Losing and maintaining weight is a long-time commitment. And in real life, losing weight has no quick fix. However, certain diets that are designed to jump start your weight loss, so it is possible that you can maintain the weight off effectively over time. The Sacred Heart Diet is one of those jump-start diets because in a span of 7 days, you will be able to see results if you follow the strict diet plan.
The Sacred Heart Diet is believed to be the product of the Sacred Heart Medical Center’s cardiology department because it was believed that it uses this diet to help obese people in losing weight in the shortest possible time. This story that surrounds this diet is nothing but an urban legend because it has been around for years.
Basically, The Sacred Heart Diet is a low-calorie soup diet. The soup is quite filling because it has lots of vegetables and broth. The soup can also stop you from eating heavy meals and it is believed to block any hunger pangs during the day. There are dieters who believed that this soup diet is a type of cleansing diet because there were some of them who experienced going to the bathroom several times a day starting day 2.
The Sacred Heart Diet recipe calls for the following ingredients – a bunch of celery chopped, 2 cans of beans, 2 large canned tomatoes, green onions, beef bouillon for flavoring, 2 pounds of carrots, 1 pc. bell pepper, chopped mushrooms, 1/2-1/4 head of cabbage – shredded, vegetable stock .
You may add salt, pepper and other seasonings to make it a bit flavorful.
The Sacred Heart Diet plan:
Day 1 – you may eat any fruits this day, except for bananas
Day 2 – eat any vegetable you want
Day 3 – eat plenty of veggies and fruits, plus as much soup as you want
Day 4 – eat up to 6 bananas and all the skim milk you want
Day 5 – 10-20 ounces of beef, 1 can of tomatoes, 5-8 glasses of water
Day 6 – you may eat all the beef and veggies you want on this day
Day 7 – unsweetened fruit juices, brown rice and fresh vegetables you want; eat at least 1 bowl of soup during the day; avoid bread, alcoholic and carbonated drinks
It is best to take plenty of water every day and avoid carbonated and caffeinated drinks. Stick only to drinking water and fresh unsweetened fruit juices during this time.
The Sacred Heart Diet is considered as the fastest way to lose at least 10 pounds within 7 days. Maintaining the pounds you lost is the challenging part. But you can do this not just with the right food intake but also with physical activity such as sports and exercise.