7 Days Soup Diet

Many dieters have experienced excellent weight loss results by following the 7 Days Soup Diet, also known as the Amazing Soup Diet Plan. Introduced by Good Housekeeping, this diet plan is a wonderful way to kick start healthy weight loss. It can easily be followed for several weeks with the variety of delicious menus and meal plans offered.

The Diet Plan

Dieters often mistake the 7 Day Soup Diet for the Cabbage Soup Diet or the Sacred Heart Diet plans. Although all three plans are based on soup for dinner that is the only similarity. The Amazing Soup Diet: Meal Plan is a seven day plan based on portion-controlled meals and a delicious hearty vegetable soup. You can eat the soup anytime and have as much of it as you want.

The soup is the basis of all of the dinner menus and is modified each night by adding two cups of specific ingredients creating a new soup each evening. Cooking a big pot of the basic vegetable soup the day before beginning the seven-day plan makes following the daily menus easy. It doesn't take any longer than twenty minutes to turn the basic vegetable soup into dinner meals for the week.

* Delicious Italian minestrone soup
* Spicy chili made Southwest style
* A hearty goulash
* Thai soup featuring shrimp
* Stew made with rice and red beans
* Chicken soup made Mexican style
* Fish Stew made Greek style

Bonus Foods

The basic vegetable soup and fresh vegetables make great snacks anytime hunger strikes. As an added bonus you can have two 100-calorie treats throughout the week. Examples of these snacks include:

* A Starbucks grande cappuccino made with skim milk
* 4 Hershey’s Kisses
* A 4 ounce glass of wine
* A 100-calorie pack of cookies
* 40 pretzel sticks

For more great 100 calorie snack ideas click here.

The Basic Vegetable Soup

Following the original recipe for this hearty and nutritious vegetable soup, will result in twenty-eight cups which is more then enough for the week. This simple soup recipe results in a wonderful vegetable soup that only has forty-five calories per cup. The basic soup ingredients include:

* Carrots
* Onions
* Celery
* Garlic
* Cabbage
* Green beans
* Zucchini
* Baby spinach leaves
* Canned whole tomatoes
* Chicken broth
* Water
* Spices

Online Resources for the 7 Days Soup Diet

1) Good Housekeeping offers a wonderful meal plan for this diet. It is meant to be followed as closely as possible for the entire week. Delicious breakfasts include:
o Cottage cheese with fruit and nuts
o Cereal with bananas and walnuts
o Yogurt with berries and mini shredded wheat
o English muffin with cottage cheese, honey and cinnamon
o Scrambled eggs Mexican style in a pita with orange juice
o Oatmeal mixed with peanut butter, honey and raisins

2) Lunches are just as delicious and will leave you feeling full and satisfied.
o Roast beef on whole grain bread seasoned with sour cream, horseradish and slices of tomatoes
o A caprese salad of cherry tomatoes, mozzarella cubes and basil leaves served with hummus on a whole wheat pita
o Black beans, onions, salsa, shredded cheese and avocado with tortilla chips
o Turkey, bacon and tomato on a pita seasoned with avocado and lime juice served with a side of fresh strawberries
o Waldorf chicken salad with chicken breast, apple, grapes, celery and walnuts on a bed of greens
o Canned salmon tossed with cannelloni beans, onions, and celery served over greens
o Whole grained bread spread with light mayonnaise topped with ham, mozzarella cheese, red onion, roasted peppers, pickles and lettuce

3) All the recipes for each night’s soup, and a few additional ones from Good Housekeeping.

4) A shopping list with everything needed for the first week of following the eating plan.

5) Exclusive Internet only soup and menu variations that Good Housekeeping never printed in their magazine. The delicious soups were created by world renowned chefs including:
o Emeril Lagasse
o Michael Chiarello
o Linda Bastianich
o Ming Tsai
o Dean Fearing
o Madhur Jaffrey
o Don Pintabona

6) Answers to the most common questions about the soup diet including substituting, switching and modifying the food plan.

Conclusion

The 7 Days Soup Diet is a healthy, balanced weight loss diet that is based on portion control. Following the plan should result in weight loss, but just as with all diet plans it is always best to check with your medical professional before beginning.