Sorry, I don't have an answer to that, but I was wondering the same thing. Also, I just wanted to point out that I drink coffee with a little bit of soymilk every morning on the cabbage soup diet, and I still lose weight. I know everyone's bodies are different, but perhaps you can try drinking  coffee on the diet and see if that affects you

Hey there.  I've been doing the newer version of this diet since mid-February though I did do the original diet my first week.  The diet I'm on consists of the following:

Soup prepared basically the same but cook one cup of rice and add to your big pot of soup.

Day one: unlimited coffee and tea with sweetener, fruits, soup.  One serving of fiber one or all bran cereal (look for the lowest cal and carb option) and one cup of skim milk (you can use some of this milk for your coffee or tea). You can substitue a 1/2 c of plain non-fat yogurt for the milk any day but you can only have one or the other not a little of both except for day 4.   I usually choose the milk to go with my cereal.

Day two: unlimited coffee, tea, veggies and soup.  One serving of cereal, 1 c of skim milk (save some to mash with your potato, yumm), one T of low-fat or no-fat salad dressing and one medium potato.

Day three:  unlimited coffee, tea, veggies, fruit and soup. One serving of cereal, 1 c of skim milk, one T of allowed dressing.

Day four: unlimited coffee, tea and soup.  One serving of cereal, 8 c of skim milk or 7 c of skim milk and 1 c of plain non-fat yogurt.  3 - 6 bananas.

Day five: unlimited coffee, tea and soup.  unlimited chicken and fish.  one serving of cereal, 1 c of skim milk and up to one 28 oz can of tomatoes or 6 fresh ones

Day six:  unlimited coffee, tea, soup, veggies, chicken and fish.  One serving of cereal and 1 c of skim milk.

Day seven:  unlimited coffee, tea, soup, fruits and veggies.  One serving of cereal and 1 c of skim milk.

It states you can use condiments that don't have more than 25 calories per T just in moderation.  No juice as they are so high in calories and no unlimited rice on day 7 plus no beef.

I've been doing this diet off and on since February and have gone from 158 to 132 with moderate exercise and multi-vitamins.  It's much easier to stick to and I'm still losing.  If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Sweetjag thanks so much for posting that information so many people on here talk about it but nobody reports back with weight loss so a lot of us I think have been to scared to try that version!!! Out of interest what was your normal average weight loss usng that diet? I've been doing the old version on and off since Christmas and have lost near enough the same amount as you but now find my weight loss tends to be 4lbs a week as opposed to the 1st week when it was 6lbs!

Well I bought the book "The New Cabbage Soup Diet" by Margaret Danbrot used on Amazon.com for a penny plus shipping and handling.  Her diet doesn't include the cereal and milk daily.  I added that because it helps control my appetite and I eat less when I have cereal in the morning.  The recipe is the same but I also add a can of green beans.  I don't use V8 because spice my soup up enough and don't want to add those calories.  Some days I love jalapenos added to the soup.

I usually lose about 4 pounds every week I'm on the diet.  I've pretty much been doing it every other week though I do take a womans multi-vitamin and B-complex vitamin and I feel great.  Keep in mind I have had my cheat days such as Easter or Cinco de Mayo.  You have to splurge every once in a while!

There are some weeks where I've done 3 or 4 days in a row and than had a cheat day and just resumed the diet the next day.  I think you just have to make the diet work for you by tweaking it to your standards.  Experiment with it and just make sure you continue to lose weight.  Good Luck!

Last edited by Sweetjag (2007-05-07 12:58:56)

Thanks for posting the complete diet.  I might have to give this one a try sometime also.

hi there!!! i was reading about the newer version. It dose sound waaay better. i just started yesterday so i'm on the 2nd day. i think i'm just going to switch over to the new version. i wanted to ask you. with the new version can u still lose up to 10 pounds? and can u add butter to the potato on the 2nd day? 

Sweetjag wrote:

Hey there.  I've been doing the newer version of this diet since mid-February though I did do the original diet my first week.  The diet I'm on consists of the following:

Soup prepared basically the same but cook one cup of rice and add to your big pot of soup.

Day one: unlimited coffee and tea with sweetener, fruits, soup.  One serving of fiber one or all bran cereal (look for the lowest cal and carb option) and one cup of skim milk (you can use some of this milk for your coffee or tea). You can substitue a 1/2 c of plain non-fat yogurt for the milk any day but you can only have one or the other not a little of both except for day 4.   I usually choose the milk to go with my cereal.

Day two: unlimited coffee, tea, veggies and soup.  One serving of cereal, 1 c of skim milk (save some to mash with your potato, yumm), one T of low-fat or no-fat salad dressing and one medium potato.

Day three:  unlimited coffee, tea, veggies, fruit and soup. One serving of cereal, 1 c of skim milk, one T of allowed dressing.

Day four: unlimited coffee, tea and soup.  One serving of cereal, 8 c of skim milk or 7 c of skim milk and 1 c of plain non-fat yogurt.  3 - 6 bananas.

Day five: unlimited coffee, tea and soup.  unlimited chicken and fish.  one serving of cereal, 1 c of skim milk and up to one 28 oz can of tomatoes or 6 fresh ones

Day six:  unlimited coffee, tea, soup, veggies, chicken and fish.  One serving of cereal and 1 c of skim milk.

Day seven:  unlimited coffee, tea, soup, fruits and veggies.  One serving of cereal and 1 c of skim milk.

It states you can use condiments that don't have more than 25 calories per T just in moderation.  No juice as they are so high in calories and no unlimited rice on day 7 plus no beef.

I've been doing this diet off and on since February and have gone from 158 to 132 with moderate exercise and multi-vitamins.  It's much easier to stick to and I'm still losing.  If you have any questions, feel free to ask.