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I haven't finished reading the book yet but so far i'm understanding that smoothies are a definite No. So wouldn't that make soups a No too??? as they are also blended??? One of my old faves is an onion & a whole cauliflower steamed and then whizzed into soup with some course black pepper...
and just 1 more newbie question...how many fresh medjool dates would be considered a single serve??? Thank You Big Much, The New Girl!!!

I have never seen any restrictions on blended soups. probably because folks don't tend to have really big bowls of it and eat it daily like they do smoothies.

As for the fresh dates, I have no idea what a serving is. Are you on MWL? I seem to remember for figs two is a serving but figs are larger.

Thank You for replying Faith, I'm on day 2 of MWL. In the book it says 'processing disrupts fibre, increasing the speed of absorption and the amount of carbohydrates absorbed by the bloodstream...' It was talking about fruit but wouldn't it be the same for vegetables as well??? or maybe not because they contain less carbohydrates??? I'm a little bit confused
On WW two fresh dates was considered a serve so I think I'll go with that.

Miss Vegan, congratulations on beginning your journey to health,NAND welcome to the board!

Most "smoothies'" even "green smoothies," contain significant amounts of high calorie density foods: usually fruit, fruit juices, and soy or other "milk.". Plus, people who favor them tend to drink them regularly rather than as an occasional treat. So, with smoothies you take in a lot of calories, and the fiber has essentially been refined by the blending such that it doesn't get to do its good work in your digestive system.

A vegetable soup that has been blended, however,is generally going to be much lower in calorie density than a typical smoothie, simply because it is composed entirely of low calorie density foods (this assumes you aren't adding nuts, olives, avocado, soy, or other higher fat whole foods to your veggie soup).

So, i think that eating a blended (you might call it "creamy style") vegetable soup would be fine, as long as you are also eating plenty of intact veggies and starches too (so that you also get the unrefined fiber).

If you find that your weight loss is slower than you like, then you could reduce how often you eat the "creamy style" soup.