Since I started drinking more soups and smoothies and less solid foods, I have dropped a bit of weight. Not a lot, just a few pounds. In addition, I feel less ‘full’ after having liquid meals.
Why is this? Shouldn’t calories be the same, regardless of whether something is in solid or liquid form?
For example, I had a smoothie with two bananas, a cup of blueberries, and two cups of oat milk today. I could never bring myself to actually eat two bananas, a cup of blueberries, and two cups of oat milk *separately,* but blended together I can consume all of that, no problem. Why?
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I got hooked on smoothies when I had my jar wired shut for 6 weeks. I learned to add a raw carrot and cottage cheese or yogurt to my smoothies. I think the protein helps to make me feel more full.
My typical breakfast is a smoothie made from a a grapefruit, orange, big carrot, a pear or apple, a frozen banana, and a handful of frozen random fruits, with about a generous half cup+ of cottage cheese and enough juice to make it drinkable with a straw. I’ll feel full until dinner with that.
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