The advantages of low-calorie soups are that with the right selection of ingredients, you can eat as much as you like, and the weight loss effect will only increase. There is no need to limit yourself and go on a strict diet.
Instead of sour cream, you can use yogurt, skim milk or kefir.
Cook small portions of soup so that it lasts for a maximum of 2 days. If it is not possible to prepare first courses often, cut vegetables in advance and store them in containers. Then you just need to put them in the pan.
4 rules for low-calorie soups:
- Forget about frying ingredients. They add unnecessary calories.
- Do not overcook vegetables, otherwise they will lose some of their nutrients.
- Use fresh herbs rather than dried herbs. In them, the fat-burning effect is minimized.
- Try to reduce your salt intake, as it retains water in the body.
Soup diet and its principles
Dietary nutrition is based on the main principle - the body should receive fewer calories than it expends per day. A diet based on special soups will allow you to lose excess weight naturally. At the same time, you don’t have to starve yourself.
If you decide to go on a soup diet, then you should take note of several main principles:
- Portions should be medium, but you can eat soup 3-4 times a day. It is best to immediately determine the required amount of ingredients, the total calorie content of which should not exceed 1200. The optimal single serving is 250 ml;
- Despite the fact that the soup contains a lot of liquid, in addition to this, you need to drink 1.5-2 liters of ordinary water during the day. After eating, you should not immediately drink water; it is better to wait 10-20 minutes. You should also drink a glass of water in the morning on an empty stomach 20-30 minutes before breakfast. This will speed up your metabolism and the weight loss process itself. In addition, the condition of the skin will improve;
- It is not necessary to give up all meals except liquid food. You can eat foods that are considered fat burning. These can be cucumbers, citrus fruits, apples;
- During the diet, you should give up baked goods, as they are considered very high in calories. If the soup is thin, you can add some crackers so as not to feel hungry;
- Don't add too much salt and pepper as they cause swelling. The less salt you add, the faster you can lose weight;
- It should take no more than 20 minutes to prepare the soup. If you cook longer, many vitamins and nutrients will evaporate. Meat, depending on the type, can be cooked a little longer;
- The broth should always be covered with a lid to prevent beneficial microelements from evaporating. It is best to add food to boiling water.
Principles of soup weight loss
First, decide for yourself how you will lose weight with the help of soups. This can be done in different ways:
- A fasting day, during which you will eat exclusively light vegetable broth with a minimum amount of low-calorie and fat-burning ingredients, the loss will be 1-2 kg.
- Soup diet, which involves eating mainly dietary soups (for lunch and dinner) for 1-2 weeks with small low-calorie additions for breakfast (protein foods) and during snacks (fruits).
Some people ask whether it is possible to eat soup while losing weight within the framework of any other system: of course, low-calorie first courses for lunch will speed up the achievement of the desired result in the process of following any diet.
So you can choose any weight loss method and try a light fat-burning soup within its framework. If this is a targeted diet, you should learn a few of its basic principles so that the results do not disappoint, but inspire you to continue to maintain the beautiful body shape that you managed to achieve.
- To prevent your body from experiencing a lack of protein, eat eggs or cottage cheese for breakfast. Olive oil is suitable as a fat, which can be used to flavor salads for the second lunch.
- Soups should be eaten for lunch and dinner in small portions (no more than 250 ml).
- Light snacks between main meals with unsweetened fruits or whole grain bread are acceptable.
- Fried, fatty, flour, sweet, smoked, pickled - all this is excluded, as are fatty meats and fish.
- If you boil chicken, remove the skin first.
- The basis of first courses is low-calorie and fat-burning vegetables.
- As part of the soup diet, you need to burn more calories than you consume. Therefore, playing sports is mandatory.
- If you have gastrointestinal diseases, you must first obtain a doctor’s permission to follow such an unusual, specific diet.
If you want to try this weight loss system on yourself, you need to choose which weight loss soup is best for you. They can be completely different in their effect on the body and composition. It is important that you enjoy its taste. If you like one, you can correct your figure exclusively with its help. But you don’t need to torment yourself with those foods that make you sick and nauseous - in this case, you will not achieve good results.
Interesting facts. Napoleon preferred to eat chestnut soup. Hitler and Elvis Presley - vegetable. Nekrasov could not eat the first course without dill.
What are the benefits of soups for weight loss?
Light dietary soups not only help burn excess weight, but also provide great benefits to the human body. They have the following beneficial properties:
- Vegetable soups contain a lot of useful substances, vitamins and minerals. The cooking process, compared to stewing and frying, allows you to preserve much more useful substances. As a result, a person consumes a minimum of calories, and the body is saturated with useful elements. For example, broths contain vitamin B, which has a positive effect on the functioning of the nervous system and improves memory;
- Many people advise consuming soups in puree form. Thus, they are quickly and easily absorbed by the body and have a beneficial effect on the process of food digestion. They also taste better to many people;
- Most recipes allow you to maintain the required amount of fluid in the body. Also, dietary soups normalize blood pressure. In addition, chicken broth soups are effective for colds;
- Despite the fact that soups have very few calories, they satisfy hunger well and fill the stomach.
Borscht with chicken broth
Borscht, cooked in chicken broth, is nutritious and light and is eaten mainly by people on a diet. If you are preparing dietary borscht, then first you need to remove the skin from the chicken. Then add water in a suitable saucepan. Add 1 piece of onion and carrot, as well as a couple of pinches of soy. Cook over low heat until the bird is completely cooked.
In the meantime, we also peel the onions and carrots, cut the first into small cubes, grate the carrots on a coarse grater, then add the tomato paste and fry. Peel the potatoes into small pieces.
When the chicken is ready, remove it to a plate and throw away the carrots and onions there. Then put the potatoes into the broth and cook for 10 minutes, after this time, add the frying. Then pre-boiled and diced chicken eggs. Cook for another five minutes and add the chicken pieces at the end.
What are fat-burning soups for weight loss?
There are several types of dietary soups, each of which has its own principle of action.
- Soups aimed at activating fat burning. This type includes dishes with celery, avocado and pumpkin. In addition to helping you lose weight, they reduce the amount of insulin in the blood, which reduces cravings for starchy foods and sweets.
- Zero calorie soups. They have absolutely no effect on the metabolic process, but due to the lack of calories they allow you to reduce weight. The body spends energy on digesting and assimilating food, obtaining useful substances. These soups include cabbage and tomato.
- Dishes that prevent lipid accumulation. These are carrot and bean soups. They have an effect on the body similar to apples.
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Aromatic bean soup is suitable as a dish regardless of meal time. To prepare it, you need to soak the beans in advance. Chop and fry in vegetable oil:
- carrot;
- onion;
- celery.
Then simmer thoroughly, adding pepper first. Then add the beans, cover the contents with water and simmer for at least 40 minutes. Add spices to taste, after softening the beans, add garlic.
Advantages and disadvantages of the soup diet
The soup diet has its advantages:
- economical, inexpensive ingredients;
- many useful vitamins and minerals;
- satisfying hunger;
- quick and easy cooking;
- minimum contraindications;
- removal of harmful substances from the body;
- noticeable results within a few days;
- normalization of stomach function.
But still, this method of diet also has its disadvantages. The soup diet may be quite strict for the elderly and children. In some cases, with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, such a diet may be contraindicated.
If you have problems with stool or bloating, you should give up the diet and consult a specialist.
If you decide to try a diet for the first time, then due to unfamiliarity you may experience an upset stomach. Therefore, it is worth preparing the body in advance. 10-14 days before the diet, you should gradually give up flour, sweets, and fried foods, and add more liquid foods to your diet. The soup diet has contraindications:
- anemia;
- diseases of the cardiovascular system;
- problems with the gastrointestinal tract;
- lactation period;
- venous diseases;
- stones in the kidneys.
How to properly use dietary soups for weight loss
Dietary soups are considered the most gentle and easiest way to quickly get rid of extra pounds. A person who is losing weight just needs to prepare himself a weight-loss soup every day, which will burn excess weight without harm to the body.
In a week of such a diet you can lose from 3 to 8 kg. To achieve this result, you need to follow some simple rules for taking dietary soup:
- The soup should be light and not rich. It should not be difficult for the body to perceive, but at the same time it should satisfy hunger;
- You should not eat soup with large slices of bread or flavored donuts. They contain a large amount of calories. The diet in this case will not bring any results;
- The average duration of the soup diet is 7 days. If there is an urgent need, you can take a break of several days and repeat the weekly consumption of soup;
- You should not add synthetic additives to soups, which slow down the weight loss process;
- salt and pepper should be added to a minimum. To enhance the flavor, you can add garlic, herbs and pepper.
Soup Recipes
There are a lot of recipes for dietary soups for weight loss.
Onion
Onions contain more useful elements and vitamins. It breaks down fats perfectly. But onion soup can be eaten for no longer than a week. During these days you can lose 3-4 kg. To prepare it you will need:
- Onions – 6 pcs.;
- Tomato – 2 pcs.;
- Bell pepper – 2 pcs.;
- Celery – 1 bunch;
- Cabbage;
- Vegetable broth.
All vegetables need to be cut into small cubes. Place in a container with water, add spices and cook over high heat for 8-10 minutes. Then reduce the heat and cook until fully cooked.
Italian vegetable soup "Minestrone"
A variety of Italian dishes can be enjoyed in the hearty and tasty vegetable minestrone soup, which has a nutritional value of 51.9 kcal per 100 g. For preparation you need:
- Peeled, washed and listened carrots.
- After which it is fried in the form of cut into small cubes.
- Bell pepper, seeded and stemmed, cut into small squares.
- The washed zucchini is also cut.
- White cabbage - chopped into cubes.
Then transfer the cabbage, zucchini and bell peppers into a saucepan with carrots, add 80 ml of water and simmer over low heat for 20 minutes. Separate the washed broccoli and cauliflower into small buds, first removing the rough stems. Then boil the beans, broccoli and cabbage in boiling salted water until half cooked, also put them in a saucepan and continue to simmer.
Then cook the potatoes in boiling salted water until half cooked, put the saucepan in a saucepan and add 200 ml of hot water. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes, after which you can try the finished dish.
The soup can be flavored with chopped green basil and grated cheese, but this will add additional calories.
