Chicken noodle soup recipe

I just don't get how big of a pot you're using to make enough to last an entire week...😕

Whenever I make soup, even in my biggest pot, I end up finishing it within a day or two..😁

And I don't mean this specific soup, just soups in general...

Maybe I should try that diet too... I absolutely love soup, but I can't stand onions.
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Kyle White2 said:The only thing I can't wrap my head around is just how massive of a pot you must be using to cook enough food to last an entire week.😕

From what I can tell, you should be using up to about ten cups of water for this amount of vegetables. Personally, I just throw everything into a pressure cooker, then reheat only the exact portion I’m planning to eat. I know how it goes, though—people tend to polish off the whole batch of soup before they even hit day seven of the diet, and then they're stuck having to start a brand new pot from scratch.

Kyle White2, that chicken noodle soup recipe is actually pretty tasty, even if it's kind of "thin." You can barely taste the onion, but honestly, it's so greasy that maybe it’s not the best move for the two of us...
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I'm dying to know if any of those girls who swear by this soup actually have anything left after following it?
I mean, whatever—sure, it's healthy, and probably a decent way for women looking to drop some serious weight to get started.
Personally, I think tossing in as much celery as possible is the way to go, plus eating it afterward... there are tons of salads out there centered around it.

And as for "that" question, I think it's pretty pointless to even ask.

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So, I’ve actually managed to drop 8 pounds. I have to be honest, though—I haven't been skipping breakfast. My mornings usually consist of some homemade sandwiches on this great sourdough from Robert Mueller's bakery. For lunch, I'll have some soup, and if I get hungry at work, I just grab an apple or some other fruit—anything except bananas. Plus, I've been running! Well, okay, I've actually been resting for about five days now because I pulled a ligament, but I'm getting back out there tomorrow. I could never survive on just soup alone; breakfast is absolutely vital to me. I need that morning fuel. Anyway, girls, my goal is to hit 64 or 65, since I'm sitting at 72 right now. Though, honestly, with my body type, you wouldn't even notice the difference. 😁
Fast forward to today: I polished off a whole loaf of sourdough this morning. Around 1:00 PM, I had a small bowl of soup, and then by 5:00 PM, I snacked on those garlic rolls from Grandma Moses. I also drink about four large bottles of water throughout the day, along with three apples. Honestly, sometimes I feel like I'm gaining weight just from the water! 😁 😁 😁

wow !!😲 Bravo, seriously!! 17 lbs gone!!

I’m still sitting here wondering if anyone actually survives on nothing but soup, because honestly, that sounds absolutely brutal...

northernfalcon30 said:As for 'that' question... honestly, I think it's totally pointless.

Of course it's pointless—there’s no such thing as a "diet meal," period.😬 (I mean, I'm dying to know what you even mean by that...)

And let's be real, there isn't some magic food out there that just "burns fat" on its own...
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A diet meal would just be something low-calorie... veggies, fruit, dairy, whole grains, chicken...

There’s really no reason to overthink it...😛

It probably isn't a formal technical term, but everyone knows what it means... we aren't at some medical symposium, after all...🙂

As for that chicken noodle soup recipe, I'll start making it tomorrow... my throat is killing me today, so I don't have the energy to go out and grab the ingredients I'm missing...

I just made some instant stuff from a packet instead... it's fine, honestly, as long as it's mostly water... and this isn't much more than water and some seasoning anyway...😁

Whenever I'm heating up a portion for myself, I always go ahead and toss in a little bit of that homemade tomato sauce my mom used to make. Plus a dash of pepper.

So, just to be clear... homemade tomato sauce and some pepper, am I allowed to add those? 🙄

Michael Fox46 said:So, can I use homemade tomato sauce and pepper?🙄

Yeah.

Betty Hill82 said:Yeah.

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Seriously, it’s like we’re sitting at some high-level scientific symposium or something.🙄
Look, there aren't any foods out there filled with tiny little dwarves with shovels digging through your gut and melting fat away—just like there isn't any anti-cellulite cream on the market that actually does that.😉And yet, people won't shut up about these creams, swearing they actually work,🙄 even though they’re sold legally in stores everywhere. They run ads all day long, but we all know they're total scams.
What actually exists are specific foods that, either on their own or when paired with something else, trigger physiological processes in your body that kickstart your metabolism and burn fat faster than usual. Essentially, you end up burning calories even while you're just sitting at your desk at work. That’s what people mean when they say certain foods help burn fat.

Chemistry and biology have always been🙂 my thing, but I'm observant enough to have figured out (wow !!) exactly what this amazing chicken noodle soup "does" to the body. To *my* body, specifically. Though, maybe it really was just a bunch of tiny dwarves after all...😁

Anyway, here come the commercials.😛

Michael Fox46 said:😘 👋

🙂, 😘 and 🙂 to success!

And once you're done making that chicken noodle soup recipe, don't you dare stop running. 👍

Look, I’m sorry if this simple truth is too much for some of you to wrap your heads around, but there is no such thing as a food that magically burns fat.

And let's get one thing straight—there's no such thing as "diet food." Period. What we eat is just proteins, carbs, and fats, all of which carry an energy value. Like, chicken isn't drastically "lower calorie" than pork... but hey, I’m probably overcomplicating things for certain readers here, so I'll just shut up.

The whole "success" behind that chicken noodle soup recipe basically boils down to people stuffing themselves with massive amounts of indigestible fiber INSTEAD of actual food. In other words, they're starving—they just feel less miserable because their stomachs aren't technically empty.

Eating healthy matters for more than just watching the scale, obviously, and anyone who actually wants to stay healthy should be doing it for life. But here we go again, lecturing at a symposium or whatever... I'm done. Just keep starving yourselves, walking around like little mobile tanks of ketones and methane just to lose three pounds of water weight and some salt. 😁

I honestly thought you actually knew something about😉 nutrition, caloric density, fiber content, fat burners, and all that jazz😉 but clearly, I was mistaken. So, let me just ask you this:

rustymoose54 said:The "success" of a chicken noodle soup recipe boils down to the fact that the person is consuming massive amounts of indigestible fiber INSTEAD of regular food—essentially starving themselves, they just tolerate the hunger better because their stomach isn't technically empty.

Since when does vegetables contain indigestible fiber? This soup is made of nothing but a huge amount of vegetables. And since when are vegetables categorized as something other than regular food? 😕Also, how exactly are you starving yourself if you're supposedly making the hunger easier to handle because your stomach isn't empty? 😁 😁

Have you ever even heard of fat burners? Or "light" products? For the record, "light" products aren't called that because they contain light 😁 weight, but because they fall into a category of foods that are "lighter" for the body to process and have significantly fewer calories than their standard counterparts. Or take foods that kickstart your metabolism, for example. Experts claim that those are precisely the indigestible fibers found in 😉vegetables.
God knows, I've never attended a scientific symposium, but looking at this, I'm probably better off having missed it.😁

The leafy greens that make up most of this chicken noodle soup recipe are packed with CELLULOSE—basically a carbohydrate our bodies don't even have an enzyme to deal with. So, if you're like me and used to gag at the mere mention of biology or chemistry class... let's just call them indigestible fibers.

Look, veggies aren't some magical opposite to "normal" food (I didn't say that, by the way), but eating nothing but this chicken noodle soup—or maybe tiny bits of other stuff—is definitely a far cry from the typical American diet. And don't get me started on "light" products; they're basically just corporate inventions designed to pad profit margins. Usually, they just have less fat than the regular version, or like with Diet Coke, they swap out sugar (sucrose, excuse my French) for artificial sweeteners that have zero calories.

So, here's the deal: fasting while your stomach is full of cellulose. Our cells need glucose to function normally, which gets absorbed into the bloodstream after the body breaks down complex carbs. Once your blood sugar spikes after a meal, the beta cells in the Mayo Clinic-style pancreas release insulin, which lets that glucose enter the cells to be burned for energy. The catch? If you overeat, you dump way too much insulin into your system, and since your body can't use all that glucose at once, it just turns straight into fat. But if you cut out carbs entirely (except for that cellulose, which doesn't provide any glucose), your cells are technically STARVING. For brain function (which, btw, uses glucose without needing insulin) and just general basal metabolism, the body starts burning ketone bodies produced from breaking down fat and protein. (It burns through glycogen reserves first, but whatever, that's a tangent...). I'm guessing after a big bowl of this chicken noodle soup with nothing else, most people won't feel hungry, but their bodies are still starving.

Let me go again.

When you mention "regular food," you’re essentially putting vegetables and everything else included in this diet on the opposite side of the fence. That is just nonsense. This soup doesn't force you to ingest massive amounts of indigestible fiber in place of what you call "REGULAR" food. To me, regular food consists of fruits and vegetables, one meat meal a week, and at least two fish meals. My body responds incredibly well to that. When I eat larger quantities of meat, I feel terrible. And besides the fact that I am perfectly capable of Googling the data you've presented😉, the whole thing is bullshit to me😁 because I listen to my body and eat exclusively what my body asks for😉 rather than following whatever food pyramids the experts recommend😉. For instance, I haven't been able to tolerate milk since birth—it makes me vomit—even though I absolutely love all other dairy products.

I did a little searching myself😁 and found that leafy greens contain fibers with high galactose content—a sugar that prevents lectin proteins from binding to the intestinal wall, which significantly helps prevent colon cancer. Others also say they are packed with lutein, which is extremely beneficial for the cardiovascular system. Leafy greens are number one on the recommended diet lists for pregnant women... and so on and so forth. It honestly escapes me how you found information claiming that leafy greens contain cellulose that we lack the enzyme for and that it's catastrophically bad for digestion. I am finding the exact opposite regarding the digestive value of leafy greens...

Moving on to "light" products. Your cynicism is just as unnecessary to me as your literalism is to you. You know damn well I wasn't talking about Diet Coke and similar nonsense, but rather foods labeled as "light"—as in low-calorie or easy to digest. That is exactly how I wrote it.

Now, back to the actual topic. If you had read the thread with the intention of understanding it, rather than hunting for holes just so you could fill them with your own posts, you would see that you can follow a set seven-day diet alongside this soup using specific ingredients. These items complement the soup perfectly and don't cause, in layman's terms, cellular starvation or the metabolic processes that come with it. Furthermore, you could have read that some people combine this soup with their daily diet, which makes them feel better, jumpstarts digestion, and cleanses the system.

Personally, it helps me immensely because, due to an old hormonal imbalance, I am prone to excessive water retention. I need to flush that out, and this soup works wonders for that.

Since I'm not claiming to be the smartest person in the world, but I do listen to my needs and try to satisfy them, I started this thread with the intention of sharing my experience with others. And I am always, always open to good advice and wise words from someone who knows more than I do. But moralizing, lecturing, patronizing, and generally acting like a know-it-all about things unrelated to the topic feels like an insult. So, if you don't have anything constructive to say regarding your own experience with this miraculous soup, then stop. You've said enough, we've learned our lesson, and I'd like to leave it at that.

Nathan Collins2 said:Here we go again...

You mentioned "normal food," which basically puts veggies and everything else in this diet on the opposite side of the fence from what you consider standard—which is just nonsense. This soup isn't flooding your system with massive amounts of indigestible fiber instead of "normal food," as you put it. To me, "normal food" means fruits and veggies, maybe one meat meal a week, and at least two fish dinners. My body handles that perfectly. When I eat too much meat, I feel like garbage. And look, even though I can Google stuff and find the same data points you’re throwing out😉, to me, all of that is total bull😁 because I listen to my body and eat exactly what my body craves😉, not whatever some expert recommends with their food pyramids😉. For example, I haven't been able to handle milk since I was a baby—it makes me vomit—but I absolutely love every other dairy product.

I'm actually glad I nudged you toward this. Regardless of what you think, this soup definitely introduces a huge amount of cellulose compared to a standard diet. If we're looking at the healthy eating pyramid, it's made up of six main groups:
1. Grains and substitutes (think pasta, starchy veggies, rice)
2. Meat and substitutes (cheese, eggs, fish)
3. Dairy and substitutes (yogurt, buttermilk)
4. Fats (oil, butter, mayo, cream, lard, margarine)
5. Leafy greens (this is a bit broad, as digestible carb content can vary a lot)
6. Fruit

Most people eat such that they hit most of these groups daily, which is qualitatively fine—the issue is just the portions. But if someone switches to this magic soup (by drastically cutting or totally ditching foods from the other groups), it's a different story than a regular diet. It puts the body into a state of relative starvation, which leads to that famous fat-burning phase (aka melting away the belly fat).

Nathan Collins2 said:Well, I did a little Googling myself😁 and found out that leafy greens contain fiber with high levels of galactose—a sugar that prevents lectin proteins from binding to the intestinal wall, which helps prevent colon cancer by a huge margin. Others say they're loaded with lutein, which is amazing for your cardiovascular system. Leafy greens are top-tier on the diet lists suggested for pregnant women... and so on and so forth... I honestly have no clue where you got the idea that leafy greens are full of cellulose that we can't digest and that it's somehow disastrous for digestion?! I am finding the exact opposite regarding how good leafy greens are for your gut...

All I want to know is where you read that I said leafy greens were catastrophically bad for digestion? It's quite the opposite—they're great and healthy (aside from the certain amount of methane gas they produce—so maybe don't ride the subway right after eating them 😁), but that doesn't mean living solely on them is a good idea, even temporarily. Sure, they contain cellulose, but I don't see why that's a dealbreaker... however, we can't use cellulose for energy, so we have to burn our own fat, which means we lose weight.

Nathan Collins2 said:And then there's the whole "light" products thing... honestly, the cynicism is just as unnecessary for me as being a literalist is for you. You know perfectly well I wasn't talking about Diet Coke or whatever other junk—I was talking about foods labeled as "light," you know, low-calorie stuff. Which is exactly what I wrote.

I have no idea which foods you're even talking about, so maybe walk me through it.

Nathan Collins2 said:Anyway, back to the actual point. If you had actually read this thread with the intent to understand it—instead of just hunting for loopholes to nitpick in your replies—you’d see that you can follow a specific week-long diet using this chicken noodle soup recipe alongside certain approved foods. They complement the soup perfectly and don't, for lack of a better term, leave your cells starving or mess up your internal systems. Also, you could've read that some people just add this soup to their regular meals; it makes them feel better, kicks their digestion into gear, and cleans out the system.

Personally, it helps me a ton because I deal with major water retention due to some old hormonal issues from way back. And you gotta flush that out. This soup works wonders for that.

Look, I'm no genius, but I listen to my body and try to give it what it needs, so I started this thread just to share what worked for me. I am always, *always* down for good advice or a smart tip from someone who actually knows their stuff. But the moralizing, the lecturing, the condescending attitude, and just general "know-it-all" energy that has nothing to do with the topic? I take that as an insult. So, if you don't have anything constructive to say about your own experience with this magic soup, then just stop. You've made your point, we got it, and I'd really like to move on.

I still think those personal jabs were totally uncalled for... seriously, did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed today? I wasn't trying to lecture anyone, I was just stating what I know about the subject. I didn't realize you were so determined to find counterarguments just to throw them in my face. As for me, I don't really have an "experience" with this chicken noodle soup recipe because I eat a healthy, balanced diet—which I have to, given a chronic condition I've had since I was a kid—so I don't have extra weight to lose. Even if I did need to slim down and was perfectly healthy, I'd be checking in with a doctor at the Mayo Clinic before attempting a diet this extreme.

Honestly, I don't see why everyone is getting into such a heated argument over a simple chicken noodle soup recipe. 😲 😲

Ugh, no, I honestly think some people here are taking my little reality check way too personally... I’ve already said this once before: please, for the love of god, use your heads when you start playing these kinds of experiments with your own bodies... there are actual professionals out there who can help you tackle weight loss for good—which is a much smarter, way less sketchy solution.

Good grief, there are people out there who regularly fast for certain periods every year on nothing but juice, rice water, or whatever else...

And they’re perfectly healthy...

An occasional detox can actually be beneficial...

I didn't just make this up; there are real living, breathing examples of humans who prove it works...😁

Besides, when someone is down with the flu, they barely eat anything more than some chicken noodle soup... and even then, it's never much... you can at least eat as much of this soup as you want...😉

Of course, I wouldn't recommend this soup all year round, nor would anyone ever suggest that...

But I don't see the issue if someone eats plenty of this soup for a week, paired with small, high-quality snacks...
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I mean, seriously...🙄

And if you're drinking plenty of fluids, there's no risk of dehydration, so that danger is gone too...

From what I remember from school, a person can go quite a while without food, but not without water...🙂

As for consulting experts, that's worth discussing too... some even suggest the Atkins diet...🙄

My only thought is that it isn't wise to do heavy physical activity if you're on this soup or any other diet... light activity is fine, sure, and sitting in front of the TV isn't good either, but nothing like the gym or similar things... and it's important to ensure you get regular, sufficient sleep...