Frozen Dinners - Really that bad?

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  • mamareese
    mamareese Posts: 1,573 Member
    Way too many sodium answers.


    If you're excercising, and drinking moderate amounts of water I don't think sodium should be much of an issue. It's not affecting your fat loss.

    I'm way over on sodium daily, my BP is great, I have no water retention, and no ill effects.

    I'm glad to hear this...not that I will completely forgo paying any attention to sodium but all the concerns over sodium have me obsessing over it...and I'm over it!! Staying balanced, drinking water, exercising...that's where I'm at! Thanks for this point.
  • skypie23
    skypie23 Posts: 38
    Double up when you do cook and then freeze the extra, this is what I do, and I always have something in the freezer for a lazy meal.
  • iverayna
    iverayna Posts: 48 Member
    IF you drink your water and watch which other things you eat. If you are aware of the soduim fat fiber carb etc contet inside of a Lean Cuisine then you can make sure you dont get too much or too little of them in other foods you eat.. Nothing like a home cooked meal tho.....
  • suzycreamcheese
    suzycreamcheese Posts: 1,766 Member
    Have you tried having fish or other sea food??? A prawn stir fry takes 10 mins to cook. I know here in the UK most supermarkets sell pre-prepared fresh stir fry veggies. Not only is it a quick meal idea, it will be low in fat and void of a lot of the sodium and other additives in the frozen meal. And more importantly lower in calories.

    White fish is low in calories and cooks in the oven in 10 mins, I tend to have steam fresh veggies that you cook in the microwave for 3 mins with it or a large mixed green leaf salad

    last time i made a stirfry it ended up being 700 cals and wasnt even that nice.
  • Mandi1968
    Mandi1968 Posts: 30 Member
    Try your local Organic foods market, read the labels, I can find brands that offer low sodium choices to serve in a pinch.
    Good Luck!
  • lovetowrite73
    lovetowrite73 Posts: 1,244 Member
    After forming the habit of preparing food at home for the past few months, the only thing that really deters me from frozen meals is the taste. :laugh:
  • chrisyoung0422
    chrisyoung0422 Posts: 426 Member
    Lke any other choice. Good in moderation. In a jam I eat one but never more than one everyday or so. If you have sodium issues like bp or headaches then you might want to steer clear but otherwise they are an ok choice.
  • Ridestolive6969
    Ridestolive6969 Posts: 56
    AMEN to that!!!!
  • suzycreamcheese
    suzycreamcheese Posts: 1,766 Member
    i think it depends which one you choose tbh. Some are really bad choices, others are fine and fairly well balanced. You have to read the labels
  • kmal2t
    kmal2t Posts: 21
    It is so dificult with the food out there to not go over your daily allowance of sodium...but ya just dont eat a lot of them.

    The biggest issue is ..salt ya..and it just being full of processed crap. If you see 1000 ingredients on there that you don't recognize or hydrogenated this or that don't get it...if it has 30 g of fat and 10 g of protein dont eat it

    Some of the lean cuisine ones are bearable if you want some quick cals...the parmesean chicken or spaghetti and meatballs etc...just add a bunch of red pepper and parmesean cheese to em and its fine...
  • alpepp
    alpepp Posts: 55 Member
    I try to limit myself to one frozen meal per day because of the sodium. They are great because I can buy 5 on Sunday and stock them in my office freezer to avoid forgetting my lunch and choosing to go out to eat. If I didn't have something readily portion-controlled, I know I would have terrible binge issues.

    My new "treat" food is a frozen Jimmy Dean D-Light breakfast croissant in the morning - low calories but high in sodium.

    First few days of this new lifestyle, I am pretty sure I had sodium withdrawals because my previous diet was so terrible.

    If you are a problem overeater like me, frozen meals can help readjust your stomach. After that, I plan on cooking my own big batches of healthy foods on Sundays and freezing the leftovers in portion controlled containers.

    Temporary solution to a long-term health goal.
  • AMBlass
    AMBlass Posts: 161
    I used to eat them all the time and I think I gained a ton of weight from it. It would be much easier to cook up some organic, no-MSG soup or put on a pot of water and cook up some whole wheat spaghetti, or even making a PB & J sandwich with whole wheat bread, 1 tbsp of organic peanut butter and a little fruit preserve. Or just eat a bag of pre-made salad with some balsamic vinaigrette. That's probably the fastest and healthiest, and the finish up with some fruit (also doesn't require cooking).
  • nika8602
    nika8602 Posts: 1
    want to loose weight? Forget frozen, overcooked, overprocessed -- eat fresh!
  • zeala
    zeala Posts: 119 Member
    I find it shocking that most of the replies, except for one, point out the sodium. Yes the sodium is bad, but I find all the other non food stuff in it that completely puts me off that stuff. I think that they are THAT bad for you. And microwaving fake food in plastic just adds to it.
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