The Jenny Craig system helps dieters lose weight by carefully controlling portion size. Jenny Craig clients order premade meals from the company's website. Because the meals are portion and calorie-controlled, dieters are able to select foods that they enjoy and lose weight, according to the Jenny Craig website. Jenny Craig meals are available either by mail order or from Jenny Craig Centers. If there isn't a Jenny Craig Center near you, and you'd like to try a portion-controlled, calorie-controlled diet of premade foods, you can buy comparable foods at a grocery store.
Lean Cuisine
Lean Cuisine offers preportioned, low-calorie, low-fat meals in your grocer's freezer. According to the company's website, its frozen meals can be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Foods, which average about 300 calories per meal, come in more than 120 choices, like breakfast and lunch sandwiches, international foods and restaurant-style entrees. It even has fast food favorites, like pizza, and comfort foods, like meatloaf. Some of the entrees are high in sodium, so if you have high blood pressure or other sodium-sensitive conditions, check with your doctor before trying a Lean Cuisine diet.
Healthy Choice
The Healthy Choice product line includes frozen entrees, soups, single-serve dried pasta and sauce entrees, frozen desserts, healthy breads and canned soups. All of the meals come in single-serving sizes that are portion and calorie-controlled. They are also low in fat, and lower in sodium than many other frozen and canned meals, according to the Healthy Choice website. The meals are also high in fiber, whole grains, proteins and antioxidants. The company's foods are certified by American Heart Association as a healthy source of nutrition.
Weight Watchers Smart Ones
Weight Watchers has a variety of prepackaged foods you can purchase at the grocery store. Known as Weight Watchers Smart Ones, the entrees are portion- and calorie-controlled. They also fit within the Weight Watchers point system, according to the Weight Watchers Smart Ones website. The company makes frozen meals that can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, dinner, as well as desserts and snacks. There are international entrees, like enchiladas, fast food favorites, like cheeseburgers and pizza, and desserts like chocolate eclairs. All of the products have fewer than 400 calories, no trans fats and are low in saturated fats. Some of the items are high in sodium, so read labels carefully and consult your doctor if you are on a low-sodium diet.
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