Anyone eat these alot? I have been and it really has helped me with protion control!

They're easy and convenient and as you say great for portion control.

They're not so great for sodium, which may or may not matter to you, or for taste, ditto.

To me I find I can get more food for the same or less points if I eat something other than an over processed, less than nutritious frozen meal. I only use them on occasion or if I have an emergency such as forgetting my lunch.

Also many times it is hard to get in your 8 Healthy Guidelines (oils and dairy and protein) if you eat a lot of them.

We eat them a couple of times a week. I'm studying for exams, so they help when I just can't be bothered to cook.

Portion control is our weakness as well! I was gobsmacked when I realised what a portion of pasta should actually be! :P

I do a lot of what I call, over cooking ,and frezze some for later, that way I know what's in them. And they cost under half the price of those in the shops.
MaryL

I try to do what Mary does too. I do have them in the house for when I need a quick meal and I'm starved and to take along to lunch on busy days but I prefer the home cooked stuff myself as it tends to be more filling and stretches farther.

I eat them for lunch at work. They're quick and fast and I like them. I used to eat them alot when I first started for the portion control. Now that I know portions a little bit better, I don't eat them as often, but I still have days where I don't feel like cooking and will have them for both lunch and dinner. They work well for me. I especially like the Lean Cuisine paninis. They're my favorites!

I ate them daily for a while when I was in my losing weight phase. They really did help me get a sense of what normal portions were like, and I got used to eating meals and not feeling overfull afterwards. I quit eating frozen meals last July when I started coming to this site. I started paying attention to what was in my food, and the diet frozen meals that I was eating didn't seem like the healthiest options anymore. However, I did learn a lot from them, and did lose weight.

I use these too for the Quick easies, cant contemplate cooking times and I am starving. But I enhance them. Because when I am starving there is NO portion control.

Whenever I purchase one I look for a lil box of veggie or veggie mix ( you know those 8.5 ouncer's) that would compliment it so I can mix the two. I have found that brocolli and cauliflower go great with any and all pasta's. ( ravioli, fetticini, spaghetti ) Green beans goes great with the gravy ones. ( pot roast's, medallion's, turkey ) Peppers and onions mixtures... Mexican of course! There are the tiny boxes of stir fry type veggies for chinese or asian meals. And my beloved spinach will go with anything!


I have found I am losing my weight not by taking things away but by ADDING things. Adding more water. Adding more fruits and veggies. Adding more exercise. All these additions are adding up to a mighty fine me!

I use the frozen meals as fill ins on days when I am pressed for time. I watch the sodium content, I will not buy one that has more than 675mg in it. I also make a salad to go with it and extra veggies for dinner. If it's a fill-in lunch at my desk at work, I add fruit. My fave is WW chicken mirabella, low sodium, lots of chicken, veggies and pasta. Yummy!

BTW, I'm Nicki. I've been posting in the 100lbs. Support group. I am following WW from home. The meetings in my area are on bad nights for me. I'd love to see more activity in the WW groups.