How is this program different?

Make, Cook, Freeze and Eat

That is basically what Measured Meals is all about. Using the recipes that I put on this blog (there will be many more) you will actually take charge of whatever going into your mouth. These will not be expensive, frozen supermarket dinners that are often very different from the meals you make for your family. No matter what food you like to eat, meals can be broken down into calorie counted menus. Make a recipe, divide it into servings that are calorie counted, freeze the servings separately and eat the servings when you feel like having something you actually enjoy!

The great thing about this Measured Meals Program is that we can take any recipe that is given to us, do the calorie counts, decide how many servings it should be separated into, send it back to you and let you try it.

One of the best calorie counted "comfort meals" we used to keep in the freezer contained a three sectioned dinner comprised of wieners, beans, mashed potatoes and corn. Okay, I can hear nutritionists groaning but the honest truth is that when you go on a long term, reduced calorie eating plan, there are times you weaken ... right? Those are the times when all the healthy meals in the world are not going to satisfy you. Celery and carrots are not going to fill you up, no matter how many you eat. But, at those times, we would defrost, warm and eat one of these comfort dinners and it would feel great - because we actually stayed on our plan and felt no guilt at all. I will be putting it in the recipes section - try it!

Of course eating salads and fresh veggies and fruits are always important in a our daily diet but if we were stuck eating only these things ... we would find ourselves "falling off the wagon" and overeating those same comfort foods we craved.