweet potato unless it is cooked with pineapple rings and brown sugar. Yum. Hmm might try the butternut with splenda and pineapple tomorrow. Thanks!

twilight wrote:

Good Luck, you'll do fine!
p.s. are you liking the Apple Cider Vinegar?  I've been doing it all week too!  I don't know if it will do anything or not, but I actually like it!  I bought the unfiltered, healthy type and it makes me feel like I'm doing something good for my body!

Thanks!

The apple cider vinager is.....too much if I water it down. I drink it straight and it burns, lol. I do worry a bit about whether it is leaching calcium from my teeth or not. There are a couple reason I am drinking it. My GF's grandparents swear by it and they are in their 80's and doing pretty darn good. It is supposed to be good for digestion, and I have had problems with heart burn since I was a teen. Then of course there is the metabolism thing.