Sacred Heart Diet Plan

The Sacred Heart Diet can result in a weight loss of 10 lbs. or more in one week's time. The plan focuses on eating homemade vegetable soup and specific foods at mealtimes for seven days. The soup should be eaten every day of the diet, at any time and as many times as desired.

How to Make the Soup

The primary component of the Sacred Heart Diet is its vegetable soup. To make it, combine the following ingredients into a large stock pot:
2 cans of diced stewed tomatoes
1 large can of nonfat beef broth
3 large green onions, diced
1 bunch of chopped celery
2 cans of chopped green beans
2 pounds of chopped carrots
2 green peppers, diced

Add enough water to cover the vegetables. Bring to a high boil for about 10 minutes. Reduce heat, and simmer until the vegetables are tender, about an hour and a half. Season the soup with salt, pepper and bouillon as desired.

What to Drink

Drink eight 8-oz. glasses of water throughout the day to flush out fat out toxins. Teas are allowed as long as a sweetener is not added. It's also good to drink cranberry juice to the kidneys and bladder strong and healthy. All juices, however, including cranberry must be nonsweetened. These can be found in the organic food section of the grocery store. The Sacred Heart Diet Plan also allows skim milk and coffee.

Specific 7-Day Eating Plan

On the first day of the diet, any fruit except bananas may be eaten in addition to the vegetable soup. No other foods are allowed.

Day 2 focuses on eating an unlimited quantity of raw, cooked or canned vegetables, except for peas, corn and dried beans, in combination with the vegetable soup. At dinnertime, eat a baked potato with butter. No fruits are allowed.

On Day 3, eat an unlimited amount of fruits and vegetables in combination with the vegetable soup. No other food is permitted.

Day 4 includes three bananas and unlimited skim milk. Eat as much soup as possible. No additional fruits or vegetables should be eaten on Day 4.

On Day 5, add beef and tomatoes to the soup. Eat 10 to 20 oz. of beef and up to six tomatoes.

Eat as much beef and as many vegetables as you wish on Day 6; however no fruit should be eaten. Enjoy at least one serving of the vegetable soup.

On the final day of the Sacred Heart diet, vegetables and brown rice should be eaten in combination with the soup.