Hi, I'm starting a 2000-2100 calorie diet. I need to start eating high in calorie meals. So I figure hungry-man will help. But I have two questions. Will the fat content in the meals make me fat(sat fat)? I'm going to be building muscle and my goal is to lose body fat. And second, I noticed on the box it says "1lb of food." It won't literally make me gain an extra pound will it?
It's also got a lot of fat, are most of the fats in the meal healthy fats?
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Thread: Hungry Man tv dinners
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09-14-2007, 07:39 PM #1
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Hungry Man tv dinners
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09-14-2007, 07:42 PM #2
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09-14-2007, 08:06 PM #5
Some of those Hungry man meals have upwards of 1200 calories, that would be over half of your calories in one meal. 2000-2100 calories doesn't require high calorie meals, and at your weight you should maybe eat more than that if you're looking to put on muscle.
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09-14-2007, 08:11 PM #6
im only just over 3000 calories and i dont even eat meals that high in calories
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09-14-2007, 10:19 PM #8
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meals in a box? those are for divorced guys who watch football with sweatpants and a gut hanging out of thier size medium state high school t-shirt...run away, just run away
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09-14-2007, 10:37 PM #10
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Go buy yourself 5-10lb of skinned/boned chicken breast, Some potatoes, some gravy mix, and a cook book.
While you are at it throw in some oat meal, some steaks, lean ground beef, tuna, whole wheat bread, Milk, Brown Rice, eggs, Some pasta, some sauces & condiments, grapefruit, cottage cheese, some apples, A good multivitamin, and what ever kind of cheat or candy you want for snacks.
Live off of that for about 2 months and you will be looking pretty good. Obviously you dont have to start being a health nut all at once. It is best to develop at your own pace so you do not get burned out on eating healthy and lifting. But Starting at "hungry man" is NOT the road to accomplishment.
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Hungry Man Nutrition Facts . . .
After reading this thread I started wondering just how bad these dinners rly were, so I found this website that has nutrition facts all the Swanson frozen meals:
http://www.calorie-count.com/calorie...urer/1236.html
Actually, they weren't as bad as I was expecting, but still far from healthy eating IMO. Here r a couple of Hungry Man examples:
Hungry Man White Meat Fried Chicken Dinner:
710 calories
29g fat (7g saturated)
86g carbs (30g sugars)
34g protein
6g fiber
2160 mg sodium
Hungry Man Meatloaf Dinner
680 calories
37g fat (1g saturated)
61 g carbs (29g sugars)
29g protein
5g fiber
990 mg sodium
By way of comparison, both of these examples have over twice the calories and 4 times the fat content of a typical Healthy Choice frozen meal, which is what I eat in a pinch when I don't have any home-cooked food.Last edited by skinnyboipgh; 09-15-2007 at 01:06 AM.
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Oh yeah, that's a staple in any healthy diet...
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09-15-2007, 04:55 AM #16
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if ur 220 lbs and going to be taking in 2100 calories a day u said u were trying to get bigger.. ur going to be going the other way taking in that many calories
any word of advice..
anything frozen TV dinner = STAY AWAY FROM
go to sams/costco and buy up in bulk.. eggs, chicken, milk, tuna, oatmeal, whole wheat breads, veggies, fruits, peanut butter, almonds, olive oil
and make ur own meals.. 100x better for you and they will be a lot better in taste then anything like a hungryman dinner.. u will get some terrible trans fats and HFCS from those TV dinners
words of advice: dont go buy frozen TV dinners from the store anymore those are for people who cant move off their couch and have to have their broke ass wife bring it to them because they cant seem to find their face out of the potato chip bag
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