Losing weight with vegetable soup. Vegetable soup for weight loss and diet

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It is difficult for many people to decide to follow any diet, since in most options the feeling of hunger is an invariable companion of the diet. In this case, losing weight with vegetable soup is an excellent alternative. You can eat any amount of food, at any time, and still lose weight. There is one constant condition for this weight loss technique - the main food is vegetable soup for weight loss.

The effectiveness of the vegetable soup diet is based on the effect of negative calories. That is, the body’s energy expenditure on digesting food greatly exaggerates the energy contained in foods. Thus, the more food with a negative calorie content is eaten, the faster weight loss occurs. And since the highest negative calorie content is inherent in vegetables and fruits with a high fiber content, the menu for this diet is appropriate.

Vegetable soup for weight loss can be eaten in any quantity, at any time of the day or night. At the same time, the body receives a large amount of vitamins that are beneficial for health.

An important condition is to consume soup only during the diet period. If you have been overweight or more for a week, then you need to take a break, during which it is strictly forbidden to consume vegetable soup for weight loss. You can resume this diet at any time. A repeated course of the vegetable soup diet can be carried out many times and this will not cause any harm to health. The weight lost during a week of the weight loss soup diet fluctuates.

Vegetable soups for weight loss can be of all kinds. The main components are various vegetables, which are divided into 3 main groups:

to burn fat accumulations - cabbage of any kind, avocado and heating spices (pepper and ginger, garlic and onion);
to prevent the accumulation of fat cells - peas and soybeans, apples and carrots;
to reduce calories - cucumbers, any cabbage, tomatoes.

Soups are prepared only from vegetables. Do not add a lot of fat or use fatty meat broths. It is acceptable to add a small amount of salt, various spices and herbs.

Vegetable soup diet menu

A vegetable soup diet can last a week. After a few days you can repeat it. Ideally, a vegetable soup diet involves eating only soup, but a more gentle version allows the consumption of other foods. An approximate diet menu for vegetable soup might look like this:

There are different recipes for vegetable soups for weight loss. You can choose just one option, or you can use them to constantly diversify the menu.

Onion soup

Fry six medium onions in olive or any other oil. Cut into equal slices one medium head of cabbage, two to three carrots, four to six ripe tomatoes, two to three bell peppers, a little parsley and two to three stalks of celery. Place all the vegetables in a suitable container, add any spices and salt, add plain water or vegetable broth, bring to a boil and cook for about ten minutes over high heat, and then on low until the vegetables are fully cooked.

Cauliflower and rutabaga soup

Cut one large carrot, one hundred grams of rutabaga, two celery stalks, one small onion, a quarter of a head of cauliflower. Saute the vegetables in a tablespoon of olive oil for a couple of minutes. Add half a teaspoon of turmeric and sauté for another minute. Next, pour in a liter of vegetable broth, bring to a boil and cook for twenty minutes. Add spices and salt to taste.

Celery soup

Cut one leek stalk into slices and saute it in two tablespoons of olive oil until soft, about ten to fifteen minutes. Add seven chopped celery stalks and a tablespoon of chopped sage and simmer for five minutes. Pour a mixture of 0.6 liters of low-fat chicken broth and 0.3 liters of skim milk, add pepper and salt, bring to a boil and cook until the celery is soft. Using a blender, puree the cooled soup and garnish with basil when serving.

Creamy tomato soup

Place three sprigs of rosemary, one tablespoon of powdered sugar, four hundred grams of bell pepper, half a liter of tomato juice, four ripe tomatoes into a blender and grind to a puree. Add half a liter of tomato juice and half a liter of fresh orange juice to the mixture, put on fire, bring to a boil and simmer for ten minutes. When serving, you can add your preferred spices.

Cream tomato soup

Place four or five chopped fresh tomatoes and half a liter of tomato juice in a saucepan and simmer for half an hour. Add eight fresh basil leaves to the cooled mixture and blend in a blender until creamy. Put on fire, add two tablespoons of butter and two tablespoons of cream, stir and serve.

Cream of carrot soup

Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a deep saucepan, add one finely chopped onion and a tablespoon of coriander seeds, fry for five minutes. Add three or four chopped carrots and simmer for another five minutes. Add a little vegetable or low-fat chicken broth and cook for about twenty minutes over low heat. Grind the cooled soup in a blender, add a little lemon juice, pepper and salt to taste. Add a liter of broth and heat a little.

Cut a small head of cabbage, two carrots, three large onions, five medium-sized tomatoes and one bell pepper. Pour two and a half liters of boiling water over the chopped vegetables and boil until tender. Add ground pepper and salt to taste. Sprinkle with chopped herbs.

Hello, my dear friends and blog readers! Spring has come into its own, the mood is high, the birds are flying home and we, the people, also want to “clean our feathers.”

I'm not averse to losing a few kilograms of excess weight that somehow unnoticeably settled on my waist and hips over the winter. I started looking on the Internet for a suitable method and settled on vegetable soups for weight loss.

Vegetable soup for weight loss is a recipe for those who don’t want to get hung up on counting calories, look for some exotic fat burners and don’t really like hard physical training.

Why did I like this method? Its ease of preparation and, as many say, high efficiency. That’s why I called my recipe “minus 10 kg!” I don’t know if I will lose as much as 10 kg, but I will strive.

The advantages of the method that suit me very much:

The duration of eating meatless soups is only 7–10 days. You won't have time to stretch your legs from hunger. But you will definitely lose 4–6 kg. Or maybe even 10!

No superfoods: cabbage, carrots, celery, zucchini, peppers, herbs, garlic. Even seaweed, turmeric, ginger can be used. All this is in the supermarket, and therefore in my refrigerator.

You can make vegetable broth a few days ahead, freeze it in portions, and then cook fresh vegetables in it. Convenient - minimal time spent.

No need to starve. If you want to eat, take some soup and eat as much as you need. Calories – minimal amount.

All vegetable soups are low-calorie foods. They only have 25–40 kcal. This means that they only satisfy hunger. The energy in them is not enough for human life, so fat reserves inevitably begin to melt.

A wide variety of recipes: onion, cabbage, celery and much more. At least monotony is not expected.

Vegetables contain a lot of fiber, so you can solve not only the problem of losing weight, but also cleansing the intestines. Restoration of microflora. Improved liver function. You can eliminate constipation if there was any.

The disadvantage of such a diet is, to be honest, restrictions on all other foods. No, well, you can afford a couple of slices of bread a day and a little salt. But! M i n i m u m!!! Otherwise, there will be no results in losing weight. You can also eat fresh fruits throughout the day, except bananas, pears and dried fruits. No nuts - only vegetable soups!

Eat them when you are hungry. Usually 3 to 5 times a day. In between there are fruits. And drink, as usual, more clean water, green tea, rosehip decoction. Without honey and sugar.

Well, there are clearly many more advantages than difficulties, so let’s start describing the recipes. And you, dear friends, join me! Let's introduce healthy habits into our lives, not in words, but in deeds. Let’s take the words as a motto: “Minus 10 kg of excess weight by the next vacation!”

Those who are ready to join, put pluses in the comments! There are a huge number of recipes for vegetable soups! I would be glad if you add yours to our common collection.

Vegetable soup recipes for weight loss

Making vegetable broth

If you don’t want to become a slave to diets, not to stand in the kitchen and cut vegetables every time, prepare vegetable broth for three days in advance. And then, based on it, you will make the amount needed for one day.

To do this, boil 7 liters of water in a large saucepan. Place the peelings of cleanly washed two large potatoes into boiling water (potatoes themselves are not good for weight loss, use them for food that you will feed other family members. But the peelings contain the most vitamins and nutrients, it is unwise to throw them away).

After the potatoes, add 7 carrots, 3 small turnips, and a quarter of the celery root. For taste and benefit, add a little coriander and a few garlic cloves.

Chop the vegetables finely and cook the broth for at least one and a half hours. Cool and strain. The broth is ready. It will turn out aromatic and tasty. It will be the basis for cooking daily vegetable soups. Such soups are very pleasant to eat. The broth can be stored in the refrigerator for three days.

CABBAGE SOUP FOR WEIGHT LOSS

This vegetable soup is the easiest to prepare. Cabbage contains a lot of vitamins and minerals and fiber. Perfectly cleanses and tones the intestines, relieves constipation. I can’t say that it was very filling, but when you’re hungry, you can immediately taste it. After all, the calorie content is only 40 kcal.

Ingredients(based on the whole day per person)

White cabbage – 400 g;

Carrots 3 pcs;

Sweet yellow or red pepper - 1 large fruit;

Frozen green beans – 300 g;

Fresh tomatoes – 3 pcs;

How to cook:

All vegetables except tomatoes should be finely chopped. I took 2 liters of broth from a pre-prepared broth, put vegetables in it, brought it to a boil and cooked for 15 minutes.

Add mashed or finely chopped tomatoes and cook for another 5 minutes. The soup should sit for 30 minutes, up to an hour maximum.

Before eating, sprinkle any finely chopped herbs on top: parsley, dill.

It is recommended not to add salt to the soup or add a bouillon cube for taste. I have black Thursday salt. It is very healthy and not as salty as table variety. I put a little of it in the soup.

CELERY SOUP FOR WEIGHT LOSS

Ingredients:

Celery – 6 stalks;

Onions – 3 pcs;

Carrots – 3 pcs;

White cabbage – 200 g;

Fresh tomatoes – 2 pcs (or canned)

If you still have cabbage and green beans left idle in your refrigerator, add a little of these vegetables. What's good about vegetable soups - there's room for imagination! To make the soup tastier and more attractive in appearance, add 2 cloves of garlic, chopped 20 g ginger root, and tomato juice.

Preparation:

Cut celery and carrots into large cubes, finely chop onions and cabbage. Fill up to 2 liters with broth, cook for 15 minutes, adding chopped tomatoes at the end. We cook the soup for another 10 minutes, let it sit for an hour and eat it, adding parsley and dill.

VEGETABLE SOUP USING FROZEN VEGETABLES

Supermarkets now sell a variety of frozen vegetables: green peas, cauliflower or broccoli, and green beans.

I usually take finely chopped onions and grate the carrots on a coarse grater. I literally add a teaspoon of olive oil. I fry until the vegetables turn pink and put them in the boiling broth. Then I add my frozen vegetables to the soup and cook for 5-10 minutes.

Which vegetables to add and in what proportions is a matter of your taste. Try and invent your own recipes. It always turns out delicious and very healthy.

PUMPKIN-ZUCKIN SOUP FOR WEIGHT LOSS

We take products:

Pumpkin pulp – 200 g;

Zucchini – 200 g;

Fresh tomatoes – 3 fruits;

Sweet pepper (red, yellow) – 1 piece;

Carrots – 3 root vegetables;

Onions – 2 heads;

Vegetable olive oil – teaspoon;

Dill, parsley, green onions – 30 g;

Salt – just a little bit.

Cut pumpkin, zucchini, carrots into cubes and throw into pre-prepared, boiled vegetable broth. Boil for 10 minutes. In a frying pan, sauté finely chopped onion in olive oil and also place in the pan. Cut the bell pepper into thin strips, and the tomatoes into cubes. And now put it all into the boiling, cooking soup. Bring to a boil, skim off the foam, reduce heat and simmer for another 10 minutes. Let it brew and start eating. Don't forget to chop the greens into the soup.

Friends! What else do I want to say! Nowadays, recipes for pureed vegetable soups are very common. They are also easy to prepare. Just when the soup has cooled down enough, you need to chop all the vegetables with a blender. What is called - wipe. But who likes what! I don't really like these soups, especially if they are eaten without bread.

This is how you eat for 10 days and gradually lose weight from 5 to 10 kg. Why such a range of numbers? Because all people have distinctive characteristics

Did you know that everything ingenious is simple? This principle operates not only in science: a method has been invented with which you can both eat and lose weight! This is a diet based on a special vegetable soup for weight loss.

Soup is a unique way of cooking:

the products in it are not processed at high temperatures, which means they retain their beneficial properties to the maximum;
there are few calories in it, since a large percentage of the composition is liquid;
The soup quickly fills you up due to the fact that the volume of the stomach is filled and the feeling of hunger goes away.

Composition and options

The basis for all soups that magically help you become slimmer is cabbage. Regular. White cabbage. We often look for salvation in exotic fruits and vegetables, forgetting about the benefits of a fairly cheap and common vegetable.

The basis of the soup for weight loss is white cabbage

No one disputes its “fat burning” property. Neither scientists nor even other vegetables.

So, option number 1:

cabbage – 0.5 kg;
large carrots – 3-4 pcs.;
bell pepper – 1-2 pcs.;
onion – 4-5 medium onions;
tomatoes 4-5 pcs. necessarily without peel;
You can chop the celery.

The ingredients can be changed according to your taste and desire. Some people add green beans, others add turnips, zucchini, garlic, and coriander when cooking.

If you do not do this, the acid contained in the beans will interfere with the digestion of food. The best time for soaking in a large volume of water in order to accurately remove the unhealthy component from the healthy beans is 3 hours. After which it is also useful to rinse the beans under running water.

But the main components of the soup must be present:

cabbage;
tomatoes;
carrot.

Cooking method

It is important that if we want to improve the health of the body and acquire the desired graceful forms, then we should not allow ourselves to prepare soup for several days at once. Only fresh! Only with maximum benefit!

Usually the soup is cooked in the evening so that it has time to brew by morning.

Take 3 liters of water, bring to a boil, then throw in shredded cabbage, carrots, and tomatoes.

After cooking for 10 minutes, season with onions. Then cook the same amount and add pepper, celery, spinach, basil, parsley and other herbs. Another 5-10 minutes and the soup is ready!

It will be healthier if the soup is simmered over low heat and covered.

In addition to this basic recipe, there are 5-6 more soup options in the literature.

They differ in the proportions of onions (onion soup), carrots (carrot soup), and celery.

In some cases, it is possible to prepare soups based not on boiling water, but on a weak broth made from dietary meat.

Pepper is perfectly acceptable in soup. Both red and black ground. It will also contribute to getting rid of fat reserves. But bouillon cubes are completely unacceptable.

Salt is excluded! You can replace it with soy sauce, but in principle, vegetables and herbs release so many aromas that it is possible to forget about salt.

It is clear that fresh vegetables are more frequent guests on our table in the summer-autumn period. What to do if you want to get your body (and your overall health) in order for spring or summer? In this case, the authors of this light diet allowed the addition of some canned vegetables. In particular, peas, beans, tomatoes. Frozen greens will also work. But cabbage, onions and carrots are still best used fresh.

Video - Celery soup for weight loss

Mode

In short, the soup weight loss regime is very easy to remember: do you want it? Eat!

But for those who love punctuality and accuracy, we will give more detailed recommendations:

Day	Menu
Day one	Soup + fruits (except grapes and bananas, since the sugar they contain can interfere with weight loss)
Second day	Soup + vegetables (even boiled or baked potatoes, but without oil)
Third day	Soup + fruits and vegetables
Fourth day	Soup + low-fat dairy products
Fifth day	Soup + 200 g of boiled meat or fish. You can eat tomatoes on this day without restrictions, but you will have to do without fruits.
Sixth day	Soup + cucumber, pepper, salad
Seventh day	Soup + rice or fruit juice

If desired, you can repeat the soup diet from the first day for another week.

Additional terms and options

Under no circumstances should you eat sweets or flour. Alcohol is strictly contraindicated at this time.
Green teas and natural coffee are welcome.
Be sure to drink water! As we already know from other diets, water should not be with soda (it would be good to forget about carbonated drinks not only for the duration of the diet, but generally forever). The best water is mineral water.

Remember that a person often mistakes ordinary thirst for a feeling of hunger. And after drinking a glass of water, you kill two birds with one stone: psychological calm is achieved and the necessary moisture is actually delivered to the cells of the body.

Review

In the first two or three days of the diet, according to repeated observations, the lion's share of weight is lost (up to 2-3 kilograms), then there is a gradual decrease in rate. But quitting a diet midway is frivolous. The kilograms and centimeters have not gone far yet and will easily come back!

It’s interesting, but there are no negative reviews on the Internet. If a person cooked correctly and ate correctly, then there were always results. Even when people were engaged in physical labor, there were enough vitamins, minerals and carbohydrates for normal life.

The diet can be used even by pregnant women, since for one to two weeks, limiting proteins and animal meat will not adversely affect the health of the mother and fetus. On the contrary, harmful sugar and fats will allow a woman to improve her health and condition.

Specifically, using the example of the author of this article, it can be shown that the weight decreased by 7 kg in 2 weeks. The waist size is 13 cm. And all this without any feeling of hunger, and without tedious daily cooking. I could cook food for the whole day in half an hour.

Vegetable soup for weight loss is an excellent first course that will protect you from extra calories. Vegetable soups can be used on any diet. A soup with calories that doesn't terrify those wanting to lose weight is always enjoyable. In addition, when preparing vegetable soups, we try to use all the vegetables that are on the counter or growing in our garden. All of them benefit our body.

To prevent vegetable soup from stretching your stomach, you should eat it often, but in small portions, so you want to eat less.

Almost few soups are cooked without adding carrots. Carrots regulate carbohydrate metabolism and enrich us with vitamins. Turnip replaces potatoes, as they are lower in calories, parsnip root regulates metabolic processes, removes stones and salts; radish, rich in various microelements, reduces obesity, helps blood vessels and the heart; beets, together with their leaves, are rich in vitamins A and C. We can endlessly list all the well-known and not so famous vegetables, and each one has many useful properties. That’s why they say that vegetable soup will not ruin your diet.

Ingredients:

onions - 2 pcs
parsley - 1 bunch
bell pepper - 2 pcs
potatoes - 1 pc.
green peas - 3 tbsp.
carrots - 2 pcs.
Green beans – 100 g
salt, pepper, seasonings - to taste
Celery (stems) - 4 pcs.

1. All vegetables are cut. Place all the ingredients in a saucepan with cold water and turn on the heat.

2. While the soup is boiling, you can add some seasonings: garlic, curry, ginger, bay, coriander. It doesn’t have to be all at once, you can do one thing at a time.

3. The onions can be fried in a very small amount of olive oil and also added to the pan.

4. Soon the water will boil, now you need to add the herbs, reduce the heat and boil the soup for another 10 minutes. Then close the lid and cook on the lowest heat for 5 minutes.

5. Vegetable soup for weight loss is ready.

Fat burning soup

Eating vegetable soups for weight loss helps you lose weight up to 7 kg per week. Ideally, fat-burning soup should be eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The more foods you replace from your diet with soup, the more effective your weight loss will be. Please note that onions and celery, cabbage and peppers, which are contained in most recipes, have the ability to burn fat and remove salts and toxins from the body.

You can resort to the seven-day diet as often as you want. If you interrupted it, start again from the first day.

In just seven days you will become at least 4.5 kg lighter, and possibly as much as 8 kg. You will feel a surge of energy and health. Follow the diet for as long as you feel positive dynamics in your physical and moral condition.

Fat Burning Soup Recipe:

6 medium onions,
several tomatoes (canned)
1 small head of cabbage,
2 green peppers,
1 bunch of celery,
2 vegetable broth cubes.

Cut the vegetables into small or medium pieces and cover with water. Season with salt, pepper and, if desired, curry or hot sauce. Boil over high heat for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to low and continue cooking until the vegetables are soft.

This soup can be eaten any time you are hungry. Eat it as much as you want. The soup adds no calories. Fill a thermos with it in the morning to take with you if you'll be away from home during the day.

However, you should not rely solely on this soup. The diet must be supplemented with other components.

Day one. Soup and fruit. You can eat any fruit except bananas. Eat only soup and fruit. To drink, you can use unsweetened tea or coffee (without milk), cranberry juice or water (as much water as possible).
Day two. Soup and vegetables. You can eat all the vegetables you want (raw, fresh or canned). Leafy greens are also acceptable. Eat it all with soup until you are satisfied. Stay away from dried legumes, green peas and corn.
During lunch on this day you can eat baked potatoes with butter. Don't eat any fruit. Drink water.
Day three. Soup, fruits and vegetables. Eat soup and all the vegetables and fruits you want, excluding only the baked potato. Drink water. If you really followed the diet completely for 3 days, then you could well have lost 2.5-3 kg by this time.
Day four: Soup, fruits and vegetables, including bananas and skim milk. You can eat 3 bananas and drink as much water as you can, along with the soup. Eat as much soup, fresh vegetables and fruits as you want, but only 3 bananas.
Day five. Beef and tomatoes with soup. You can eat 300-800 g of beef or a can of canned tomatoes (or just fresh ones - as much as you want). Eat soup at least once a day.
Day six. Beef and vegetables (especially leafy ones) plus soup. Eat your fill of beef and vegetables. If you feel like it, you can eat 2 or 3 steaks and all the green leafy vegetables you want, but no baked potatoes. Drink water.
Day seven. Brown rice, fruit juice, vegetables and soup. Today you can eat brown (unpeeled) rice, unsweetened fruit juice and vegetables. Rice can be added to the soup, or you can add vegetables to the rice - chopped onions and tomatoes, cauliflower. It is not forbidden to cook vegetables with curry. Drink water.
By the end of the seventh day, if you strictly followed the diet, you will have lost between 4.5 and 8 kg.

Eat soup whenever you feel hungry.
Be careful with butter - it can only be consumed once a week with baked potatoes.
Carefully remove all fat from meat. Remove the skin from the bird.

Any diet can be varied with a large number of dietary soups. They are cooked with vegetables, lean meat or fish. You can add hot spices to weight loss soup, since it is reliably known that they speed up the fat burning process.

Celery soup for weight loss

Ingredients:

small white cabbage;
3 pcs. onions and tomatoes;
200 g celery root;
one and a half liters of tomato juice;
green beans;
2 bell green peppers;
herbs, salt, any hot spices.

Celery soup for weight loss:

Chop the cabbage into thin long strips and the onion into half rings. Chop the tomato, celery root and pepper into medium-sized cubes.
Throw the vegetables into the pan and pour in the tomato juice. It should cover them completely. If there is not enough, add a little water. Add salt and spices.
Place the pan over moderate heat and bring to a boil. Turn off the stove as soon as the soup boils. Cool it for 10 minutes, after which the dish can be served.

Important: You shouldn't cook soup for future use. The optimal amount is for 1 day. Food for weight loss should be freshly prepared. After standing in the refrigerator overnight, it loses its beneficial properties.

Dietary vegetable soup without meat

What to make the soup from:

half a head of cauliflower and broccoli;
half a zucchini and a sweet pepper;
1 large potato;
1 onion and carrot each;
2 handfuls each of beans (green) and peas (frozen);
1 medium sized tomato;
2 stalks of celery;
clove of garlic;
any greens.

Cooking method:

Pour 2 liters of water into the pan and wait until it boils. During this time, prepare the vegetables.
Defrost peas and beans, cut potatoes and zucchini into cubes. Divide the broccoli and cauliflower into manageable pieces. Pass carrots, garlic and onions through a grater.
Throw zucchini, cauliflower, potatoes and broccoli into boiling water.
Fry the onion and celery over low heat for 5 minutes, add the carrots and simmer for the same amount. After this, place the vegetables in the pan.
Lightly fry the peppers and tomatoes in the remaining oil and also add them to the future soup.
Add beans and peas to other ingredients. Cook for a quarter of an hour. Turn off the stove, throw the herbs and garlic into the pan. Leave for 5 minutes, after which the soup will be ready.

Onion first course

Components:

6 medium-sized onions;
a bunch of celery;
a small head of cabbage;
3 tomatoes;
2 green peppers;
salt.

How to make onion soup for weight loss:

Cut the cabbage and celery into thin long pieces. Peppers, tomatoes and onions - diced.
Place the vegetables in a saucepan, pour water into it and add salt.
Bring to a boil and leave over high heat for 10 minutes. Then reduce it by half and cook until the vegetables soften.
The finished soup can be eaten either hot or cold.