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I would place going from a high carb diet to only eating fruits and drinking cabbage soup in my top 10 list of hard things to do. This day was a real struggle. It didn’t help that my sinuses were acting up or that we were out shopping for half the day. I didn’t prepare the night before so we were also doing our groceries to buy the ingredients for the soup along with the supplements of fruits and vegetables. Going back through the groceries, I just realised that the diet’s not cheap either!

Day One: Fruits
Eat all of the fruit you want (except bananas). Eat only your soup and the fruit for the first day. For drinks - unsweetened teas, cranberry juice and water.

So here’s what I ate on Day 1 of the Cabbage Soup Diet:
Breakfast:

• 1 Washington Granny Smith Green Apple

Lunch:

• 1 Washington Granny Smith Green Apple
• 1 China Golden Pear
• 1 South African Grapefruit
• 1 bowl of cabbage soup

Dinner:

• 2 Washington Granny Smith Green Apple
• 2 large bowls of cabbage soup

I love my ABC soups but to be very frank, I was sick of the cabbage soup after the second bowl. If you cook according to the recommended recipe, there will be plenty of leftover soup; maybe even enough for the entire week. WL shared my soup so I have enough leftovers for days 2 and 3 which is a good thing. I’m not a great fan of leftovers and it’s a good opportunity to change the flavour of the soup.

Anyway, here’s a breakdown of my groceries list (some items are averaged out according to use) just to give you an idea of the cost for Day 1:

Of course, Day 2 and 3 are going to be a lot cheaper since I’ll be eating leftovers… Yuck!