Can we have a big bowl of veggie soup without worrying about calories?

[maXmood]

i mean, i love veggies, and i've been subtituting my dinner with this soup for the last 3 days..

ingrediants:

eggplant
zucchini
parsley
cauliflower
tomato
green beans
onion
garlic

boiled altogether in a single pot, adding sea salt + chili pepper for taste.

i can't make out what's the calories like on a big bowl of that, and i'm worried it would defeat my deficit.

any ideas?

[Siobahn]

Without weighing all of your ingredients, its impossible to tell.

[necon76]

I make something similar when cutting. A large bowl is between 100 - 150 calories.

[maXmood]

I make something similar when cutting. A large bowl is between 100 - 150 calories.

seriously????

and i'm thinking it surpasses 500cals!

the whole pot makes about 10 servings of those big bowls, they're not really big tho. it's cheap, easy to make, and it's delicious!!!

[necon76]

seriously????

and i'm thinking it surpasses 500cals!

No way man. Most of those veggies are very low carb.

[maXmood]

No way man. Most of those veggies are very low carb.

true they're low on carbs, but i'm talking cals here.. i mean, grilled chicken breast has 0 carbs but it has about 280cals.

[AlwaysTryin]

true they're low on carbs, but i'm talking cals here.. i mean, grilled chicken breast has 0 carbs but it has about 280cals.

Yes but chicken is all protein... What do you think the veggies are?

[Gxp23]

true they're low on carbs, but i'm talking cals here.. i mean, grilled chicken breast has 0 carbs but it has about 280cals.

Just how much fat and protein do you think are in veggies.

Inb4 eggplants have the same as eggs

[maXmood]

Yes but chicken is all protein... What do you think the veggies are?

veggies are high fiber, low pro, low carbs. but they still make up the calories.. and my point was, not talking about pro, fat, carbs, but number of calories, because i'm trying to hit my deficit cal target..

hope it makes sense

[Gxp23]

veggies are high fiber, low pro, low carbs. but they still make up the calories.. and my point was, not talking about pro, fat, carbs, but number of calories, because i'm trying to hit my deficit cal target..

hope it makes sense

Where do you think the calories come from exactly?

I am curious.

edit: And no, it made no sense due to this.

[maXmood]

Read quotes below...

No way man. Most of those veggies are very low carb.

true they're low on carbs, but i'm talking cals here.. i mean, grilled chicken breast has 0 carbs but it has about 280cals.

Where do you think the calories come from exactly?

I am curious.

edit: And no, it made no sense due to this.

i'm aware calories are formed from all those.. but quoted above "necon76": they're low on carbs.. my reply quoted as well, i'm not talking about carbs here, but about number of calories.
the ingrediants in my first post could all be (for example) 0 carbs, but they are high in fat or pro.. but i'm not after any of those numbers, i'm after the total cals. so my reply to necon76 was, i'm talking about cals, not carbs, not fats, not pros, only cal numbers...

hope it makes sense now..

[chemo29]

OP have you ever heard that fruits and veggies are made up of >90% water?
depending on the amount of broth used and serving size, I am sure this is <100cal

calorieking.com

[necon76]

Read quotes below...


i'm aware calories are formed from all those.. but quoted above "necon76": they're low on carbs.. my reply quoted as well, i'm not talking about carbs here, but about number of calories.
the ingrediants in my first post could all be (for example) 0 carbs, but they are high in fat or pro.. but i'm not after any of those numbers, i'm after the total cals. so my reply to necon76 was, i'm talking about cals, not carbs, not fats, not pros, only cal numbers...

hope it makes sense now..

I said carbs as I thought it would be a given that you'd know that they are practically the only source of calories in the veggies you mentioned.

[BigSnacks]

I like the part where your signature claims knowledge to be power, yet you can't figure out what everyone is telling you.

[transformerchad]

I make something similar when cutting. A large bowl is between 100 - 150 calories.

Likewise .

A huge bowl was around 150cals when I weighed everything

[snorkelman]

seriously????

and i'm thinking it surpasses 500cals!

It could be if your main ingredients were corn or peas, but the veggies you listed tend to be low cal.

[maXmood]

I like the part where your signature claims knowledge to be power, yet you can't figure out what everyone is telling you.

How does your post add any value to answering my question makes me doubt how u got all those reps..

i had a question, i wanted some help to get it answered. doesn't mean i don't have any knowledge.

[maXmood]

Likewise .

A huge bowl was around 150cals when I weighed everything

It could be if your main ingredients were corn or peas, but the veggies you listed tend to be low cal.

thanks for the input

[chemo29]

How does your post add any value to answering my question makes me doubt how u got all those reps..

i had a question, i wanted some help to get it answered. doesn't mean i don't have any knowledge.

relax man, it was only satire

[BigSnacks]

How does your post add any value to answering my question makes me doubt how u got all those reps..

Ok, I'll break it down for you, preschool-style. As has been pointed out to you, numerous times in this thread, vegetables contain nearly zero protein or fat, making them, essentially, all carbohydrate. As has also been pointed out, the vegetables you listed are low in carbohydrates. So if all ingredients are low carb *and* all ingredients are carb-only, and we know one gram of carbs is equal to 4kcal, then logic tells us these ingredients are low in calories.

Nobody knows how much of each ingredient you're adding to the pot, and nobody is going to do the math for you when you can just as easily do it yourself through FitDay/MyFitnessPal/SparkPeople/etc. The answers you have repeatedly been given are the best you can hope for.

**Edit - And I'm sincerely trying to help you, but trying to help you figure it out on your own. I hope I didn't come across as mean or sarcastic/trolly (aside from my first post which was, as chemo29 stated, only satire).

[xbayrockx]

so does this actually taste good or ****?

[Gxp23]

IIT Op, does not understand that the calories come from the macros, but he is not interested in the macros, only the numbers, hope this makes sense now.

[icafe]

A potato is high carb ~ high cal.
celery is low carb~ low cal

do go full potato