Howdy,
This is a take off of Pho with no noodles. I did not want to hijack that thread with further discussions on this point so I started a new thread.
I am having a hard time getting my mind to accept the idea that feeling full on soup with no carbs is possible. The recent example is Pho with bean sprouts instead of noodles. I really, really like that thought. It would satisfy my plan of calorie counting with reduced carb implementation. It would be easy enough to try and I intend to as soon as opportunity presents itself.
The bigger question is: I used to make a lot of soups before I started watching the carbs now not so much. It was not a problem in the summer- grilling in TX is a nice past time. But with the fall coming, soup is what will be calling. Then there is the piece of corn bread or roll (I can make exquiste artisan rolls with seeds and ww flour) that should cradle the bowl. So perhaps I could eat these things in small quantities. Or perhaps, I need to rethink soups that are full of carbs with a another side of carb. Carbs used here mean pasta, rice, potato, corn starch, and to some degree beans/lentils. I am still not sure how my body reacts to beans in terms of weight gain/loss. I do not mean carbs from veggies.
I have read a number of books that I agree with the premise of carbs driving both hunger and weight gain. So intellectually, I get that carbs cause hunger, the antithesis of being full over a long period of time. Maybe it is a volume thing. Maybe it is plain old habit.
So how do you handle soup/chili?
Sorry if this is confusing.