When I change my eating habits to attempt to eat healthier (I'm avoiding the word diet deliberately), I seem to get more offers for soup. Not many men I know enjoy soup, at least, of those that I am aware. It might be a Florida thing. Growing up in Florida, I never wanted anything hot. I am always hot, I don't need anything else to make me hot. I don't drink coffee and I don't slurp soup. During the occasional times that it does get cold, I do like a hot chocolate and may even think about soup. But, soup is not something I regularly crave.
My wife, however, loves soup. She makes her own chicken vegetable soup. When we order Chinese, she always gets soup. She always asks which kind I want. I do not think I have yet to say I wanted the soup. But, she still asks. Women at work ask if I want soup.
I get asked this more often (or perhaps I notice it more) when I am restricting my intake of food (again purposely avoiding the "D" word). I know soup is filling and for the most part is low in calories. Perhaps that is why it is suggested more often. Maybe I would be more satisfied if I ate soup.
Maybe I don't have an affinity for soup because I haven't had a "great" soup. All soups I've had come out of a can. Aside from my wife's chicken soup, which is tasty.
I haven't quite figured it out, but I know I would rather have food than soup. Now chili on the other hand.....
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The day after I wrote this, Dr. Oz noted in his syndicated column how soup was very good for weight loss.
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