Soup diet

I did WW before, and they have a "free" point soup, that is very low in calories. I ate it - a lot - and it really helped control my appetite. So yes, I think that eating a lot of soup is very helpful in losing weight. I still do it now - my easy recipe - 1 box of chicken broth, add some taco seasoning or 1 jar of salsa, add bag of frozen cut green beans; cook on stove and then eat all day long.

Try the "Eating at a Reasonable Calorie Deficit Diet While Eating Anything You Want" diet. It's worked wonders for me, I lost 30 pounds, AND I didn't hate my life, which I strongly suspect a diet of nothing but soup would cause in me.

I was very, very poor for over a year a ways back. We ate a LOT of homemade soup, since it's what we could afford to buy. WIth $10-15, I could make 1-2 gallons of soup made of cabbage, carrots, celery, potatoes, and 1-2lbs of whatever random meat and bones were on sale that week. I got very, very skinny (not on purpose). And very, very sad...I avoid soup now whenever possible.


Oh, and yeah, I agree with "Eat Reasonably Less of What You Like Diet". It works. And log it with MFP to track your calories. YAY!

Try the "Eating at a Reasonable Calorie Deficit Diet While Eating Anything You Want" diet. It's worked wonders for me, I lost 30 pounds, AND I didn't hate my life, which I strongly suspect a diet of nothing but soup would cause in me.

It sounds like you are suggesting the "Eating at a Reasonable Calorie Deficit Diet While Eating Anything IWant" rather than "... Anything You Want". Otherwise, why would what worked for you or what you hated matter?

I did the cabbage soup diet for a week and it gave me a great jump start and encouragement to now count my calorie intake and change my life style. It was a great boost for me.

You must follow it properly though.

Good Luck and don't give up.

My cardinal rule of my food plan is to never do today what I'm not planning on doing every day for the rest of my life. I couldn't live on soup all the time, so I wouldn't do it now. I do incorporate some soup into my food plan, but I prefer to consume a wide variety of dishes with a full range of nutrients and just stay within my calorie levels. Sure, soup fills you up temporarily, but I've never found it to be sustaining for several hours.

Soup tends to be filling due to the broth. You'd get the same effect if you drank a complete glass of water with a solid meal. A soup diet may help with appetite suppression, but it's still all about calories in/out, no matter which way you slice it.

Actually you don't get the same effect. I saw some tests about this on a medical science programme a few years ago and the took two identical meals. One they blended with a glass of water to make a soup of sorts, one they ate solid followed by a glass of water. The people who had the soup version stayed fuller for much longer. Can't quite figure out why as it all goes down the same!

I rely a lot on soups when dieting as they're delicious, satisfying, filling and as long as you're not choosing silly high fat ingredients then they're very low in calories. I love soup! I'll generally have soup for one meal of the day then I have more calories to play with with the rest of the day plus I know I can have a few snacks throughout the day - I normally have crackerbread with avocado hummous if I feel like I want something 'solid' after my soup. On days when I eat soup it feels so easy sticking to my calories, like so easy that I feel like I must have logged something incorrectly or cheated because I'm not hungry and I can graze on things all day if I am.

If you make your own soups then obviously you can control the butter/oil/salt in them (I have next to none, and I never add salt to anything) BUT if you by ready made soups this is when the sodium is an issue. I couldn't believe how much sodium was in a pot of store bought soup - but now I realise all prepackaged food is like this and now I feel terrible for the amount I used to eat! So home soups are much better but if you're sticking with store bought I wouldn't have them for more than one meal in your day.

Whatever works for you anyway. I don't see soup as a staple being a fad diet at all but like I say I have it one meal per day (but I also have a smoothie for breakfast so I guess 2/3 of my day is liquid). They're a great way to get your vegetable quota and lovely and warming. Whatever works for you as long as you're getting your recommended calories each day.

It's not about eating healthy, it's about eating less calories than you burn. Do that and you can eat soup or any other food.

Yep. I lost 7kg in one week doing a 7 day soup diet. Crazy right? Well it was kind of like a liver cleanse diet in that you basically eat vegetables and water in the form of all sorts of different soups. Seriously I'm not into fads at all. After hearing all about it from my brother who really liked it, I thought I'd give it a try. I LOVED it.

2kg came back on in the next couple of days which the fluid I had lost coming back, but I quickly lost that again using MFP and a 1200 calorie limit.

So.... its obviously a VERY low calorie diet, which, as all of us know is not healthy in the long term and can do weird things to your metabolism... BUT it was a really great kick start for me. I wasn't hungry at all, gained a lot of energy, and most exciting of all, I COMPLETELY lost the terrible food cravings I was having on a daily basis. Now, on my balanced diet using MFP, I'm finding it so much easier to completely abstain from fatty and sugary foods. OH and no alcohol cravings either.

I don't think it's for everyone and you have to be careful and make sure you ease back into eating meat and carbs (otherwise your body will just suck up the calories).

Anyhoo.... there you go. True story.

Hi all. Does anyone think I would lose weight doing a soup diet?
I'm not talking about a silly cabbage soup diet or anything like that, I mean homemade soups packed full of fresh vegetables, chicken, beef, maybe even the odd nut.

And before anyone pipes up about needing to learn healthy eating habits, I have no problem there, I usually am a sensible eater. I need to lose 2 and a half stone I gained during twin pregnancy and I just need something to kick me up the bum and spur me on. So has anyone tried living off healthy soups? Did you lose much weight?

I'm desperate to get back to my old self!

I did not do a "just soup" diet, but I did bring soup as my lunch every day for 7 months. I made a variety of flavors and froze them, so I could bring a different one daily if I wanted. It was good and filling, but after 7 months, I had my limit for soup. I am currently looking for different ideas for lunch for work. Brought stir fry last week... It was a great change and very much needed. Soups can be very nutritious, I just wouldn't want to see you get sick of it... We should be doing things that will be sustainable in the long run. Remember slow and steady wins the race. You can do this OP.