Monday, October 6, 2008

Lose weight with soup

Lose weight in two days
Losing weight isn't always easy and everyone knows that. How do you stop yourself from getting that extra cracker or that extra chip? It can actually be quite easy. If you are looking for low calorie meals, look no further than soup. One can of Steak and Potato Chunky Cambells soup has only 260 calories and has 20 grams of protein. Not to mention it is very filling with pieces of steak and potato and mushroom in it. The real trick isn't eating the soup, its eating it without sides (crackers, chips, cookies, ice cream etc.)

fact
One cup of crushed Saltines = 300 calories.
http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-crackers-saltines-i18228

Try eating soup for lunch and drink a bottle of cold water on the side. This will help you to lose weight because cold water also increases your metabolism and helps you burn more calories.
Soups low in calories
1 Cup of Cambells chicken noodle = 120 calories and only 3g of fat.
1 Cup of Progresso traditional chicken noodle = 100 calories and only 2g of fat.
1 Cup of Cambells chicken and rice = 90 calories and only 3g of fat.

It isn't hard eating these soups, its hard turning down that big cheeseburger or cheesesteak which is loaded with 600-800 calories and just eating around 2 - 2.5 cups of soup. If you decide to get fast food instead of get soup, you will lose money and gain calories.
Everyday choice of 250 calorie soup over a 650 calorie burger for lunch
One day you save = 400 calories
One week you save = 2800 calories(3000 calories = 1 pound)
One month you save = 12,000 calories(4 pounds)
One year you save = 146,000 calories(roughly 48.5 pounds)

Now although this can be a little skewed, if you are trying to lose weight, it may not be the best idea to eat that burger and it could be a good idea to eat the soup, you can lose around 4 pounds a month. Next time you need lunch and want it to be good for you, go to the supermarket and pick up soup, it is microwavable, easy to eat, and most importantly good for you!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

it's very difficult to lose weight now, but thanks for you advise

Tom Patterson said...

I will give it a try. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Be careful, canned soups have too much sodium as does Ramen, losing fat is good but not with all that sodium, try for low sodium or make your own, peace be with us all