I have been losing weight at a good speed now, about 1/2 a pound to about a pound a day. It really depends if I workout or not. I have been really good about working out the last week, but the last few days I have not been able to get to the gym. But I have a way to combat not going to the gym. I make this really good Taco Soup (Mom's recipe, Thanks!) and when I have it for a couple meals in a row, I lose weight FAST (like over a pound in a day). I am not sure why, because when I do make it, you get a cup and a half of soup that weighs in over a pound. The only thing I can think of it that there is alot of liquid and I make it really spicy. I just heard somewhere that if you are trying to lose weight, a way to increase you metabolism temporally is to eat something really spicy. They say that works because your body has to use more calories in trying to cool you down. So, maybe the combination of liquid and spice make it a good weight loss soup? Here is how you make it.
Makes 6, 1 1/2 Cup servings
Ingredients:
21oz of 4% fat ground beef 735 Calories (I get this a Vons, it is packaged at 1.36lbs a container)
1 Taco Seasoning package 120 Calories
1 3/4 Cup of Kidney Beans 393 Calories (again, it is one Can of Vons Kidney Beans)
1 Can of Corn 280 Calories (Vons brand again)
3 1/2 Cups of Hunt's Diced Tomatoes 175 Calories (2 Cans)
1 3/4 Cups of Hunt's Tomato sauce 140 Calories (1 Can)
1 Onion Chopped 192 Calories (about 3 cups worth)
3 Cups of Water 0 calories
1 Can of Chopped Jalapenos (only add if you like it spicy) 0 Calories
In a large soup pot brown meat with the Onions. Once brown and the onions are transparent dump ALL the rest of the Ingredients into the pot and simmer for about an hour. Best soup ever!! and for the amount you get it is alot of food for not that many calories. Let me know if you try it out!
If you are not dieting, put a large scoop of sour-cream, crumble tortilla chips, and a hand full of shredded cheese in it. Best soup ever (behind my mom's Potato soup).
