Weight Watchers Frozen Meals

If they are like the weight watchers meals in Australia, they are small meals with little protein and the quality of the ingredients in dubious. They are also high in salt. I'd be giving them a miss.

You'd be better off with a slow cooker and doing your own casseroles with quality meat/protein and a variety of veges. Freeze in individual serves for convenience.

Honestly, fat loss is not about points or frozen meal brands - it's about calories. If you watch your calories, you'll lose weight without having to go on a 'diet' of frozen meals. If they help you organize your intake, that's fine, but don't feel like you have to buy into some meal plan for success. Because if you rely on a plan like that indefinitely rather than change your relationships with food, once you deviate from the plan it'll have a negative effect. You don't have to forsake cookies forever, just eat them in moderation! Introduce healthy changes slowly so that you have the foundation to move forward in weight loss versus quick fixes and 'diets'.

Dieting isn't a good thing, it's a temporary thing. Changing your diet, however, can be a long term and positive change that makes a difference.

I'm in the UK, and ok.... they are a ready micro meal so they aren't going to be brilliant. They will contain more sodium than if you made yourself the same meal from scratch.

However, I do have them now and again. I particularly like the chicken hotpot. It's around 260 cals and if I remember rightly has about 20g of protein in it. I will generally get them from a local frozen food store to take to work for a quick and easy lunch (they are cheap too at £1 each!).

I have had them as a dinner in the past too, I usually do some extra vegetables to add to it to make it more filling.

I wouldn't recommend just eating them all the time (although they are pretty low calorie so you would still lose weight if eating below maintenance) but they can be pretty handy to have in the freezer. I would sometimes end up ordering a take away or eating junk food if I was too tired to cook, so having something like that in was helpful.

Too small - not filling, not that flavorful and a truckload of sodium. Not worth it to me to eat as a regular thing. I think they're fine as an occasional I didn't plan anything else emergency meal.

blueboxgeek wrote: »

I'm in the UK, and ok.... they are a ready micro meal so they aren't going to be brilliant. They will contain more sodium than if you made yourself the same meal from scratch.

However, I do have them now and again. I particularly like the chicken hotpot. It's around 260 cals and if I remember rightly has about 20g of protein in it. I will generally get them from a local frozen food store to take to work for a quick and easy lunch (they are cheap too at £1 each!).

I have had them as a dinner in the past too, I usually do some extra vegetables to add to it to make it more filling.

I wouldn't recommend just eating them all the time (although they are pretty low calorie so you would still lose weight if eating below maintenance) but they can be pretty handy to have in the freezer. I would sometimes end up ordering a take away or eating junk food if I was too tired to cook, so having something like that in was helpful.

I also like the Cottage Pie one and Ocean Pie.

RodaRose wrote: »

They are good for you if they help you lower your overall daily calories."

Umm, no. Following that theory you could live on Diet Coke and pretzels. That would hardly be good for you though you'd lose weight.

As others have said, Weight Watchers frozen meals are great on occasion but it's not like NutriSystem where you eat the meals three times per day. They're high in sodium and not particularly filling. The same problems exist Lean Cuisine but I find they taste better.

Eat them in moderation. I tend to keep a few in the freezer for when I forget to pack a lunch the night before and just need something quick to grab. I may eat 2-3 a week for lunch. Just watch out because these things are packed with sodium...they're better than some fast food joints but not by much....if possible, plan to cook your own meals more...

I wouldn't eat them. I find them too high in sodium, way too processed, and the ingredients are not of the best quality. Make your own! That way you know what is in them and you can tailor them how you prefer. It is easy to make your own frozen meals. Grab some containers and cook twice as much for dinner. Pack away half and freeze for lunches or quick meals.

They're not that bad. I have some in my freezer for when I'm lazy and I don't want to make lunch. I wouldn't eat them for every meal though.

If you're really looking to cut back on your food consumption then get a kitchen scale (digital is my preference) and weigh/measure everything you put on your plate. Make sure you log the food you're eating as well. Make a bunch of meals on the weekend and pre-package them up into individual serving sizes for the week so you can have grab-and-go meals and make some to throw in the freezer.

Keep in mind too that you're just starting out. Don't jump in with both feet. Take baby steps and change one habit at a time otherwise you'll get frustrated and stop.

Love this question...

I use frozen meals like Healthy Choice or some Trader Joe frozen meals occasionally -- when I'm in a hurry or haven't planned well. They're ok but, as previous people have mentioned, not a lot of food and high in sodium. I tend to stay away from processed foods but they're handy occasionally.

And there is NOTHING wrong with sodium unless you have diagnosed high blood pressure or a disease that causes edema. Then if you have high BP, only a small minority of people have BP responsive to sodium--which is pretty freaking easy to test if you have a few days.

It's troubling that so many people avoid cooking. Honestly, the best thing I have ever done for my health was to get over my aversion to the kitchen and learn to make a few basic meals, batch cook once every few weeks and keep a freezer full of single serve meals. It actually doesn't take that much time. I get so much more food, both for my money and for my calories, by making it myself.