What frozen dinners from the grocery store do you eat?
Have any of you stumbled across any frozen dinner gems?
Thanks for sharing.
I cook my meals on sunday and will eat off them for the whole week. Sometimes I will treat myself with the occasional eating out, but mostly I eat at home, and also take my lunch.
If you HAD to eat a frozen dinner, I would stick with ones from Lean Cuisne, and that do not have any pasta, potatoes or bread in them. There were a couple that I had at pre-op that I liked (Beef medalions with brocolli, and a chicken one)
There are plenty that you can eat, but again be careful with the amount of salt.
My opinion.
Michael.
The ones I like are the turkey and green beans in Lean Cuisine, there is also another one that is beef medallions like Michael said... I am not one for beef but that one, I like. I don't buy the ones with pasta, rice, mashed potatoes or those candied apple things. I dont buy any with bread either.
Dennie
"It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it. ~Julia Child"
The BEST ones were the "South Beach" dinners -- but I can't find those anymore. I do several of the "Healthy Choices" versions but do not pick varieties that don't fit the STATS
Alway try to do at least 20g Protein, user general rule of no more that 300 calories and what the carbs and sodium -- I think you could do that with most varieties and of course if you want low carb it's mainly going to shy away from anything with a lot of pasta, rices, etc.... READ the labels would be my advice.
But using Frozen dinners seems to work for me fine.
I don't do frozen dinners...I agree, the sodium is way too high. And, as a Dr. Houston patient, our max carbs per meal should be 5 and, my range is 400-600 calories per day with 60-80gm of protein--that might vary a little bit for males/females--I'm not sure.
Every once in a while, for convenience, I have a Boca Burger with a piece of cheese on it. The carbs are a little high, but if I am careful for breakfast & dinner it is fine. There are also some Cascadian Farms Chicken Tenders (that are soy based) that are good--we can have three or four of those (I still can't eat more than 1.5 at a meal). That's the extent of my "frozen" food.
Back before WLS I did Atkins & South Beach & did eat some of their meals--they are okay, but my suggestion would be to cook chicken breasts, etc. on the weekend & freeze them for easy meals...whole food is much better for you!
Preop Weight 293/SW 289/CW 202.3/GW 165/LW158
