Anyone else love the healthy choice and lean cuisine meals?

be careful though, they have tons of sodium! Make sure to drink EXTRA water when you eat those....

I like them too...some of them. but yes watch sodium. they are super convenient

Too many things on the ingredients that I can't identify. If I don't know what it is, or pronounce it, I try not to eat it. :ohwell:

They definitely helped me when starting my new lifestyle because of the definite calorie counts. Ive been using mfp for over a year now, and I'd say for the first 8 months or so I'd eat at least 1 frozen meal a day. I ended up getting a food scale and eventually I felt confident eyeballing my servings of fresh foods. Eventually I drifted away from frozen meals and now I prepare most of my own meals.

Lean cuisine salisbury steak with mac and cheese... I am in love

I started my diet and calorie counting by eating these and they make it so easy by tasting so damn good. Can't believe I didn't try these sooner. I just assumed since it says healthy on the box it must taste like crap

Just because it says "healthy" doesn't mean it is... some of those have too much fat (calories) / sodium. Read the labels. Better yet, buy chicken, seafood, fruits, vegetables and make your own. Cheaper and better for you.

Too much sodium

I eat frozen meals every day...I wouldn't say I love them, but they're pretty good. I never go over my sodium because of them either. These days I've also been throwing in a few Marie Callender's frozen dinners - some of those aren't too hugely high in calories (450-550ish) but they're so much tastier than the diet stuff. I do enjoy the convenience and variety of frozen meals - I'm not much of a cook.

Favorite Lean Cuisine is the Butternut Squash Ravioli--this isn't just okay for a frozen meal, it's GOOD. Healthy Choice has a Pumpkin Squash Ravioli, but it's not as good--sauce is a little sweet, and it doesn't have the tons of veggies that the Lean Cuisine does. It isn't bad, though. I have yet to find a Healthy Choice I really love.

Kashi does some nice, veggie-loaded meals. The Mayan Harvest Bake is really good, and so is the steam in a bag Sesame Chicken.

Also check out Marie Callender's--not marketed as diet food, but they have a bunch of meals under 400 calories. The Steak and Roasted Potatoes dinner is quite tasty, and is a lot of food for 350 cals.

Another line I discovered at my local Target: Garden Lites veggie souffles. The Roasted Vegetables one is very nice. Low-calorie, though (that one was only 140 cals), so you need to build a meal around it by adding a hearty salad and/or some bread. Or use it as a dinner side dish.

The "oh noes! too much sodium!!!!" thing is generally overstated (although I'm sure there are exceptions). Most of the frozen meals I buy have under 600mg sodium, which would make them easy to fit into a 2500mg day if you need to worry about staying under your MFP allotment (I don't). As always, check labels and see if something works for you.

I like them. They were a good starter for me when I first started using MFP. I still eat them every once in a while. I especially get the pasta ones, paninis, and quesadillas (I haven't been successful at making a good panini or quesadilla )