Lean Cuisine!

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  • kikiboniki
    kikiboniki Posts: 398 Member
    chicken parm!
  • stevwil41
    stevwil41 Posts: 608 Member
    I like the various pizza types. I usually keep a few in the freezer for those weeknight pizza cravings. On weekends if I want it bad enough I have the high test stuff:)
  • kimeister
    kimeister Posts: 212
    Yeah, I hate to be such a downer - and if you're happy/it's working then I'm happy for you - but this isn't really REAL food. Sure they won't hurt once and awhile, and they are super convenient. I used to eat them all the time several years ago. With all due respect to individuals doing their own thing, these aren't great fuel and aren't giving your body what it needs.

    What she said. If there's any doubt, just read the ingredient list on any of these meals. I'll never forget the day my co-worker read the ingredient list for her Swedish Meatballs only to discover the meatballs are made with anchovy "filler" and Lean Cuisine pasta is listed as "blanched pasta product".

    If time is an issue, try cooking a batch of food on the weekend (or whenever it's convenient) and portioning it to containers you leave in the freezer. Healthy, real food that's far cheaper than Lean Cuisine, and that is good for you. You can't beat it!
  • Rilke
    Rilke Posts: 1,201 Member
    Yeah, I hate to be such a downer - and if you're happy/it's working then I'm happy for you - but this isn't really REAL food. Sure they won't hurt once and awhile, and they are super convenient. I used to eat them all the time several years ago. With all due respect to individuals doing their own thing, these aren't great fuel and aren't giving your body what it needs.

    As an alternative, perhaps consider making something in bulk at home on the weekend, and then taking it to work throughout the week? My personal philosophy is that if it doesn't have a mother or come from the ground, I don't want to eat it. Real food leaves me fuller, more satisfied, and provides me with more energy.

    Again - I mean all respect :)

    I used to eat them all the time too. Then I slowly began reading more and more about ingredient labels and what's really in processed foods. I weaned myself off all Lean Cuisines, Healthy Choice, etc. The only frozen meals I eat now (about once a week) are Amy's, Trader Joe's, and occasionally Kashi, all of which are actual food.

    After about six months of no Lean Cuisine, I was lunchless at work and a coworker offered me one of my old favorites. It tasted like cardboard. Seriously awful. I couldn't finish more than two bites -- and I was HUNGRY.

    I believe your taste buds get accustomed to whatever you eat. When my diet was mostly fake food . . . fruits, vegetables, beans and toothy (whole wheat) grains tasted too strong and I didn't like them. Now that I've gotten rid of fake food, all the real stuff tastes delicious and the occasional forays into fake taste like crap.
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