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" When we did the story on the Amazing Soup Diet, we wanted to put it to the test. Five staff members at Good Housekeeping signed on to the task. See what GH staffers said about the Soup Diet: &amp;quot;A three-pound loss the first week was highly motivating. When I lost two more pounds the second week, I mourned the loss of constant snacking less. When I hit eight pounds lost in the third week, I felt pleased, physically lighter \u2014 less of me to drag around \u2014 and delightfully in control. Psychological bonus: I can see more clearly that I eat to avoid doing difficult or painful things. If I&amp;#039;m left without an escape route (e.g., a hot fudge sundae or whole roasted ox), I face and resolve these things more efficiently.&amp;quot;  \u2014Judy &amp;quot;This diet has given me insights. I realized I&amp;#039;ve never followed a diet other than to read through the meal suggestions and then make up my own plan. I&amp;#039;ve learned that small meals during the workweek work best for me. Any large meals and I get sleepy. Anything too small and I get cranky. One of the biggest surprises here is portion control. Just found out that 3 oz of lean roast beef is only two slices \u2014 at least, that&amp;#039;s what my Mom&amp;#039;s butcher says. That really surprised me since I easily eat twice as much as that normally. No wonder I&amp;#039;m tired.&amp;quot;  \u2014Courtney &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m glad I signed on for this diet. It&amp;#039;s made me much more aware of what I put into my mouth each day, which is half the battle with losing weight. [This diet] gave me good ideas of what I should and shouldn&amp;#039;t be eating. It also made me realize that less food really can fill you up. You may just need to eat a little more often.&amp;quot; \u2014Sara &amp;quot;I have broken the pound barrier \u2014 better known as the plateau that I was hovering at for weeks. Breakfast today was so good. Cottage cheese with cut-up apricot (substituted for strawberries) topped with a bit of honey. Also had an English muffin (whole grain, 100 calories) on the side. I can see now that dieting is more challenging on the weekends. During the week most of the day is taken up with work, and there is less time to think about food. On weekends, when you would have been having a nice breakfast or going out to dinner, you miss this and feel sorry for yourself. My husband is being a real trouper and either fending for himself at dinnertime or eating from the big soup batch he cooked earlier in the week.&amp;quot; \u2014Marjorie &amp;quot;The soups at night have been very delicious, and I didn&amp;#039;t even eat the salad, I was so full. I feel like a large, fiber-filled vegetable!&amp;quot; \u2014Kathleen "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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