Does eating soup stop your weight loss?

I'm still on liquids and it is becoming more challenging by the day... but my question is, when we are able to eat "anything" after 5 or 6 weeks post-op-- can we still drink soup?  Do you drink Soup and do you find it impacts on the amount of weight you loose?  What type of soup do you drink?

Hi, when you are on solids you are not supposed to have soup as one of your meals.  The band works with solids. Liquids go right through the band so having soup unless it is a very chunky soup that eats like a meal defeats the purpose of the band.

I'm with Lara Nicole - My doctor told me to stay away from liquid calories, and soup is one of those.

First to Essgie, I don't know about soup, but eating a bowl of ice cream every night sure has stopped my weight loss. (this is meant to be a joke, but Lara Nicole is right. ) To Laranicole, you look like a beauty queen. Girl, what you been doin' to yourself? You're beautiful.  Di

Thank you all for your replys!  You're right!   I wasn't really thinking of soup as liquid calories-- I was thinking I could work it into a 1200cal diet a couple times a week. 

I asked Dr. Curry this question.  His response was to minimize how many meals I had with soups and, if I wanted soup to make it all I ate so I wasn't washing even more calories down. Lori

If you're at the point where you can find yourself satisfied by soup alone, I think it's fine.  Putting protein powder into the soup can bump up the satisfaction quotient a bit.  There are lots of times when I'm on the run and not in the mood for a "bar" replacement (especially in the winter) when an instant cup of soup does wonders.  I think it really depends on your situation.  But I think most of the time when people eat soup it just slides on through and you don't get the full feeling or the satisfaction sensation is short lived and you just end up eating again much sooner than you would have with a solid meal.  (Actually the high sodium content does make commercially prepared soup a no-no as well.)

All soups are not created equal.  Chunky soups with lots of veggies and tender meat is ok.  You should probably sip the broth first the eat the meat and veggies.  I eat chunky bean lentil/ veggie soups just about everyday and I think it helps make me feel full.

So right, all soups are not created equal.  I make homemade vegetable soup loaded with beef chunks and I also make one with hamburger in it and lots and lots of veggies (including cabbage).  I make a homemade chicken soup also with chunks of chicken and lots of veggies.  It is a meal in itself.

Chunky soup-- with lots of chicken and beef-- that is sounding good to me!