How to Lose Weight With the Sacred Heart Diet

The Sacred Heart diet was supposedly started by a heart surgeon at Sacred Heart Hospital in Canada, though the actual origin is unknown. The Sacred Heart Diet is an intense, 7-day weight loss plan, that can potentially help you lose 10 to 17 pounds. This diet is not safe in the long term, and healthy eating and exercise habits must be maintained afterward in order to avoid gaining the weight back.

Instructions

1

Mix the soup mix and the vegetables in a large pot to make soup. Boil for 10 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer until vegetables are tender enough for your liking. This is the soup you will be eating all week, so be sure to season it to you liking. Pepper, parsley or even Worcestershire sauce can be added for flavoring.

2

Eat only soup and fruit on day one of the Sacred Heart Diet. Only bananas are forbidden at this stage due to their high sugar content. You can eat as much soup and fruit as you like. Be sure to keep pleny handy for when you have those urges to snack. Drink water, tea, unsweetened juices or coffee.

3

Eat vegetables and soup on day two of the Sacred Heart diet. Vegetables can be raw, cooked, steamed or canned. On this day, remove all fruit from your diet. For dinner, you can treat yourself to a baked potato, and even add some butter to it. Drink water, tea, unsweetened juices or coffee.

4

Add fruits to your diet, and consume vegetables along with the soup. However, no baked potato is allowed on day three. Drink water, tea, unsweetened juices or coffee.

5

Add bananas and skim milk to your daily diet of soup.The diet calls for at least 3 bananas on this fourth day of the Sacred Heart diet. Though the bananas are high in carbohydrates and calories, your body will need them today. Bananas are also high in potassium which your body will need on this day as well. The protein in the milk will help lessen any cravings for sweets and junk foods.

6

Grill some beef on day five. Eating up to 20 ounces of beef is recommended on this day. Feel free to eat tomato's throughout the day as well, up to six tomatos can be consumed on day five.

7

Eat all the beef and green veggies you want on day six. Be sure to still have the soup at least once on this day, though you can have it as often as you want.

8

Add brown rice to your meals on day seven of this diet. Brown rice, veggies and soup are all that is allowed on this last day of the diet. At the end of this day, you will have lost 10 to 17 pounds.