Lean Cuisine Food

I eat 1 a day, usually lunch. They are kind of high in sodium but like you I drink a lot of water as well, I have lost weight in the past with them and I am now as well, hope this helps!

I did better when I started making my own lunches and getting away from Lean Cuisine. It's good, tasty and easy. What I did was to make extra portions of dinner, and freezing single portions to take as lunches. Before you know it, you have a freezer full of your very own "lean cuisine" with much less sodium.
If you're going to continue using them, I would suggest adding a little more water. Maybe 2 more glasses a day.
And perhaps you're not eating enough and that's why you're not losing?

I eat them for lunch Monday through Friday and like others have said I drink a lot of water. I think they are good! The pizza ones satisfy my craving for pizza.

its convenient and cheap. its not good fuel for your body though.

I'd say you just hit a plateau and its not necessarily about specific foods (although the "processed" factor of two LC's a day is probably something to adjust). Definitely time to change things up by either changing your calorie intake, or adjusting your workouts (or both). Our bodies get used to a certain intake and exersice routine and after a while it doesn't respond the way it did before.

You'll probably have to change some things around to figure out. Try cutting back on the processed food, and adding fresh veggies for one of those meals instead, and if you've been doing the same exercise routine, kick it up a notch, or add something new to the mix.

Good luck!

EDIT - to answer your original question though..yes, I eat them too..some of them are really good, and they're very convenient to take to work for lunches. Probably not the greatest choice, but low calories, and great for portion control.

In my earliest weight loss days I ate nothing but Lean Cuisines, around 1600 calories worth, and lost 40 lb before I transitioned to prepared meals. The sodium content was high, but it didn't adversely affect my blood pressure because my blood pressure was lower and lower each doctor's visit during that period.

I did make sure to drink tons of water, at least 70 oz a day.

After a while all the Lean Cuisines taste the same.

I used to eat them all the time, but only until I earn enough points to order a free lunch bag. I have felt better since i cut out frozen foods, though.

Be sure to eat more than just the Lean Cuisine. Add 1-2 servings of veggies, and perhaps even a yogurt to make sure you are eating enough. The LC meals have very little fiber in them, so you need to make sure you get your servings in.

I am more of a DIY person, so if going for convenience, I prefer the cooked chicken breast strips to add to my own salad. Or make my own rice bowl with veggies, rice, chicken and sauce. Or replace the rice with beans. I find these things healthier and tastier.

I did better when I started making my own lunches and getting away from Lean Cuisine. It's good, tasty and easy. What I did was to make extra portions of dinner, and freezing single portions to take as lunches. Before you know it, you have a freezer full of your very own "lean cuisine" with much less sodium.
If you're going to continue using them, I would suggest adding a little more water. Maybe 2 more glasses a day.
And perhaps you're not eating enough and that's why you're not losing?

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I need to start doing this. I always have left overs but never freeze them. I need to change that!

Yea I would definitly go to 1 a day atleast. If you can try to do 1 every other day. Switch it up and experiment with other healthy foods.

The steamfresh veggies are great and easy. Birdseye or Green Giant. And you can get the Perdue Perfect Portions chicken breasts that you can cook from frozen. Also, the produce section has already wrapped and microwave ready baked potatoes and sweet potatoes. You can have a "home-cooked" meal in minutes!

I eat them as well or the Smart Ones for dinner usually with a vegetable and whole wheat bread on the side and I drink about 16 cups of water a day. I try to eat at least 1200-1300 calories a day and I get 30-60 minutes of exercise in a day, so maybe try making sure you hit 1200 calories a day at least and if your not exercising yet try to get some in but if you are working out maybe increase your time to see if that helps to get out of the plateau

I used to eat them every work day for lunch, bouncing between whatever brands are on sale. Some taste good, some taste meh-tastic. I found I like the Cafe Steamers from Healthy Choice better (particularly the roasted red pepper alfredo) and they tend to have less sodium than both Lean Cuisine and Smart Ones. The Kashi meals are pretty good, too, as are Amy's Lean (or Light or whatever they're called).

Just be mindful of the sodium levels, they can be upwards of 850mg per serving! And some of those Lean Cuisines are sneaky, there's two servings in the box.

EDIT: I will add that, like some of the other posters, I've started cooking my week's worth of lunches on Sunday or I'll make an extra and bring left overs from the night before. I still have some of the micro-zap meals in the freezer, they've been relegated to "Oh, I'm all out and have nothing else," fill-in.