text: do liquid diets work? you know, consuming nothing but cabbage soup and lemon juice for a month?   starvation dieting always works in the short term. unless you are only trying to lose weight for an occasion ( like fitting into your wedding dress..) the weight will come back on and probably more than you actually will lose. our bodies will begin to store all foods eaten as a stored fat because of the month long starvation. you'd be better eating 3 meals in smaller portions and only drinking 8 glasses of water if you wanna lose quick and keep it off.